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October 1975

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st October 1975In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 6a - b and vector RS = 18a - 3b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  2. 2nd October 1975A bag holds 2 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 1/5. Work out n.
  3. 3rd October 1975A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 1.2, one 20 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
  4. 4th October 1975A car covers 350 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.
  5. 5th October 1975Simplify (x^2 + 5x - 24)/(x - 3).
  6. 6th October 1975y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 49, y = 14. Work out y when x = 9.
  7. 7th October 1975A cuboid measures 4 cm by 6 cm by 5 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  8. 8th October 1975A bag holds 4 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  9. 9th October 1975On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 30-wide bar have the same frequency density of 1.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  10. 10th October 1975Rationalise the denominator of 18/sqrt(2), giving your answer in its simplest form.
  11. 11th October 1975In an algebraic proof, how would you write the next even number after 2n in terms of an integer n?
  12. 12th October 1975A train slows steadily from 34 m/s to rest in 10 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  13. 13th October 1975A cuboid measures 4 cm by 11 cm by 8 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  14. 14th October 1975A bag holds 6 red, 5 blue and 3 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  15. 15th October 1975A histogram has two bars: one 20 units wide with frequency density 1.5, one 10 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?
  16. 16th October 1975Simplify sqrt(45) + sqrt(245), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
  17. 17th October 1975Make x the subject of 8x + 3 = y(x + 3).
  18. 18th October 1975y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 4. Work out y when x = 2.
  19. 19th October 1975The point (6, 8) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 100. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
  20. 20th October 1975A bag holds 12 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 15/22. Work out r.
  21. 21st October 1975On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 8-wide bar have the same frequency density of 1.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  22. 22nd October 1975A rectangle is 7 cm by 18 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  23. 23rd October 1975Write 3/(x + 5) + 7/(x - 1) as a single fraction.
  24. 24th October 1975y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 3, y = 54. Work out y when x = 2.
  25. 25th October 1975In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that the angle in a semicircle is being proved. State the reason being quoted.
  26. 26th October 1975The probability of winning a game is 1/4. A player expects 14 wins. How many games did they play?
  27. 27th October 1975A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 20 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
  28. 28th October 1975Expand and simplify (3 + sqrt(10))(3 - sqrt(10)).
  29. 29th October 1975Solve 6x^2 + 7x - 20 = 0.
  30. 30th October 1975y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 4, y = 18. Work out y when x = 36.
  31. 31st October 1975In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 4a - 5b and vector RS = 20a - 25b. What does this show about PQ and RS?

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