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March 1968

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st March 1968A capture-recapture estimate is made of the newt population of a stream. State one assumption the method relies on.
  2. 2nd March 1968Work out (5 x 10^3) x (6 x 10^-4). Give your answer in standard form.
  3. 3rd March 1968Make x the subject of y = 9x^2 - 8.
  4. 4th March 1968A price rises by 20% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  5. 5th March 1968In triangle ABC, angle A is 34°, angle B is 98° and side a is 5 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  6. 6th March 19685 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  7. 7th March 1968A histogram class is 10 units wide and contains 30 values. Work out the frequency density.
  8. 8th March 1968Write the recurring decimal 0.1616... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  9. 9th March 1968Factorise x^2 - 36.
  10. 10th March 1968y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 4, y = 8. Work out y when x = 2.
  11. 11th March 1968A 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.
  12. 12th March 196816 students study Spanish and 7 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  13. 13th March 1968Four classes in order have frequencies 5, 5, 5, 12. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  14. 14th March 1968A bill is £384 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  15. 15th March 1968A region is defined by y <= 2x + 6. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  16. 16th March 1968y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 64. Work out y when x = 9.
  17. 17th March 1968The point (-4, 0) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (-1, -2). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  18. 18th March 19687 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  19. 19th March 196835 voles are marked and released. Later 36 are caught, of which 9 are marked. Estimate the population.
  20. 20th March 1968A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 3 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  21. 21st March 1968Factorise x^2 + 2x - 8.
  22. 22nd March 1968y is directly proportional to x. When x = 7, y = 42. Work out y when x = 4.
  23. 23rd March 1968Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The larger has a volume of 810 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  24. 24th March 196818 students study Spanish and 3 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  25. 25th March 1968A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 136 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  26. 26th March 1968Work out (45 x 10^10) / (9 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  27. 27th March 1968Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = x - 5 that passes through (1, -2).
  28. 28th March 1968A town's population is 10000 and grows by 3% each year. Work out the population after 5 years, to the nearest whole number.
  29. 29th March 1968A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 17 cm and one shorter side of 8 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  30. 30th March 19688 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  31. 31st March 1968A box plot has a minimum of 18 and a maximum of 40. Work out the range.

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