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May 1957

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st May 1957A block has volume 150 cm^3 and density 11 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  2. 2nd May 1957A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 5 cm and one shorter side of 4 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  3. 3rd May 19578 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  4. 4th May 1957A box plot has minimum 10, lower quartile 15, median 22, upper quartile 24 and maximum 34. Work out the interquartile range.
  5. 5th May 1957Write the recurring decimal 0.1212... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  6. 6th May 1957A line has equation y = 2x + 8. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  7. 7th May 1957x : y = 5 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
  8. 8th May 1957ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 84°. Work out angle ADC.
  9. 9th May 195714 students study Spanish and 8 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  10. 10th May 1957A capture-recapture estimate is made of the beetle population of a woodland. State one assumption the method relies on.
  11. 11th May 1957A bill is £120 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  12. 12th May 1957For the curve y = 20/x, work out y when x = -2, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  13. 13th May 1957A price rises by 25% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  14. 14th May 1957A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 164°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  15. 15th May 19574 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  16. 16th May 1957A histogram class is 5 units wide and contains 7.5 values. Work out the frequency density.
  17. 17th May 1957A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 4 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  18. 18th May 1957Expand and simplify (x - 2)(x + 2)(x - 5).
  19. 19th May 1957y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 2, y = 25. Work out y when x = 5.
  20. 20th May 1957A cone has base radius 3 cm and vertical height 18 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  21. 21st May 195721 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  22. 22nd May 1957Four classes in order have frequencies 6, 12, 5, 9. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  23. 23rd May 1957Work out (54 x 10^10) / (9 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  24. 24th May 1957Make x the subject of y = 2x^2 - 8.
  25. 25th May 1957y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 128. Work out y when x = 3.
  26. 26th May 1957In triangle ABC, angle A is 65°, angle B is 45° and side a is 5 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  27. 27th May 19573 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  28. 28th May 195745 voles are marked and released. Later 36 are caught, of which 9 are marked. Estimate the population.
  29. 29th May 1957Write the recurring decimal 0.666... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  30. 30th May 1957Factorise x^2 - 49.
  31. 31st May 1957y is directly proportional to x. When x = 8, y = 80. Work out y when x = 6.

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