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May 1956

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st May 1956A cone has base radius 6 cm and vertical height 18 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  2. 2nd May 195626 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 May 1956A histogram class is 20 units wide and contains 60 values. Work out the frequency density.
  4. 4th May 1956Work out 36^(3/2).
  5. 5th May 1956Make x the subject of y = 5x^2 - 6.
  6. 6th May 1956y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 40. Work out y when x = 10.
  7. 7th May 1956In triangle ABC, angle A is 47°, angle B is 62° and side a is 19 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  8. 8th May 19561 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  9. 9th May 1956Four classes in order have frequencies 9, 3, 7, 3. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  10. 10th May 1956Write sqrt(45) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  11. 11th May 1956Factorise x^2 - 144.
  12. 12th May 1956y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 144. Work out y when x = 2.
  13. 13th May 1956A 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.
  14. 14th May 195611 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  15. 15th May 195660 voles are marked and released. Later 30 are caught, of which 6 are marked. Estimate the population.
  16. 16th May 1956A meal deal has 9 mains, 7 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  17. 17th May 1956A region is defined by y <= 5x + 4. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  18. 18th May 1956y is directly proportional to x. When x = 4, y = 36. Work out y when x = 6.
  19. 19th May 1956The point (4, -4) is enlarged by scale factor -3 about the centre (3, 2). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  20. 20th May 19565 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  21. 21st May 1956A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 184 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  22. 22nd May 1956A mass is 250 kg, correct to the nearest 10. Write down the lower bound.
  23. 23rd May 1956Factorise x^2 - 6x - 7.
  24. 24th May 1956A town's population is 9500 and grows by 6% each year. Work out the population after 5 years, to the nearest whole number.
  25. 25th May 1956Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 256 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  26. 26th May 195614 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  27. 27th May 1956A box plot has a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 43. Work out the range.
  28. 28th May 1956Write 2^-3 as a fraction.
  29. 29th May 1956Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -2x + 3 that passes through (3, 3).
  30. 30th May 1956A block has volume 120 cm^3 and density 11 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  31. 31st May 1956A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 13 cm and one shorter side of 5 cm. Work out the other shorter side.

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