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November 1965

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st November 1965Write the recurring decimal 0.6363... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  2. 2nd November 1965A region is defined by y < 5x - 1. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  3. 3rd November 1965A block has volume 45 cm^3 and density 11 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  4. 4th November 1965The point (2, -6) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (-1, -3). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  5. 5th November 19653 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  6. 6th November 1965A box plot has minimum 9, lower quartile 17, median 22, upper quartile 31 and maximum 38. Work out the interquartile range.
  7. 7th November 1965A bill is £576 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  8. 8th November 1965Factorise x^2 - x - 72.
  9. 9th November 1965x : y = 2 : 3. Write y in terms of x.
  10. 10th November 1965Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 2496 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  11. 11th November 196520 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  12. 12th November 1965A capture-recapture estimate is made of the fish population of a pond. State one assumption the method relies on.
  13. 13th November 1965A code is 2 letters (A to Z) followed by 4 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  14. 14th November 1965Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 3x - 2 that passes through (4, 17).
  15. 15th November 1965A price rises by 10% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  16. 16th November 1965A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 17 cm and one shorter side of 15 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  17. 17th November 19652 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  18. 18th November 1965A histogram class is 20 units wide and contains 10 values. Work out the frequency density.
  19. 19th November 1965Work out (28 x 10^8) / (7 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  20. 20th November 1965A line has equation y = -2x + 7. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  21. 21st November 1965y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 3, y = 48. Work out y when x = 12.
  22. 22nd November 1965ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 65°. Work out angle ADC.
  23. 23rd November 196521 students study Spanish and 7 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  24. 24th November 1965Four classes in order have frequencies 11, 7, 11, 8. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  25. 25th November 1965Write the recurring decimal 0.666... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  26. 26th November 1965For the curve y = -50/x, work out y when x = -10, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  27. 27th November 1965y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 125. Work out y when x = 7.
  28. 28th November 1965A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 138°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  29. 29th November 19655 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  30. 30th November 196560 newts are marked and released. Later 45 are caught, of which 5 are marked. Estimate the population.

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