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May 1961

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st May 1961A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 192 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  2. 2nd May 1961A bill is £720 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  3. 3rd May 1961Make x the subject of y = 7x^2 - 9.
  4. 4th May 1961A town's population is 23500 and grows by 6% each year. Work out the population after 4 years, to the nearest whole number.
  5. 5th May 1961In triangle ABC, angle A is 73°, angle B is 30° and side a is 8 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  6. 6th May 19615 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  7. 7th May 1961A box plot has a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 23. Work out the range.
  8. 8th May 1961A code is 2 letters (A to Z) followed by 2 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  9. 9th May 1961Factorise x^2 - 36.
  10. 10th May 1961A block has volume 105 cm^3 and density 4 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  11. 11th May 1961A right-angled triangle has sides 9 cm, 12 cm and 15 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 9 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  12. 12th May 196122 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  13. 13th May 1961A box plot has minimum 7, lower quartile 12, median 16, upper quartile 24 and maximum 32. Work out the interquartile range.
  14. 14th May 1961Work out (72 x 10^11) / (8 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  15. 15th May 1961A region is defined by y < 4x + 4. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  16. 16th May 1961x : y = 2 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
  17. 17th May 1961The point (-2, 2) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (-1, -4). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  18. 18th May 19617 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  19. 19th May 1961A capture-recapture estimate is made of the ladybird population of a garden. State one assumption the method relies on.
  20. 20th May 1961Write the recurring decimal 0.888... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  21. 21st May 1961Factorise x^2 - 2x - 35.
  22. 22nd May 1961A price rises by 15% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  23. 23rd May 1961Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 1664 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  24. 24th May 196121 students study Spanish and 5 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  25. 25th May 1961A histogram class is 2 units wide and contains 3 values. Work out the frequency density.
  26. 26th May 1961Work out 64^(2/3).
  27. 27th May 1961Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -3x - 3 that passes through (2, -9).
  28. 28th May 1961y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 9, y = 12. Work out y when x = 3.
  29. 29th May 1961A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 25 cm and one shorter side of 7 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  30. 30th May 19611 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  31. 31st May 1961Four classes in order have frequencies 8, 4, 6, 10. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.

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