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June 1956

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st June 19562 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  2. 2nd June 1956A box plot has minimum 6, lower quartile 16, median 22, upper quartile 31 and maximum 39. Work out the interquartile range.
  3. 3rd June 1956Work out (7 x 10^5) x (8 x 10^-5). Give your answer in standard form.
  4. 4th June 1956A line has equation y = 3x + 1. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  5. 5th June 1956x : y = 4 : 5. Write y in terms of x.
  6. 6th June 1956ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 104°. Work out angle ADC.
  7. 7th June 195612 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  8. 8th June 1956A capture-recapture estimate is made of the ladybird population of a garden. State one assumption the method relies on.
  9. 9th June 1956Write the recurring decimal 0.4141... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  10. 10th June 1956For the curve y = 120/x, work out y when x = 10, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  11. 11th June 1956A price rises by 25% and then falls by 25%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  12. 12th June 1956A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 112°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  13. 13th June 19561 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  14. 14th June 1956A histogram class is 4 units wide and contains 12 values. Work out the frequency density.
  15. 15th June 1956A bill is £696 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  16. 16th June 1956Expand and simplify (x - 1)(x - 2)(x + 3).
  17. 17th June 1956y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 8, y = 20. Work out y when x = 4.
  18. 18th June 1956A cone has base radius 4 cm and vertical height 9 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  19. 19th June 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.
  20. 20th June 1956Four classes in order have frequencies 3, 5, 3, 12. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  21. 21st June 1956A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 4 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  22. 22nd June 1956Make x the subject of y = 2x^2 - 5.
  23. 23rd June 1956y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 112. Work out y when x = 5.
  24. 24th June 1956In triangle ABC, angle A is 72°, angle B is 58° and side a is 14 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  25. 25th June 19563 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  26. 26th June 195630 newts are marked and released. Later 60 are caught, of which 6 are marked. Estimate the population.
  27. 27th June 1956Work out (9 x 10^7) / (3 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  28. 28th June 1956Factorise x^2 - 100.
  29. 29th June 1956y is directly proportional to x. When x = 9, y = 27. Work out y when x = 12.
  30. 30th June 1956A right-angled triangle has sides 8 cm, 15 cm and 17 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 8 cm side, to 1 decimal place.

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