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November 1953

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st November 1953A cone has base radius 10 cm and vertical height 24 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  2. 2nd November 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.
  3. 3rd November 195345 newts are marked and released. Later 10 are caught, of which 2 are marked. Estimate the population.
  4. 4th November 1953A meal deal has 8 mains, 5 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  5. 5th November 1953Make x the subject of y = 9x^2 - 9.
  6. 6th November 1953y is directly proportional to x. When x = 8, y = 40. Work out y when x = 3.
  7. 7th November 1953In triangle ABC, angle A is 36°, angle B is 64° and side a is 20 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  8. 8th November 19536 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  9. 9th November 1953A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 52 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  10. 10th November 1953A mass is 23 kg, correct to the nearest whole number. Write down the lower bound.
  11. 11th November 1953Factorise x^2 - 16.
  12. 12th November 1953A town's population is 3500 and grows by 8% each year. Work out the population after 5 years, to the nearest whole number.
  13. 13th November 1953A right-angled triangle has sides 5 cm, 12 cm and 13 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 5 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  14. 14th November 195317 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  15. 15th November 1953A box plot has a minimum of 18 and a maximum of 72. Work out the range.
  16. 16th November 1953Write 5^-2 as a fraction.
  17. 17th November 1953A region is defined by y <= -2x - 8. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  18. 18th November 1953A block has volume 10 cm^3 and density 4 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  19. 19th November 1953The point (-2, 0) is enlarged by scale factor -1 about the centre (2, 0). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  20. 20th November 19535 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  21. 21st November 1953A box plot has minimum 10, lower quartile 16, median 21, upper quartile 25 and maximum 27. Work out the interquartile range.
  22. 22nd November 1953Work out (3 x 10^6) x (5 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  23. 23rd November 1953Factorise x^2 + 2x - 24.
  24. 24th November 1953x : y = 3 : 8. Write y in terms of x.
  25. 25th November 1953Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The larger has a volume of 432 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  26. 26th November 195324 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  27. 27th November 1953A capture-recapture estimate is made of the fish population of a pond. State one assumption the method relies on.
  28. 28th November 1953Write the recurring decimal 0.9191... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  29. 29th November 1953Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -3x - 8 that passes through (2, 0).
  30. 30th November 1953A price rises by 15% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.

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