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March 1953

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st March 19531 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  2. 2nd March 1953A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 60 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  3. 3rd March 1953Work out (8 x 10^7) x (2 x 10^-3). Give your answer in standard form.
  4. 4th March 1953Expand and simplify (x + 1)(x - 5)(x + 2).
  5. 5th March 1953A town's population is 24500 and grows by 3% each year. Work out the population after 6 years, to the nearest whole number.
  6. 6th March 1953A cone has base radius 7 cm and vertical height 18 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  7. 7th March 195314 students study Spanish and 7 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  8. 8th March 1953A box plot has a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 47. Work out the range.
  9. 9th March 1953Write the recurring decimal 0.2121... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  10. 10th March 1953Make x the subject of y = 9x^2 - 9.
  11. 11th March 1953A block has volume 15 cm^3 and density 7.5 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  12. 12th March 1953In triangle ABC, angle A is 30°, angle B is 98° and side a is 15 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  13. 13th March 19533 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  14. 14th March 1953A box plot has minimum 9, lower quartile 16, median 22, upper quartile 24 and maximum 28. Work out the interquartile range.
  15. 15th March 1953A bill is £408 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  16. 16th March 1953Factorise x^2 - 4.
  17. 17th March 1953x : y = 3 : 8. Write y in terms of x.
  18. 18th March 1953A right-angled triangle has sides 9 cm, 12 cm and 15 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 9 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  19. 19th March 195315 students study Spanish and 8 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  20. 20th March 1953A capture-recapture estimate is made of the newt population of a stream. State one assumption the method relies on.
  21. 21st March 1953A code is 2 letters (A to Z) followed by 4 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  22. 22nd March 1953A region is defined by y < x - 1. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  23. 23rd March 1953A price rises by 15% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  24. 24th March 1953The point (-3, 4) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (2, -4). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  25. 25th March 19536 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  26. 26th March 1953A histogram class is 5 units wide and contains 2.5 values. Work out the frequency density.
  27. 27th March 1953Work out (14 x 10^11) / (7 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  28. 28th March 1953Factorise x^2 - 6x - 16.
  29. 29th March 1953y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 9, y = 10. Work out y when x = 2.
  30. 30th March 1953Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 576 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  31. 31st March 195316 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.

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