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March 1966 5-a-day
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Every sheet in March 1966
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 1966Write 9^-2 as a fraction.
- 2nd March 1966For the curve y = -80/x, work out y when x = 10, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 3rd March 1966A town's population is 23500 and grows by 6% each year. Work out the population after 3 years, to the nearest whole number.
- 4th March 1966A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 110°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
- 5th March 19666 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
- 6th March 1966A box plot has a minimum of 14 and a maximum of 52. Work out the range.
- 7th March 1966Work out (4 x 10^8) x (6 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 8th March 1966Expand and simplify (x + 2)(x + 5)(x - 4).
- 9th March 1966A block has volume 60 cm^3 and density 8 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
- 10th March 1966A cone has base radius 10 cm and vertical height 12 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
- 11th March 196621 students study Spanish and 3 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
- 12th March 1966A box plot has minimum 3, lower quartile 10, median 19, upper quartile 24 and maximum 32. Work out the interquartile range.
- 13th March 1966Write the recurring decimal 0.9191... as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 14th March 1966Make x the subject of y = 9x^2 - 8.
- 15th March 1966x : y = 4 : 5. Write y in terms of x.
- 16th March 1966In triangle ABC, angle A is 35°, angle B is 33° and side a is 5 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
- 17th March 19662 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
- 18th March 1966A capture-recapture estimate is made of the fish population of a pond. State one assumption the method relies on.
- 19th March 1966A bill is £768 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 20th March 1966Factorise x^2 - 64.
- 21st March 1966A price rises by 25% and then falls by 15%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
- 22nd March 1966A right-angled triangle has sides 20 cm, 21 cm and 29 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 20 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
- 23rd March 196622 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
- 24th March 1966A histogram class is 4 units wide and contains 8 values. Work out the frequency density.
- 25th March 1966A code is 2 letters (A to Z) followed by 2 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
- 26th March 1966A region is defined by y < 4x - 5. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
- 27th March 1966y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 12. Work out y when x = 3.
- 28th March 1966The point (-1, -4) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (-3, -2). Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 29th March 19662 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
- 30th March 1966Four classes in order have frequencies 4, 10, 8, 4. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 31st March 1966Work out (10 x 10^8) / (2 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.