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September 1960

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st September 1960A cone has base radius 3 cm and vertical height 3 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  2. 2nd September 196023 students study Spanish and 7 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  3. 3rd September 1960A box plot has minimum 3, lower quartile 13, median 20, upper quartile 22 and maximum 31. Work out the interquartile range.
  4. 4th September 1960Work out 36^(3/2).
  5. 5th September 1960Make x the subject of y = 4x^2 - 6.
  6. 6th September 1960x : y = 2 : 3. Write y in terms of x.
  7. 7th September 1960In triangle ABC, angle A is 30°, angle B is 106° and side a is 13 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  8. 8th September 19601 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  9. 9th September 1960A capture-recapture estimate is made of the snail population of a hedgerow. State one assumption the method relies on.
  10. 10th September 1960Write sqrt(18) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  11. 11th September 1960Factorise x^2 - 36.
  12. 12th September 1960A price rises by 10% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  13. 13th September 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.
  14. 14th September 196025 students study Spanish and 8 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  15. 15th September 1960A histogram class is 5 units wide and contains 20 values. Work out the frequency density.
  16. 16th September 1960A meal deal has 8 mains, 9 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  17. 17th September 1960A region is defined by y < -4x + 7. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  18. 18th September 1960y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 4, y = 24. Work out y when x = 12.
  19. 19th September 1960The point (4, -6) is enlarged by scale factor -1 about the centre (0, -1). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  20. 20th September 19602 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  21. 21st September 1960Four classes in order have frequencies 12, 12, 4, 3. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  22. 22nd September 1960A mass is 57 kg, correct to the nearest whole number. Write down the lower bound.
  23. 23rd September 1960Factorise x^2 + 4x - 32.
  24. 24th September 1960y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 2, y = 20. Work out y when x = 4.
  25. 25th September 1960Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 1920 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  26. 26th September 196027 students study Spanish and 12 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  27. 27th September 196045 beetles are marked and released. Later 99 are caught, of which 9 are marked. Estimate the population.
  28. 28th September 1960Write 9^-3 as a fraction.
  29. 29th September 1960Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -x + 8 that passes through (5, -4).
  30. 30th September 1960y is directly proportional to x. When x = 9, y = 36. Work out y when x = 6.

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