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April 1986

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st April 1986The probability of winning a game is 4/5. A player expects 44 wins. How many games did they play?
  2. 2nd April 1986On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 15-wide bar have the same frequency density of 3. How many more values are in the wider class?
  3. 3rd April 1986Simplify sqrt(48) + sqrt(3), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
  4. 4th April 1986Prove that the sum of 7 consecutive integers is always a multiple of 7. State the simplified sum you would use.
  5. 5th April 1986y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 2, y = 24. Work out y when x = 4.
  6. 6th April 1986In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 6a + 6b and vector RS = 12a + 12b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  7. 7th April 1986A bag holds 6 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 6/13. Work out n.
  8. 8th April 1986A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 1.2, one 20 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
  9. 9th April 1986A rectangle is 22 cm by 26 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  10. 10th April 1986f(x) = 5x + 8 and g(x) = 5x + 8. Work out fg(4).
  11. 11th April 1986y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 16, y = 32. Work out y when x = 49.
  12. 12th April 1986A cuboid measures 9 cm by 10 cm by 9 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  13. 13th April 1986A bag holds 4 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  14. 14th April 1986On 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?
  15. 15th April 1986Expand and simplify (7 + sqrt(5))(7 - sqrt(5)).
  16. 16th April 1986The curve y = sin x° is drawn for 0 <= x <= 360. Write down the value of y when x = 270.
  17. 17th April 1986A train slows steadily from 12 m/s to rest in 8 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  18. 18th April 1986A cuboid measures 7 cm by 7 cm by 14 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  19. 19th April 1986A bag holds 3 red, 5 blue and 5 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  20. 20th April 1986A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 2, one 5 units wide with density 0.6. How many values in total?
  21. 21st April 1986A block has mass 330 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 3 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
  22. 22nd April 1986A quadratic sequence starts 8, 25, 50, 83. Work out the second difference, and the coefficient of n^2.
  23. 23rd April 1986y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 2, y = 25. Work out y when x = 5.
  24. 24th April 1986The 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.
  25. 25th April 1986A bag holds 6 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 2/5. Work out r.
  26. 26th April 1986On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 20-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2. How many more values are in the wider class?
  27. 27th April 1986x = 192 and y = 70, each correct to the nearest whole number. Work out the upper bound of x - y.
  28. 28th April 1986Solve x^2 + 8x < 0.
  29. 29th April 1986y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 3, y = 81. Work out y when x = 4.
  30. 30th April 1986In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that the alternate segment theorem is being proved. State the reason being quoted.

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