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January 1965

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st January 1965y is directly proportional to x. When x = 8, y = 88. Work out y when x = 5.
  2. 2nd January 1965A cone has base radius 8 cm and vertical height 18 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  3. 3rd January 196527 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  4. 4th January 1965A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 152 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  5. 5th January 1965Work out 27^(2/3).
  6. 6th January 1965Make x the subject of y = 6x^2 - 5.
  7. 7th January 1965A town's population is 38000 and grows by 8% each year. Work out the population after 3 years, to the nearest whole number.
  8. 8th January 1965In triangle ABC, angle A is 68°, angle B is 82° and side a is 10 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  9. 9th January 19653 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  10. 10th January 1965A box plot has a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 33. Work out the range.
  11. 11th January 1965Write sqrt(32) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  12. 12th January 1965Factorise x^2 - 9.
  13. 13th January 1965A block has volume 165 cm^3 and density 3 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  14. 14th January 1965A 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.
  15. 15th January 196529 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  16. 16th January 1965A box plot has minimum 1, lower quartile 8, median 13, upper quartile 19 and maximum 22. Work out the interquartile range.
  17. 17th January 1965A meal deal has 8 mains, 4 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  18. 18th January 1965A region is defined by y < x + 6. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  19. 19th January 1965x : y = 4 : 5. Write y in terms of x.
  20. 20th January 1965The point (3, 6) is enlarged by scale factor -3 about the centre (4, 0). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  21. 21st January 19654 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  22. 22nd January 1965A capture-recapture estimate is made of the snail population of a hedgerow. State one assumption the method relies on.
  23. 23rd January 1965A mass is 60 kg, correct to the nearest 10. Write down the upper bound.
  24. 24th January 1965Factorise x^2 - 16x + 63.
  25. 25th January 1965A price rises by 20% and then falls by 15%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  26. 26th January 1965Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 2304 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  27. 27th January 196519 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  28. 28th January 1965A histogram class is 5 units wide and contains 15 values. Work out the frequency density.
  29. 29th January 1965Write 5^-2 as a fraction.
  30. 30th January 1965Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 5x - 6 that passes through (3, 18).
  31. 31st January 1965y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 2, y = 8. Work out y when x = 4.

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