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August 1974

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st August 1974In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral are being proved. State the reason being quoted.
  2. 2nd August 1974The probability of winning a game is 3/5. A player expects 33 wins. How many games did they play?
  3. 3rd August 1974On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 40-wide bar have the same frequency density of 3. How many more values are in the wider class?
  4. 4th August 1974x = 45 and y = 16, each correct to the nearest whole number. Work out the upper bound of x - y.
  5. 5th August 1974Solve x^2 + 15x + 56 > 0.
  6. 6th August 1974A train slows steadily from 27 m/s to rest in 8 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  7. 7th August 1974In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 3a + 2b and vector RS = 9a + 6b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  8. 8th August 1974A bag holds 6 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 2/3. Work out n.
  9. 9th August 1974A histogram has two bars: one 20 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 25 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?
  10. 10th August 1974A car covers 840 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 8 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.
  11. 11th August 1974Write x^2 - 16x + 10 in the form (x + a)^2 + b.
  12. 12th August 1974y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 12. Work out y when x = 2.
  13. 13th August 1974A cuboid measures 5 cm by 6 cm by 3 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  14. 14th August 1974A bag holds 4 red and 8 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  15. 15th August 1974On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 40-wide bar have the same frequency density of 1.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  16. 16th August 1974Rationalise the denominator of 20/sqrt(5), giving your answer in its simplest form.
  17. 17th August 1974Work out the coordinates of the turning point of y = x^2 + 8x - 6.
  18. 18th August 1974y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 3, y = 162. Work out y when x = 4.
  19. 19th August 1974A cuboid measures 13 cm by 8 cm by 4 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  20. 20th August 1974A bag holds 6 red, 3 blue and 4 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  21. 21st August 1974A histogram has two bars: one 20 units wide with frequency density 1.2, one 10 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?
  22. 22nd August 1974Simplify sqrt(32) + sqrt(32), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
  23. 23rd August 1974Simplify (x^2 - 4x - 12)/(x - 6).
  24. 24th August 1974y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 25, y = 40. Work out y when x = 9.
  25. 25th August 1974The point (9, 12) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 225. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
  26. 26th August 1974A bag holds 9 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 5/18. Work out r.
  27. 27th August 1974On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 12-wide bar have the same frequency density of 3. How many more values are in the wider class?
  28. 28th August 1974A rectangle is 7 cm by 24 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  29. 29th August 1974In an algebraic proof, how would you write the square of an odd number in terms of an integer n?
  30. 30th August 1974A train slows steadily from 18 m/s to rest in 10 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  31. 31st August 1974In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that a radius is drawn to the midpoint of a chord. State the reason being quoted.

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