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December 1952

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st December 195227 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  2. 2nd December 195260 fish are marked and released. Later 30 are caught, of which 6 are marked. Estimate the population.
  3. 3rd December 1952Write sqrt(45) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  4. 4th December 1952Make x the subject of y = 9x^2 - 7.
  5. 5th December 1952y is directly proportional to x. When x = 3, y = 12. Work out y when x = 9.
  6. 6th December 1952In triangle ABC, angle A is 76°, angle B is 73° and side a is 5 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  7. 7th December 19521 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  8. 8th December 1952A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 224 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  9. 9th December 1952A meal deal has 5 mains, 8 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  10. 10th December 1952Factorise x^2 - 144.
  11. 11th December 1952A town's population is 30000 and grows by 4% each year. Work out the population after 6 years, to the nearest whole number.
  12. 12th December 1952A right-angled triangle has sides 6 cm, 8 cm and 10 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 6 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  13. 13th December 195218 students study Spanish and 5 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  14. 14th December 1952A box plot has a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 47. Work out the range.
  15. 15th December 1952A mass is 30 kg, correct to 1 decimal place. Write down the lower bound.
  16. 16th December 1952A region is defined by y < -5x + 8. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  17. 17th December 1952A block has volume 145 cm^3 and density 2.5 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  18. 18th December 1952The point (-3, 4) is enlarged by scale factor -1 about the centre (3, 4). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  19. 19th December 19523 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  20. 20th December 1952A box plot has minimum 3, lower quartile 11, median 19, upper quartile 29 and maximum 35. Work out the interquartile range.
  21. 21st December 1952Write 8^-1 as a fraction.
  22. 22nd December 1952Factorise x^2 + 2x - 15.
  23. 23rd December 1952x : y = 2 : 5. Write y in terms of x.
  24. 24th December 1952Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 2. The larger has a volume of 96 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  25. 25th December 195217 students study Spanish and 7 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  26. 26th December 1952A capture-recapture estimate is made of the beetle population of a woodland. State one assumption the method relies on.
  27. 27th December 1952Work out (5 x 10^4) x (6 x 10^-5). Give your answer in standard form.
  28. 28th December 1952Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 3x - 7 that passes through (5, 4).
  29. 29th December 1952A price rises by 25% and then falls by 25%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  30. 30th December 1952A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 26 cm and one shorter side of 10 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  31. 31st December 19521 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.

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