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February 1961 5-a-day
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- 1st February 1961A mass is 49 kg, correct to the nearest whole number. Write down the upper bound.
- 2nd February 1961Factorise x^2 - 144.
- 3rd February 1961y is directly proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 30. Work out y when x = 10.
- 4th February 1961A right-angled triangle has sides 12 cm, 16 cm and 20 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 12 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
- 5th February 196130 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
- 6th February 1961A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 56 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 7th February 1961Write 6^-2 as a fraction.
- 8th February 1961A region is defined by y <= 2x + 1. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
- 9th February 1961A town's population is 25000 and grows by 8% each year. Work out the population after 4 years, to the nearest whole number.
- 10th February 1961The point (-3, -2) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (2, -4). Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 11th February 19611 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
- 12th February 1961A box plot has a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 51. Work out the range.
- 13th February 1961Work out (6 x 10^8) x (3 x 10^-5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 14th February 1961Factorise x^2 - x - 72.
- 15th February 1961A block has volume 95 cm^3 and density 2.5 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
- 16th February 1961Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 320 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
- 17th February 196119 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
- 18th February 1961A box plot has minimum 2, lower quartile 5, median 13, upper quartile 23 and maximum 28. Work out the interquartile range.
- 19th February 1961Write the recurring decimal 0.1212... as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 20th February 1961Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -4x + 4 that passes through (6, -28).
- 21st February 1961x : y = 3 : 4. Write y in terms of x.
- 22nd February 1961A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 10 cm and one shorter side of 6 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
- 23rd February 19612 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
- 24th February 1961A capture-recapture estimate is made of the ladybird population of a garden. State one assumption the method relies on.
- 25th February 1961A bill is £240 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 26th February 1961A line has equation y = 2x + 5. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
- 27th February 1961A price rises by 15% and then falls by 15%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
- 28th February 1961ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 100°. Work out angle ADC.