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March 1970

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st March 1970A right-angled triangle has sides 5 cm, 12 cm and 13 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 5 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  2. 2nd March 197018 students study Spanish and 7 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  3. 3rd March 197025 newts are marked and released. Later 72 are caught, of which 6 are marked. Estimate the population.
  4. 4th March 1970Write the recurring decimal 0.6666... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  5. 5th March 1970A region is defined by y <= 2x + 5. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  6. 6th March 1970y is directly proportional to x. When x = 8, y = 16. Work out y when x = 14.
  7. 7th March 1970The point (-3, 0) is enlarged by scale factor -3 about the centre (-1, -1). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  8. 8th March 19705 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  9. 9th March 1970A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 128 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  10. 10th March 1970A bill is £240 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  11. 11th March 1970Factorise x^2 + 5x - 24.
  12. 12th March 1970A town's population is 31000 and grows by 3% each year. Work out the population after 6 years, to the nearest whole number.
  13. 13th March 1970Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 2. The larger has a volume of 200 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  14. 14th March 197028 students study Spanish and 8 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  15. 15th March 1970A box plot has a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 53. Work out the range.
  16. 16th March 1970A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 4 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  17. 17th March 1970Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 3x + 7 that passes through (1, 11).
  18. 18th March 1970A block has volume 10 cm^3 and density 11 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  19. 19th March 1970A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 25 cm and one shorter side of 7 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  20. 20th March 19704 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  21. 21st March 1970A box plot has minimum 11, lower quartile 15, median 20, upper quartile 26 and maximum 28. Work out the interquartile range.
  22. 22nd March 1970Work out (40 x 10^6) / (8 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  23. 23rd March 1970A line has equation y = 3x + 2. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  24. 24th March 1970x : y = 2 : 5. Write y in terms of x.
  25. 25th March 1970ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 62°. Work out angle ADC.
  26. 26th March 197021 students study Spanish and 5 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  27. 27th March 1970A capture-recapture estimate is made of the ladybird population of a garden. State one assumption the method relies on.
  28. 28th March 1970Write the recurring decimal 0.222... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  29. 29th March 1970For the curve y = -110/x, work out y when x = 10, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  30. 30th March 1970A price rises by 25% and then falls by 15%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  31. 31st March 1970A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 148°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.

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