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March 1972

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st March 1972A train slows steadily from 25 m/s to rest in 8 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  2. 2nd March 1972A cuboid measures 8 cm by 6 cm by 11 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  3. 3rd March 1972A bag holds 7 red, 7 blue and 2 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  4. 4th March 1972A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 0.4, one 10 units wide with density 3.5. How many values in total?
  5. 5th March 1972x = 73 and y = 13, each correct to the nearest whole number. Work out the upper bound of x - y.
  6. 6th March 1972Write 6/(x + 1) + 7/(x + 5) as a single fraction.
  7. 7th March 1972y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 64. Work out y when x = 4.
  8. 8th March 1972The point (9, 40) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 1681. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
  9. 9th March 1972A bag holds 6 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 2/5. Work out r.
  10. 10th March 1972On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 20-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2. How many more values are in the wider class?
  11. 11th March 1972A car covers 570 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 3 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.
  12. 12th March 1972Solve 9x^2 - 16 = 0.
  13. 13th March 1972y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 4, y = 192. Work out y when x = 3.
  14. 14th March 1972In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that OA and OB are both radii of the circle, so triangle OAB is isosceles. State the reason being quoted.
  15. 15th March 1972The probability of winning a game is 1/4. A player expects 20 wins. How many games did they play?
  16. 16th March 1972A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 1.5, one 10 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?
  17. 17th March 1972Rationalise the denominator of 24/sqrt(3), giving your answer in its simplest form.
  18. 18th March 1972f(x) = 7x + 1. Work out the inverse function f^-1(x).
  19. 19th March 1972y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 36, y = 24. Work out y when x = 49.
  20. 20th March 1972In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 6a - b and vector RS = 12a - 2b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  21. 21st March 1972A bag holds 3 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 3/11. Work out n.
  22. 22nd March 1972On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 20-wide bar have the same frequency density of 3. How many more values are in the wider class?
  23. 23rd March 1972Simplify sqrt(45) + sqrt(45), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
  24. 24th March 1972Solve x^2 + y^2 = 625 and y = x - 17 simultaneously.
  25. 25th March 1972A train slows steadily from 30 m/s to rest in 8 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  26. 26th March 1972A cuboid measures 14 cm by 11 cm by 8 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  27. 27th March 1972A bag holds 5 red and 9 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  28. 28th March 1972A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 1.2, one 5 units wide with density 3. How many values in total?
  29. 29th March 1972A rectangle is 20 cm by 20 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  30. 30th March 1972Use the iteration x(n+1) = cube root of (12x(n) + 7) with x(0) = 4. Work out x(1) to 3 decimal places.
  31. 31st March 1972y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 108. Work out y when x = 6.

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