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February 1971

28 sheets · 140 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st February 197122 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  2. 2nd February 197145 fish are marked and released. Later 55 are caught, of which 5 are marked. Estimate the population.
  3. 3rd February 1971A bill is £744 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  4. 4th February 1971A region is defined by y < -4x - 4. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  5. 5th February 1971y is directly proportional to x. When x = 4, y = 16. Work out y when x = 13.
  6. 6th February 1971The point (5, 3) is enlarged by scale factor -1 about the centre (-1, -2). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  7. 7th February 19712 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  8. 8th February 1971A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 76 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  9. 9th February 1971A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 3 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  10. 10th February 1971Factorise x^2 + 8x - 9.
  11. 11th February 1971A town's population is 15000 and grows by 4% each year. Work out the population after 4 years, to the nearest whole number.
  12. 12th February 1971Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 1664 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  13. 13th February 197126 students study Spanish and 7 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  14. 14th February 1971A box plot has a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 31. Work out the range.
  15. 15th February 1971Work out (36 x 10^11) / (6 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  16. 16th February 1971Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 5x + 3 that passes through (3, 4).
  17. 17th February 1971A block has volume 165 cm^3 and density 2.5 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  18. 18th February 1971A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 20 cm and one shorter side of 12 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  19. 19th February 19712 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  20. 20th February 1971A box plot has minimum 6, lower quartile 15, median 22, upper quartile 30 and maximum 40. Work out the interquartile range.
  21. 21st February 1971Write the recurring decimal 0.222... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  22. 22nd February 1971A line has equation y = -5x + 2. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  23. 23rd February 1971x : y = 5 : 6. Write y in terms of x.
  24. 24th February 1971ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 90°. Work out angle ADC.
  25. 25th February 197122 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  26. 26th February 1971A capture-recapture estimate is made of the moth population of a meadow. State one assumption the method relies on.
  27. 27th February 1971Work out 216^(2/3).
  28. 28th February 1971For the curve y = -60/x, work out y when x = -10, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.

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