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February 1965

28 sheets · 140 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st February 1965A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 20 cm and one shorter side of 16 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  2. 2nd February 19651 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  3. 3rd February 1965Four classes in order have frequencies 6, 3, 7, 5. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  4. 4th February 1965Work out (4 x 10^3) x (9 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  5. 5th February 1965A line has equation y = 5x + 3. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  6. 6th February 1965y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 6, y = 108. Work out y when x = 4.
  7. 7th February 1965ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 54°. Work out angle ADC.
  8. 8th February 196514 students study Spanish and 8 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  9. 9th February 196540 newts are marked and released. Later 21 are caught, of which 3 are marked. Estimate the population.
  10. 10th February 1965Write the recurring decimal 0.1414... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  11. 11th February 1965For the curve y = 6/x, work out y when x = 2, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  12. 12th February 1965y is directly proportional to x. When x = 8, y = 32. Work out y when x = 10.
  13. 13th February 1965A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 150°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  14. 14th February 19655 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  15. 15th February 1965A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 144 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  16. 16th February 1965A bill is £72 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  17. 17th February 1965Expand and simplify (x + 1)(x + 4)(x - 4).
  18. 18th February 1965A town's population is 24000 and grows by 6% each year. Work out the population after 4 years, to the nearest whole number.
  19. 19th February 1965A cone has base radius 5 cm and vertical height 12 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  20. 20th February 196521 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  21. 21st February 1965A box plot has a minimum of 7 and a maximum of 25. Work out the range.
  22. 22nd February 1965A code is 2 letters (A to Z) followed by 3 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  23. 23rd February 1965Make x the subject of y = 5x^2 - 4.
  24. 24th February 1965A block has volume 90 cm^3 and density 4 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  25. 25th February 1965In triangle ABC, angle A is 72°, angle B is 61° and side a is 17 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  26. 26th February 19651 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  27. 27th February 1965A box plot has minimum 1, lower quartile 11, median 13, upper quartile 22 and maximum 32. Work out the interquartile range.
  28. 28th February 1965Work out (24 x 10^11) / (8 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.

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