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February 1986

28 sheets · 140 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st February 1986On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 8-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2. How many more values are in the wider class?
  2. 2nd February 1986x = 102 and y = 67, each correct to the nearest whole number. Work out the upper bound of x - y.
  3. 3rd February 1986Simplify (x^2 + 14x + 48)/(x + 6).
  4. 4th February 1986A train slows steadily from 30 m/s to rest in 5 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  5. 5th February 1986In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 5a - 5b and vector RS = 15a - 15b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  6. 6th February 1986A bag holds 7 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 7/10. Work out n.
  7. 7th February 1986A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 2, one 20 units wide with density 3. How many values in total?
  8. 8th February 1986A car covers 790 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.
  9. 9th February 1986In an algebraic proof, how would you write three consecutive integers in terms of an integer n?
  10. 10th February 1986y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 72. Work out y when x = 6.
  11. 11th February 1986A cuboid measures 6 cm by 7 cm by 6 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  12. 12th February 1986A bag holds 6 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  13. 13th February 1986On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 10-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2. How many more values are in the wider class?
  14. 14th February 1986Rationalise the denominator of 8/sqrt(2), giving your answer in its simplest form.
  15. 15th February 1986Make x the subject of 7x + 4 = y(x + 4).
  16. 16th February 1986y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 2, y = 40. Work out y when x = 4.
  17. 17th February 1986A cuboid measures 11 cm by 14 cm by 9 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  18. 18th February 1986A bag holds 6 red, 7 blue and 4 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  19. 19th February 1986A histogram has two bars: one 20 units wide with frequency density 2, one 20 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?
  20. 20th February 1986Simplify sqrt(27) + sqrt(147), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
  21. 21st February 1986Write 2/(x + 2) + 7/(x + 3) as a single fraction.
  22. 22nd February 1986y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 9, y = 27. Work out y when x = 36.
  23. 23rd February 1986The 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.
  24. 24th February 1986A bag holds 12 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 6/11. Work out r.
  25. 25th February 1986On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 8-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2. How many more values are in the wider class?
  26. 26th February 1986A rectangle is 10 cm by 30 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  27. 27th February 1986Solve 9x^2 + 3x - 20 = 0.
  28. 28th February 1986A train slows steadily from 13 m/s to rest in 4 seconds. Work out its deceleration.

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