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January 1957

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st January 1957x : y = 5 : 8. Write y in terms of x.
  2. 2nd January 1957In triangle ABC, angle A is 40°, angle B is 51° and side a is 11 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  3. 3rd January 19573 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  4. 4th January 1957A capture-recapture estimate is made of the fish population of a pond. State one assumption the method relies on.
  5. 5th January 1957A code is 2 letters (A to Z) followed by 3 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  6. 6th January 1957Factorise x^2 - 25.
  7. 7th January 1957A price rises by 15% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  8. 8th January 1957A 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.
  9. 9th January 195718 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  10. 10th January 1957A histogram class is 4 units wide and contains 10 values. Work out the frequency density.
  11. 11th January 1957Work out (63 x 10^10) / (9 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  12. 12th January 1957A region is defined by y <= -4x + 2. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  13. 13th January 1957y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 2, y = 20. Work out y when x = 5.
  14. 14th January 1957The point (3, -4) is enlarged by scale factor -3 about the centre (1, -3). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  15. 15th January 19573 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  16. 16th January 1957Four classes in order have frequencies 12, 3, 11, 8. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  17. 17th January 1957Write the recurring decimal 0.777... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  18. 18th January 1957Factorise x^2 + 11x + 28.
  19. 19th January 1957y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 72. Work out y when x = 4.
  20. 20th January 1957Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 1728 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  21. 21st January 195716 students study Spanish and 8 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  22. 22nd January 195720 newts are marked and released. Later 35 are caught, of which 7 are marked. Estimate the population.
  23. 23rd January 1957Work out 27^(2/3).
  24. 24th January 1957Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 5x + 6 that passes through (5, 14).
  25. 25th January 1957y is directly proportional to x. When x = 8, y = 72. Work out y when x = 2.
  26. 26th January 1957A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 20 cm and one shorter side of 12 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  27. 27th January 19574 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  28. 28th January 1957A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 68 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  29. 29th January 1957Write sqrt(48) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  30. 30th January 1957A line has equation y = 5x + 3. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  31. 31st January 1957A town's population is 17000 and grows by 4% each year. Work out the population after 4 years, to the nearest whole number.

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