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August 1983 5-a-day

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August 1983

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st August 1983y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 25, y = 35. Work out y when x = 81.
  2. 2nd August 1983A cuboid measures 12 cm by 5 cm by 11 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  3. 3rd August 1983A bag holds 5 red, 6 blue and 2 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  4. 4th August 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?
  5. 5th August 1983Rationalise the denominator of 18/sqrt(2), giving your answer in its simplest form.
  6. 6th August 1983In an algebraic proof, how would you write the product of two consecutive integers in terms of an integer n?
  7. 7th August 1983A train slows steadily from 19 m/s to rest in 8 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  8. 8th August 1983The point (10, 24) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 676. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
  9. 9th August 1983A bag holds 6 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 1/5. Work out r.
  10. 10th August 1983A histogram has two bars: one 20 units wide with frequency density 0.4, one 25 units wide with density 3.5. How many values in total?
  11. 11th August 1983Simplify sqrt(48) + sqrt(3), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
  12. 12th August 1983Make x the subject of 3x + 4 = y(x + 4).
  13. 13th August 1983y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 75. Work out y when x = 5.
  14. 14th August 1983In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral are being proved. State the reason being quoted.
  15. 15th August 1983The probability of winning a game is 4/5. A player expects 32 wins. How many games did they play?
  16. 16th August 1983On 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?
  17. 17th August 1983A rectangle is 11 cm by 23 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  18. 18th August 1983Write 3/(x + 6) + 4/(x - 5) as a single fraction.
  19. 19th August 1983y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 2, y = 24. Work out y when x = 3.
  20. 20th August 1983In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = a - b and vector RS = 5a - 5b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  21. 21st August 1983A bag holds 8 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 8/13. Work out n.
  22. 22nd August 1983A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 5 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
  23. 23rd August 1983Expand and simplify (9 + sqrt(2))(9 - sqrt(2)).
  24. 24th August 1983Solve 12x^2 + 13x + 3 = 0.
  25. 25th August 1983y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 25, y = 25. Work out y when x = 16.
  26. 26th August 1983A cuboid measures 9 cm by 14 cm by 6 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  27. 27th August 1983A bag holds 3 red and 11 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  28. 28th August 1983On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 20-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  29. 29th August 1983A block has mass 840 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 25 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
  30. 30th August 1983f(x) = 6x - 6. Work out the inverse function f^-1(x).
  31. 31st August 1983A train slows steadily from 14 m/s to rest in 4 seconds. Work out its deceleration.

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