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February 1960 5-a-day
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- 1st February 1960A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 3 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
- 2nd February 1960Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -x + 9 that passes through (4, -15).
- 3rd February 1960A block has volume 125 cm^3 and density 11 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
- 4th February 1960A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 17 cm and one shorter side of 15 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
- 5th February 19605 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
- 6th February 1960A box plot has minimum 8, lower quartile 15, median 17, upper quartile 23 and maximum 32. Work out the interquartile range.
- 7th February 1960Work out (32 x 10^7) / (8 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 8th February 1960A line has equation y = -4x + 3. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
- 9th February 1960x : y = 7 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
- 10th February 1960ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 81°. Work out angle ADC.
- 11th February 196023 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
- 12th February 1960A capture-recapture estimate is made of the beetle population of a woodland. State one assumption the method relies on.
- 13th February 1960Write the recurring decimal 0.777... as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 14th February 1960For the curve y = -40/x, work out y when x = 10, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 15th February 1960A price rises by 25% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
- 16th February 1960A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 80°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
- 17th February 19601 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
- 18th February 1960A histogram class is 10 units wide and contains 5 values. Work out the frequency density.
- 19th February 1960Work out 49^(3/2).
- 20th February 1960Expand and simplify (x - 1)(x - 5)(x + 3).
- 21st February 1960y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 36. Work out y when x = 12.
- 22nd February 1960A cone has base radius 6 cm and vertical height 15 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
- 23rd February 196019 students study Spanish and 5 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
- 24th February 1960Four classes in order have frequencies 12, 4, 6, 9. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 25th February 1960Write sqrt(72) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
- 26th February 1960Make x the subject of y = 4x^2 - 12.
- 27th February 1960y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 32. Work out y when x = 5.
- 28th February 1960In triangle ABC, angle A is 69°, angle B is 76° and side a is 8 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
- 29th February 19604 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.