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February 1991 5-a-day

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February 1991

28 sheets · 140 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st February 1991Write x^2 + 14x - 7 in the form (x + a)^2 + b.
  2. 2nd February 1991A train slows steadily from 23 m/s to rest in 5 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  3. 3rd February 1991In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that a radius is drawn to the midpoint of a chord. State the reason being quoted.
  4. 4th February 1991The probability of winning a game is 1/2. A player expects 15 wins. How many games did they play?
  5. 5th February 1991A histogram has two bars: one 20 units wide with frequency density 1.5, one 20 units wide with density 0.6. How many values in total?
  6. 6th February 1991A rectangle is 23 cm by 9 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  7. 7th February 1991Work out the coordinates of the turning point of y = x^2 - 12x - 12.
  8. 8th February 1991y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 72. Work out y when x = 6.
  9. 9th February 1991In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 4a + 2b and vector RS = 16a + 8b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  10. 10th February 1991A bag holds 6 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 1/2. Work out n.
  11. 11th February 1991On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 15-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2. How many more values are in the wider class?
  12. 12th February 1991Expand and simplify (8 + sqrt(3))(8 - sqrt(3)).
  13. 13th February 1991Simplify (x^2 - 12x + 35)/(x - 7).
  14. 14th February 1991y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 3, y = 135. Work out y when x = 4.
  15. 15th February 1991A cuboid measures 13 cm by 13 cm by 13 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  16. 16th February 1991A 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?
  17. 17th February 1991A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 1.2, one 10 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?
  18. 18th February 1991A block has mass 620 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 12 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
  19. 19th February 1991In an algebraic proof, how would you write a multiple of 9 in terms of an integer n?
  20. 20th February 1991y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 36, y = 42. Work out y when x = 81.
  21. 21st February 1991A cuboid measures 8 cm by 11 cm by 8 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  22. 22nd February 1991A bag holds 5 red, 4 blue and 4 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  23. 23rd February 1991On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 8-wide bar have the same frequency density of 3. How many more values are in the wider class?
  24. 24th February 1991x = 77 and y = 66, each correct to the nearest whole number. Work out the upper bound of x - y.
  25. 25th February 1991Make x the subject of 4x + 2 = y(x + 2).
  26. 26th February 1991A train slows steadily from 40 m/s to rest in 8 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  27. 27th February 1991The point (3, 4) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 25. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
  28. 28th February 1991A bag holds 6 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 1/5. Work out r.

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