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May 1970 5-a-day

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May 1970

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st May 197019 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  2. 2nd May 1970A box plot has minimum 7, lower quartile 13, median 22, upper quartile 24 and maximum 26. Work out the interquartile range.
  3. 3rd May 1970Work out (8 x 10^6) x (8 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  4. 4th May 1970Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 5x - 5 that passes through (1, 13).
  5. 5th May 1970x : y = 5 : 7. Write y in terms of x.
  6. 6th May 1970A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 29 cm and one shorter side of 20 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  7. 7th May 19705 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  8. 8th May 1970A capture-recapture estimate is made of the ladybird population of a garden. State one assumption the method relies on.
  9. 9th May 1970Write the recurring decimal 0.2121... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  10. 10th May 1970A line has equation y = 2x + 6. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  11. 11th May 1970A price rises by 25% and then falls by 25%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  12. 12th May 1970ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 100°. Work out angle ADC.
  13. 13th May 197030 students study Spanish and 12 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  14. 14th May 1970A histogram class is 2 units wide and contains 4 values. Work out the frequency density.
  15. 15th May 1970A bill is £552 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  16. 16th May 1970For the curve y = 5/x, work out y when x = 1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  17. 17th May 1970y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 10. Work out y when x = 5.
  18. 18th May 1970A, 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.
  19. 19th May 19703 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  20. 20th May 1970Four classes in order have frequencies 5, 7, 3, 8. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  21. 21st May 1970A code is 2 letters (A to Z) followed by 3 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  22. 22nd May 1970Expand and simplify (x - 1)(x - 3)(x - 4).
  23. 23rd May 1970y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 2, y = 24. Work out y when x = 4.
  24. 24th May 1970A cone has base radius 9 cm and vertical height 12 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  25. 25th May 197026 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  26. 26th May 197020 fish are marked and released. Later 45 are caught, of which 9 are marked. Estimate the population.
  27. 27th May 1970Work out (48 x 10^6) / (6 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  28. 28th May 1970Make x the subject of y = 8x^2 - 11.
  29. 29th May 1970y is directly proportional to x. When x = 4, y = 32. Work out y when x = 3.
  30. 30th May 1970In triangle ABC, angle A is 55°, angle B is 48° and side a is 17 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  31. 31st May 19704 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.

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