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October 1953

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st October 1953A town's population is 8500 and grows by 8% each year. Work out the population after 6 years, to the nearest whole number.
  2. 2nd October 1953The point (1, -2) is enlarged by scale factor -1 about the centre (-2, 3). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  3. 3rd October 19538 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  4. 4th October 1953A box plot has a minimum of 14 and a maximum of 42. Work out the range.
  5. 5th October 1953A code is 2 letters (A to Z) followed by 2 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  6. 6th October 1953Factorise x^2 - 6x - 27.
  7. 7th October 1953A block has volume 10 cm^3 and density 4 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  8. 8th October 1953Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 1152 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  9. 9th October 195330 students study Spanish and 12 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  10. 10th October 1953A box plot has minimum 15, lower quartile 21, median 31, upper quartile 33 and maximum 35. Work out the interquartile range.
  11. 11th October 1953Work out (24 x 10^12) / (4 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  12. 12th October 1953Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -5x + 9 that passes through (3, -20).
  13. 13th October 1953x : y = 5 : 8. Write y in terms of x.
  14. 14th October 1953A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 10 cm and one shorter side of 6 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  15. 15th October 19537 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  16. 16th October 1953A capture-recapture estimate is made of the ladybird population of a garden. State one assumption the method relies on.
  17. 17th October 1953Write the recurring decimal 0.111... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  18. 18th October 1953A line has equation y = -2x + 9. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  19. 19th October 1953A price rises by 20% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  20. 20th October 1953ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 105°. Work out angle ADC.
  21. 21st October 195319 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  22. 22nd October 1953A histogram class is 2 units wide and contains 6 values. Work out the frequency density.
  23. 23rd October 1953Work out 125^(2/3).
  24. 24th October 1953For the curve y = -7/x, work out y when x = 1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  25. 25th October 1953y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 2, y = 16. Work out y when x = 4.
  26. 26th October 1953A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 92°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  27. 27th October 19532 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  28. 28th October 1953Four classes in order have frequencies 7, 11, 3, 4. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  29. 29th October 1953Write sqrt(32) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  30. 30th October 1953Expand and simplify (x - 3)(x - 3)(x + 1).
  31. 31st October 1953y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 6, y = 72. Work out y when x = 8.

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