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December 1976

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st December 1976A bag holds 3 red and 10 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  2. 2nd December 1976On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 40-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2. How many more values are in the wider class?
  3. 3rd December 1976Rationalise the denominator of 48/sqrt(6), giving your answer in its simplest form.
  4. 4th December 1976Write 7/(x - 1) + 5/(x - 5) as a single fraction.
  5. 5th December 1976y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 2, y = 16. Work out y when x = 3.
  6. 6th December 1976A cuboid measures 9 cm by 8 cm by 7 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  7. 7th December 1976A 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?
  8. 8th December 1976A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 1.2, one 20 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?
  9. 9th December 1976Simplify sqrt(45) + sqrt(5), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
  10. 10th December 1976Solve 12x^2 + 7x - 12 = 0.
  11. 11th December 1976y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 49, y = 14. Work out y when x = 9.
  12. 12th December 1976The 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.
  13. 13th December 1976A bag holds 5 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 3/10. Work out r.
  14. 14th December 1976On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 40-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  15. 15th December 1976A rectangle is 11 cm by 19 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  16. 16th December 1976f(x) = 2x + 9. Work out the inverse function f^-1(x).
  17. 17th December 1976A train slows steadily from 39 m/s to rest in 10 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  18. 18th December 1976In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that the three angles of triangle OAB are being summed. State the reason being quoted.
  19. 19th December 1976The probability of winning a game is 4/5. A player expects 24 wins. How many games did they play?
  20. 20th December 1976A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 20 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?
  21. 21st December 1976Expand and simplify (5 + sqrt(2))(5 - sqrt(2)).
  22. 22nd December 1976Solve x^2 + y^2 = 841 and y = x - 1 simultaneously.
  23. 23rd December 1976y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 25. Work out y when x = 5.
  24. 24th December 1976In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 4a - 3b and vector RS = 16a - 12b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  25. 25th December 1976A bag holds 6 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 6/13. Work out n.
  26. 26th December 1976On 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?
  27. 27th December 1976A block has mass 720 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 19 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
  28. 28th December 1976Use the iteration x(n+1) = cube root of (9x(n) + 5) with x(0) = 3. Work out x(1) to 3 decimal places.
  29. 29th December 1976y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 2, y = 40. Work out y when x = 3.
  30. 30th December 1976A cuboid measures 7 cm by 5 cm by 12 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  31. 31st December 1976A bag holds 5 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?

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