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January 1955

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st January 1955A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 146°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  2. 2nd January 19553 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  3. 3rd January 1955A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 152 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  4. 4th January 1955A bill is £504 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  5. 5th January 1955Expand and simplify (x - 2)(x + 1)(x - 5).
  6. 6th January 1955A town's population is 3500 and grows by 3% each year. Work out the population after 6 years, to the nearest whole number.
  7. 7th January 1955A cone has base radius 3 cm and vertical height 9 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  8. 8th January 195524 students study Spanish and 12 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  9. 9th January 1955A box plot has a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 32. Work out the range.
  10. 10th January 1955A code is 2 letters (A to Z) followed by 2 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  11. 11th January 1955Make x the subject of y = 9x^2 - 11.
  12. 12th January 1955A block has volume 145 cm^3 and density 7.5 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  13. 13th January 1955In triangle ABC, angle A is 69°, angle B is 47° and side a is 16 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  14. 14th January 19557 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  15. 15th January 1955A box plot has minimum 10, lower quartile 14, median 22, upper quartile 25 and maximum 30. Work out the interquartile range.
  16. 16th January 1955Work out (63 x 10^10) / (7 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  17. 17th January 1955Factorise x^2 - 16.
  18. 18th January 1955x : y = 3 : 8. Write y in terms of x.
  19. 19th January 1955A right-angled triangle has sides 7 cm, 24 cm and 25 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 7 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  20. 20th January 19559 students study Spanish and 5 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  21. 21st January 1955A capture-recapture estimate is made of the newt population of a stream. State one assumption the method relies on.
  22. 22nd January 1955Write the recurring decimal 0.333... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  23. 23rd January 1955A region is defined by y <= 5x - 7. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  24. 24th January 1955A price rises by 10% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  25. 25th January 1955The point (-6, 0) is enlarged by scale factor -1 about the centre (2, 2). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  26. 26th January 19555 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  27. 27th January 1955A histogram class is 5 units wide and contains 15 values. Work out the frequency density.
  28. 28th January 1955Work out 25^(3/2).
  29. 29th January 1955Factorise x^2 - x - 42.
  30. 30th January 1955y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 7, y = 30. Work out y when x = 10.
  31. 31st January 1955Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The larger has a volume of 675 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.

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