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September 1968 5-a-day

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September 1968

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st September 1968A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 52°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  2. 2nd September 19682 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  3. 3rd September 196820 newts are marked and released. Later 25 are caught, of which 5 are marked. Estimate the population.
  4. 4th September 1968A mass is 67 kg, correct to the nearest whole number. Write down the upper bound.
  5. 5th September 1968Expand and simplify (x + 4)(x - 1)(x + 1).
  6. 6th September 1968y is directly proportional to x. When x = 2, y = 10. Work out y when x = 15.
  7. 7th September 1968A cone has base radius 2 cm and vertical height 21 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  8. 8th September 196822 students study Spanish and 3 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  9. 9th September 1968A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 232 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  10. 10th September 1968Write 7^-1 as a fraction.
  11. 11th September 1968Make x the subject of y = 8x^2 - 6.
  12. 12th September 1968A town's population is 33000 and grows by 8% each year. Work out the population after 6 years, to the nearest whole number.
  13. 13th September 1968In triangle ABC, angle A is 66°, angle B is 72° and side a is 18 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  14. 14th September 19682 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  15. 15th September 1968A box plot has a minimum of 16 and a maximum of 71. Work out the range.
  16. 16th September 1968Work out (9 x 10^3) x (7 x 10^6). Give your answer in standard form.
  17. 17th September 1968Factorise x^2 - 16.
  18. 18th September 1968A block has volume 175 cm^3 and density 7.5 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  19. 19th September 1968A right-angled triangle has sides 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 3 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  20. 20th September 196815 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  21. 21st September 1968A box plot has minimum 11, lower quartile 20, median 28, upper quartile 34 and maximum 43. Work out the interquartile range.
  22. 22nd September 1968Write the recurring decimal 0.6060... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  23. 23rd September 1968A region is defined by y <= 3x - 8. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  24. 24th September 1968x : y = 2 : 7. Write y in terms of x.
  25. 25th September 1968The point (6, -5) is enlarged by scale factor -1 about the centre (-2, -4). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  26. 26th September 19683 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  27. 27th September 1968A capture-recapture estimate is made of the ladybird population of a garden. State one assumption the method relies on.
  28. 28th September 1968A bill is £216 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  29. 29th September 1968Factorise x^2 + 6x + 5.
  30. 30th September 1968A price rises by 20% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.

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