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February 1961

28 sheets · 140 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st February 1961A mass is 49 kg, correct to the nearest whole number. Write down the upper bound.
  2. 2nd February 1961Factorise x^2 - 144.
  3. 3rd February 1961y is directly proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 30. Work out y when x = 10.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 6th February 1961A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 56 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  7. 7th February 1961Write 6^-2 as a fraction.
  8. 8th February 1961A region is defined by y <= 2x + 1. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  9. 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.
  10. 10th February 1961The point (-3, -2) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (2, -4). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  11. 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.
  12. 12th February 1961A box plot has a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 51. Work out the range.
  13. 13th February 1961Work out (6 x 10^8) x (3 x 10^-5). Give your answer in standard form.
  14. 14th February 1961Factorise x^2 - x - 72.
  15. 15th February 1961A block has volume 95 cm^3 and density 2.5 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 18th February 1961A box plot has minimum 2, lower quartile 5, median 13, upper quartile 23 and maximum 28. Work out the interquartile range.
  19. 19th February 1961Write the recurring decimal 0.1212... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  20. 20th February 1961Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -4x + 4 that passes through (6, -28).
  21. 21st February 1961x : y = 3 : 4. Write y in terms of x.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 24th February 1961A capture-recapture estimate is made of the ladybird population of a garden. State one assumption the method relies on.
  25. 25th February 1961A bill is £240 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  26. 26th February 1961A line has equation y = 2x + 5. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  27. 27th February 1961A price rises by 15% and then falls by 15%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  28. 28th February 1961ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 100°. Work out angle ADC.

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