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April 1977

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st April 1977On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 30-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  2. 2nd April 1977A car covers 670 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 2 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.
  3. 3rd April 1977Solve x^2 + y^2 = 225 and y = x + 3 simultaneously.
  4. 4th April 1977y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 3, y = 81. Work out y when x = 5.
  5. 5th April 1977A cuboid measures 7 cm by 11 cm by 13 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  6. 6th April 1977A bag holds 7 red, 4 blue and 4 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  7. 7th April 1977A histogram has two bars: one 20 units wide with frequency density 0.4, one 5 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
  8. 8th April 1977Rationalise the denominator of 72/sqrt(6), giving your answer in its simplest form.
  9. 9th April 1977Use the iteration x(n+1) = cube root of (12x(n) + 2) with x(0) = 4. Work out x(1) to 3 decimal places.
  10. 10th April 1977y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 9, y = 24. Work out y when x = 16.
  11. 11th April 1977The point (7, 24) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 625. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
  12. 12th April 1977A bag holds 6 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 1/15. Work out r.
  13. 13th April 1977On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 30-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2. How many more values are in the wider class?
  14. 14th April 1977Simplify sqrt(12) + sqrt(108), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
  15. 15th April 1977Work out the nth term of the quadratic sequence 1, 2, 7, 16, ...
  16. 16th April 1977A train slows steadily from 32 m/s to rest in 5 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  17. 17th April 1977In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral are being proved. State the reason being quoted.
  18. 18th April 1977The probability of winning a game is 1/2. A player expects 30 wins. How many games did they play?
  19. 19th April 1977A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 1.5, one 10 units wide with density 0.6. How many values in total?
  20. 20th April 1977A rectangle is 23 cm by 16 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  21. 21st April 1977The point (-5, -5) lies on y = f(x). Write down its image on y = f(x) - 1.
  22. 22nd April 1977y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 72. Work out y when x = 6.
  23. 23rd April 1977In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 6a + 4b and vector RS = 24a + 16b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  24. 24th April 1977A bag holds 6 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 3/5. Work out n.
  25. 25th April 1977On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 12-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  26. 26th April 1977Expand and simplify (2 + sqrt(2))(2 - sqrt(2)).
  27. 27th April 1977Prove that the sum of 5 consecutive integers is always a multiple of 5. State the simplified sum you would use.
  28. 28th April 1977y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 4, y = 192. Work out y when x = 5.
  29. 29th April 1977A cuboid measures 15 cm by 3 cm by 3 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  30. 30th April 1977A bag holds 7 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?

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