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December 1965

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st December 1965Work out 8^(2/3).
  2. 2nd December 1965Expand and simplify (x - 3)(x - 2)(x + 2).
  3. 3rd December 1965y is directly proportional to x. When x = 3, y = 9. Work out y when x = 11.
  4. 4th December 1965A cone has base radius 9 cm and vertical height 24 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  5. 5th December 196523 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  6. 6th December 1965A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 200 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  7. 7th December 1965Write sqrt(45) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  8. 8th December 1965Make x the subject of y = 2x^2 - 3.
  9. 9th December 1965A town's population is 5000 and grows by 3% each year. Work out the population after 3 years, to the nearest whole number.
  10. 10th December 1965In triangle ABC, angle A is 46°, angle B is 40° and side a is 17 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  11. 11th December 19652 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  12. 12th December 1965A box plot has a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 43. Work out the range.
  13. 13th December 1965A meal deal has 7 mains, 4 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  14. 14th December 1965Factorise x^2 - 100.
  15. 15th December 1965A block has volume 35 cm^3 and density 7.5 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  16. 16th December 1965A right-angled triangle has sides 12 cm, 16 cm and 20 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 12 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  17. 17th December 196516 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  18. 18th December 1965A box plot has minimum 15, lower quartile 18, median 28, upper quartile 38 and maximum 47. Work out the interquartile range.
  19. 19th December 1965A mass is 25 kg, correct to the nearest whole number. Write down the lower bound.
  20. 20th December 1965A region is defined by y <= x + 4. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  21. 21st December 1965x : y = 7 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
  22. 22nd December 1965The point (6, 5) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (-3, 4). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  23. 23rd December 19651 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  24. 24th December 1965A capture-recapture estimate is made of the moth population of a meadow. State one assumption the method relies on.
  25. 25th December 1965Write 2^-2 as a fraction.
  26. 26th December 1965Factorise x^2 - 9x + 14.
  27. 27th December 1965A price rises by 20% and then falls by 15%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  28. 28th December 1965Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 1152 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  29. 29th December 196512 students study Spanish and 3 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  30. 30th December 1965A histogram class is 4 units wide and contains 16 values. Work out the frequency density.
  31. 31st December 1965Work out (8 x 10^7) x (9 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.

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