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November 1958

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st November 1958A box plot has minimum 11, lower quartile 19, median 29, upper quartile 31 and maximum 36. Work out the interquartile range.
  2. 2nd November 1958Work out (16 x 10^9) / (8 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  3. 3rd November 1958Make x the subject of y = 4x^2 - 6.
  4. 4th November 1958x : y = 5 : 8. Write y in terms of x.
  5. 5th November 1958In triangle ABC, angle A is 58°, angle B is 88° and side a is 7 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  6. 6th November 19584 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  7. 7th November 1958A capture-recapture estimate is made of the moth population of a meadow. State one assumption the method relies on.
  8. 8th November 1958Write the recurring decimal 0.666... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  9. 9th November 1958Factorise x^2 - 81.
  10. 10th November 1958A price rises by 10% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  11. 11th November 1958A 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.
  12. 12th November 195812 students study Spanish and 3 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  13. 13th November 1958A histogram class is 20 units wide and contains 80 values. Work out the frequency density.
  14. 14th November 1958Work out 27^(2/3).
  15. 15th November 1958A region is defined by y < 2x + 4. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  16. 16th November 1958y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 60. Work out y when x = 12.
  17. 17th November 1958The point (0, 6) is enlarged by scale factor -3 about the centre (0, -1). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  18. 18th November 19582 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  19. 19th November 1958Four classes in order have frequencies 10, 12, 11, 12. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  20. 20th November 1958Write sqrt(98) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  21. 21st November 1958Factorise x^2 + 7x + 10.
  22. 22nd November 1958y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 64. Work out y when x = 8.
  23. 23rd November 1958Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 640 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  24. 24th November 195820 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  25. 25th November 195850 beetles are marked and released. Later 20 are caught, of which 5 are marked. Estimate the population.
  26. 26th November 1958A meal deal has 3 mains, 5 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  27. 27th November 1958Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 3x - 3 that passes through (2, 15).
  28. 28th November 1958y is directly proportional to x. When x = 7, y = 28. Work out y when x = 15.
  29. 29th November 1958A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 20 cm and one shorter side of 12 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  30. 30th November 19582 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.

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