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January 1976

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st January 1976On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 12-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2. How many more values are in the wider class?
  2. 2nd January 1976Rationalise the denominator of 30/sqrt(6), giving your answer in its simplest form.
  3. 3rd January 1976Write x^2 - 10x + 1 in the form (x + a)^2 + b.
  4. 4th January 1976y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 4, y = 192. Work out y when x = 5.
  5. 5th January 1976A cuboid measures 12 cm by 4 cm by 9 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  6. 6th January 1976A bag holds 5 red and 8 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  7. 7th January 1976A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 10 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
  8. 8th January 1976Simplify sqrt(32) + sqrt(32), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
  9. 9th January 1976Work out the coordinates of the turning point of y = x^2 - 14x + 6.
  10. 10th January 1976y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 4, y = 10. Work out y when x = 25.
  11. 11th January 1976A cuboid measures 6 cm by 10 cm by 8 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  12. 12th January 1976A bag holds 6 red, 5 blue and 2 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  13. 13th January 1976On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 20-wide bar have the same frequency density of 1.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  14. 14th January 1976A rectangle is 16 cm by 16 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  15. 15th January 1976Simplify (x^2 + x - 30)/(x + 6).
  16. 16th January 1976A train slows steadily from 35 m/s to rest in 4 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  17. 17th January 1976The point (20, 21) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 841. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
  18. 18th January 1976A bag holds 10 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 2/9. Work out r.
  19. 19th January 1976A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 0.4, one 20 units wide with density 3.5. How many values in total?
  20. 20th January 1976Expand and simplify (7 + sqrt(11))(7 - sqrt(11)).
  21. 21st January 1976In an algebraic proof, how would you write three consecutive integers in terms of an integer n?
  22. 22nd January 1976y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 2, y = 18. Work out y when x = 3.
  23. 23rd January 1976In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that a triangle is drawn from the ends of a diameter to a point on the circle. State the reason being quoted.
  24. 24th January 1976The probability of winning a game is 3/4. A player expects 30 wins. How many games did they play?
  25. 25th January 1976On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 20-wide bar have the same frequency density of 3. How many more values are in the wider class?
  26. 26th January 1976A block has mass 280 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 10 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
  27. 27th January 1976Make x the subject of 8x + 3 = y(x + 3).
  28. 28th January 1976y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 2, y = 32. Work out y when x = 3.
  29. 29th January 1976In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 5a - 3b and vector RS = 25a - 15b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  30. 30th January 1976A bag holds 7 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 7/15. Work out n.
  31. 31st January 1976A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 1.2, one 25 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?

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