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February 1963

28 sheets · 140 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st February 19634 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  2. 2nd February 1963A box plot has minimum 5, lower quartile 14, median 22, upper quartile 30 and maximum 32. Work out the interquartile range.
  3. 3rd February 1963Write 7^-2 as a fraction.
  4. 4th February 1963Factorise x^2 + 11x + 18.
  5. 5th February 1963x : y = 3 : 4. Write y in terms of x.
  6. 6th February 1963Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 128 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  7. 7th February 19639 students study Spanish and 5 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  8. 8th February 1963A capture-recapture estimate is made of the newt population of a stream. State one assumption the method relies on.
  9. 9th February 1963Work out (8 x 10^4) x (9 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  10. 10th February 1963Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -3x + 8 that passes through (5, -7).
  11. 11th February 1963A price rises by 20% and then falls by 25%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  12. 12th February 1963A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 25 cm and one shorter side of 7 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  13. 13th February 19632 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  14. 14th February 1963A histogram class is 4 units wide and contains 16 values. Work out the frequency density.
  15. 15th February 1963Write the recurring decimal 0.3737... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  16. 16th February 1963A line has equation y = -4x + 6. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  17. 17th February 1963y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 15. Work out y when x = 5.
  18. 18th February 1963ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 89°. Work out angle ADC.
  19. 19th February 196318 students study Spanish and 12 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  20. 20th February 1963Four classes in order have frequencies 3, 3, 12, 7. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  21. 21st February 1963A bill is £960 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  22. 22nd February 1963For the curve y = -5/x, work out y when x = -5, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  23. 23rd February 1963y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 32. Work out y when x = 2.
  24. 24th February 1963A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 98°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  25. 25th February 19633 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  26. 26th February 196325 beetles are marked and released. Later 60 are caught, of which 5 are marked. Estimate the population.
  27. 27th February 1963A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 2 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  28. 28th February 1963Expand and simplify (x - 1)(x + 5)(x + 2).

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