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March 1963

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st March 1963y is directly proportional to x. When x = 7, y = 42. Work out y when x = 10.
  2. 2nd March 1963A cone has base radius 9 cm and vertical height 3 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  3. 3rd March 196315 students study Spanish and 5 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  4. 4th March 1963A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 48 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  5. 5th March 1963Work out (56 x 10^8) / (7 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  6. 6th March 1963Make x the subject of y = 6x^2 - 12.
  7. 7th March 1963A town's population is 14000 and grows by 3% each year. Work out the population after 3 years, to the nearest whole number.
  8. 8th March 1963In triangle ABC, angle A is 63°, angle B is 50° and side a is 14 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  9. 9th March 19634 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  10. 10th March 1963A box plot has a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 27. Work out the range.
  11. 11th March 1963Write the recurring decimal 0.444... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  12. 12th March 1963Factorise x^2 - 49.
  13. 13th March 1963A block has volume 60 cm^3 and density 11 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  14. 14th March 1963A right-angled triangle has sides 9 cm, 40 cm and 41 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 9 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  15. 15th March 196315 students study Spanish and 7 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  16. 16th March 1963A box plot has minimum 14, lower quartile 24, median 26, upper quartile 29 and maximum 31. Work out the interquartile range.
  17. 17th March 1963Work out 27^(2/3).
  18. 18th March 1963A region is defined by y <= x - 2. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  19. 19th March 1963x : y = 2 : 3. Write y in terms of x.
  20. 20th March 1963The point (5, -6) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (-4, 0). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  21. 21st March 19632 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  22. 22nd March 1963A capture-recapture estimate is made of the newt population of a stream. State one assumption the method relies on.
  23. 23rd March 1963Write sqrt(12) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  24. 24th March 1963Factorise x^2 - 12x + 32.
  25. 25th March 1963A price rises by 25% and then falls by 25%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  26. 26th March 1963Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The larger has a volume of 351 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  27. 27th March 196321 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  28. 28th March 1963A histogram class is 5 units wide and contains 15 values. Work out the frequency density.
  29. 29th March 1963A meal deal has 4 mains, 4 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  30. 30th March 1963Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -3x + 3 that passes through (6, -30).
  31. 31st March 1963y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 2, y = 5. Work out y when x = 5.

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