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January 1983

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st January 1983A car covers 360 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 7 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.
  2. 2nd January 1983Work out the coordinates of the turning point of y = x^2 - 8x + 1.
  3. 3rd January 1983A train slows steadily from 13 m/s to rest in 5 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  4. 4th January 1983A cuboid measures 8 cm by 5 cm by 8 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  5. 5th January 1983A bag holds 4 red, 3 blue and 3 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  6. 6th January 1983A 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?
  7. 7th January 1983Rationalise the denominator of 24/sqrt(3), giving your answer in its simplest form.
  8. 8th January 1983Simplify (x^2 - 3x - 18)/(x + 3).
  9. 9th January 1983y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 108. Work out y when x = 6.
  10. 10th January 1983The point (9, 40) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 1681. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
  11. 11th January 1983A bag holds 11 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 3/55. Work out r.
  12. 12th January 1983On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 15-wide bar have the same frequency density of 1.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  13. 13th January 1983Simplify sqrt(50) + sqrt(18), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
  14. 14th January 1983In an algebraic proof, how would you write three consecutive integers in terms of an integer n?
  15. 15th January 1983y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 4, y = 320. Work out y when x = 3.
  16. 16th January 1983In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that the angle in a semicircle is being proved. State the reason being quoted.
  17. 17th January 1983The probability of winning a game is 3/5. A player expects 12 wins. How many games did they play?
  18. 18th January 1983A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 1.2, one 5 units wide with density 3.5. How many values in total?
  19. 19th January 1983A rectangle is 16 cm by 24 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  20. 20th January 1983Make x the subject of 8x + 7 = y(x + 7).
  21. 21st January 1983y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 4, y = 8. Work out y when x = 9.
  22. 22nd January 1983In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 3a + 4b and vector RS = 12a + 16b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  23. 23rd January 1983A bag holds 5 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 5/12. Work out n.
  24. 24th January 1983On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 15-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  25. 25th January 1983Expand and simplify (3 + sqrt(6))(3 - sqrt(6)).
  26. 26th January 1983Write 3/(x + 1) + 2/(x + 6) as a single fraction.
  27. 27th January 1983A train slows steadily from 34 m/s to rest in 8 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  28. 28th January 1983A cuboid measures 10 cm by 10 cm by 4 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  29. 29th January 1983A bag holds 4 red and 7 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  30. 30th January 1983A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 5 units wide with density 3. How many values in total?
  31. 31st January 1983A block has mass 530 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 15 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.

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