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March 1980

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st March 1980y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 16, y = 32. Work out y when x = 36.
  2. 2nd March 1980In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that two angles at the circumference stand on the same arc. State the reason being quoted.
  3. 3rd March 1980The probability of winning a game is 3/10. A player expects 42 wins. How many games did they play?
  4. 4th March 1980On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 8-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  5. 5th March 1980A rectangle is 10 cm by 18 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  6. 6th March 1980Solve x^2 - 12x + 20 > 0.
  7. 7th March 1980A train slows steadily from 29 m/s to rest in 8 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  8. 8th March 1980In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = a - 4b and vector RS = 4a - 16b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  9. 9th March 1980A bag holds 2 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 1/2. Work out n.
  10. 10th March 1980A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 25 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
  11. 11th March 1980Expand and simplify (5 + sqrt(5))(5 - sqrt(5)).
  12. 12th March 1980Write x^2 - 14x + 11 in the form (x + a)^2 + b.
  13. 13th March 1980y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 2, y = 36. Work out y when x = 6.
  14. 14th March 1980A cuboid measures 10 cm by 5 cm by 3 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  15. 15th March 1980A bag holds 6 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  16. 16th March 1980On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 10-wide bar have the same frequency density of 3. How many more values are in the wider class?
  17. 17th March 1980A block has mass 390 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 21 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
  18. 18th March 1980Work out the coordinates of the turning point of y = x^2 - 16x + 7.
  19. 19th March 1980y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 2, y = 16. Work out y when x = 5.
  20. 20th March 1980A cuboid measures 10 cm by 8 cm by 13 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  21. 21st March 1980A bag holds 4 red, 6 blue and 6 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  22. 22nd March 1980A histogram has two bars: one 20 units wide with frequency density 0.4, one 25 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
  23. 23rd March 1980x = 134 and y = 103, each correct to the nearest whole number. Work out the upper bound of x - y.
  24. 24th March 1980Simplify (x^2 - 49)/(x - 7).
  25. 25th March 1980y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 4, y = 16. Work out y when x = 64.
  26. 26th March 1980The point (5, 12) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 169. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
  27. 27th March 1980A bag holds 10 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 2/9. Work out r.
  28. 28th March 1980On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 12-wide bar have the same frequency density of 1.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  29. 29th March 1980A car covers 800 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 6 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.
  30. 30th March 1980In an algebraic proof, how would you write an even number in terms of an integer n?
  31. 31st March 1980A train slows steadily from 20 m/s to rest in 5 seconds. Work out its deceleration.

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