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December 1968

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st December 196820 students study Spanish and 3 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  2. 2nd December 1968A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 180 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  3. 3rd December 1968A bill is £504 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  4. 4th December 1968For the curve y = -5/x, work out y when x = -5, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  5. 5th December 1968A town's population is 5500 and grows by 6% each year. Work out the population after 5 years, to the nearest whole number.
  6. 6th December 1968A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 172°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  7. 7th December 19682 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  8. 8th December 1968A box plot has a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 16. Work out the range.
  9. 9th December 1968A code is 2 letters (A to Z) followed by 3 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  10. 10th December 1968Expand and simplify (x - 2)(x - 1)(x - 3).
  11. 11th December 1968A block has volume 100 cm^3 and density 11 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  12. 12th December 1968A cone has base radius 4 cm and vertical height 15 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  13. 13th December 19689 students study Spanish and 3 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  14. 14th December 1968A box plot has minimum 13, lower quartile 22, median 24, upper quartile 29 and maximum 34. Work out the interquartile range.
  15. 15th December 1968Work out (6 x 10^12) / (2 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  16. 16th December 1968Make x the subject of y = 2x^2 - 7.
  17. 17th December 1968x : y = 4 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
  18. 18th December 1968In triangle ABC, angle A is 75°, angle B is 70° and side a is 6 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  19. 19th December 19684 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  20. 20th December 1968A capture-recapture estimate is made of the fish population of a pond. State one assumption the method relies on.
  21. 21st December 1968Write the recurring decimal 0.333... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  22. 22nd December 1968Factorise x^2 - 121.
  23. 23rd December 1968A price rises by 15% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  24. 24th December 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.
  25. 25th December 196811 students study Spanish and 3 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  26. 26th December 1968A histogram class is 5 units wide and contains 10 values. Work out the frequency density.
  27. 27th December 1968Work out 125^(2/3).
  28. 28th December 1968A region is defined by y <= 2x - 2. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  29. 29th December 1968y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 20. Work out y when x = 10.
  30. 30th December 1968The point (3, 5) is enlarged by scale factor -3 about the centre (2, 1). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  31. 31st December 19685 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.

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