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June 1960 5-a-day

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June 1960

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st June 1960Make x the subject of y = 5x^2 - 5.
  2. 2nd June 1960A town's population is 21500 and grows by 8% each year. Work out the population after 5 years, to the nearest whole number.
  3. 3rd June 1960In triangle ABC, angle A is 37°, angle B is 58° and side a is 15 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  4. 4th June 19601 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  5. 5th June 1960A box plot has a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 36. Work out the range.
  6. 6th June 1960A bill is £912 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  7. 7th June 1960Factorise x^2 - 9.
  8. 8th June 1960A block has volume 170 cm^3 and density 7.5 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  9. 9th June 1960A right-angled triangle has sides 6 cm, 8 cm and 10 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 6 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  10. 10th June 196015 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  11. 11th June 1960A box plot has minimum 1, lower quartile 10, median 12, upper quartile 21 and maximum 25. Work out the interquartile range.
  12. 12th June 1960A code is 2 letters (A to Z) followed by 3 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  13. 13th June 1960A region is defined by y <= -4x - 6. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  14. 14th June 1960x : y = 3 : 7. Write y in terms of x.
  15. 15th June 1960The point (-1, -1) is enlarged by scale factor -1 about the centre (1, -3). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  16. 16th June 19604 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  17. 17th June 1960A capture-recapture estimate is made of the beetle population of a woodland. State one assumption the method relies on.
  18. 18th June 1960Work out (45 x 10^8) / (9 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  19. 19th June 1960Factorise x^2 - 5x - 14.
  20. 20th June 1960A price rises by 25% and then falls by 15%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  21. 21st June 1960Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 2. The larger has a volume of 144 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  22. 22nd June 196016 students study Spanish and 5 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  23. 23rd June 1960A histogram class is 2 units wide and contains 4 values. Work out the frequency density.
  24. 24th June 1960Write the recurring decimal 0.888... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  25. 25th June 1960Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 4x + 6 that passes through (6, 28).
  26. 26th June 1960y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 7, y = 40. Work out y when x = 10.
  27. 27th June 1960A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 25 cm and one shorter side of 24 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  28. 28th June 19606 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  29. 29th June 1960Four classes in order have frequencies 4, 4, 4, 5. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  30. 30th June 1960Work out 100^(3/2).

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