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November 1955 5-a-day

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November 1955

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st November 1955Factorise x^2 - 49.
  2. 2nd November 1955A block has volume 155 cm^3 and density 4 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  3. 3rd November 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.
  4. 4th November 195521 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  5. 5th November 1955A box plot has minimum 5, lower quartile 7, median 15, upper quartile 20 and maximum 27. Work out the interquartile range.
  6. 6th November 1955A mass is 13.2 kg, correct to 1 decimal place. Write down the lower bound.
  7. 7th November 1955A region is defined by y < -2x - 6. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  8. 8th November 1955x : y = 4 : 7. Write y in terms of x.
  9. 9th November 1955The point (2, -2) is enlarged by scale factor -1 about the centre (0, -2). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  10. 10th November 19552 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  11. 11th November 1955A capture-recapture estimate is made of the fish population of a pond. State one assumption the method relies on.
  12. 12th November 1955Write 5^-2 as a fraction.
  13. 13th November 1955Factorise x^2 + 3x - 10.
  14. 14th November 1955A price rises by 25% and then falls by 25%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  15. 15th November 1955Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 2. The larger has a volume of 248 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  16. 16th November 19558 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  17. 17th November 1955A histogram class is 5 units wide and contains 2.5 values. Work out the frequency density.
  18. 18th November 1955Work out (7 x 10^3) x (9 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  19. 19th November 1955Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -5x - 2 that passes through (3, -3).
  20. 20th November 1955y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 8, y = 60. Work out y when x = 12.
  21. 21st November 1955A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 15 cm and one shorter side of 12 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  22. 22nd November 19551 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  23. 23rd November 1955Four classes in order have frequencies 5, 6, 4, 5. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  24. 24th November 1955Write the recurring decimal 0.8080... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  25. 25th November 1955A line has equation y = 4x + 5. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  26. 26th November 1955y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 96. Work out y when x = 5.
  27. 27th November 1955ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 129°. Work out angle ADC.
  28. 28th November 195522 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  29. 29th November 195545 voles are marked and released. Later 48 are caught, of which 4 are marked. Estimate the population.
  30. 30th November 1955A bill is £456 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.

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