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August 1971

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st August 1971A box plot has a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 27. Work out the range.
  2. 2nd August 1971Write 4^-1 as a fraction.
  3. 3rd August 1971Make x the subject of y = 4x^2 - 4.
  4. 4th August 1971A block has volume 140 cm^3 and density 3 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  5. 5th August 1971In triangle ABC, angle A is 80°, angle B is 49° and side a is 17 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  6. 6th August 19714 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  7. 7th August 1971A box plot has minimum 7, lower quartile 13, median 17, upper quartile 26 and maximum 33. Work out the interquartile range.
  8. 8th August 1971Work out (3 x 10^8) x (2 x 10^6). Give your answer in standard form.
  9. 9th August 1971Factorise x^2 - 100.
  10. 10th August 1971x : y = 4 : 7. Write y in terms of x.
  11. 11th August 1971A right-angled triangle has sides 9 cm, 40 cm and 41 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 9 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  12. 12th August 197119 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  13. 13th August 1971A capture-recapture estimate is made of the ladybird population of a garden. State one assumption the method relies on.
  14. 14th August 1971Write the recurring decimal 0.3838... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  15. 15th August 1971A region is defined by y <= -5x - 9. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  16. 16th August 1971A price rises by 15% and then falls by 15%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  17. 17th August 1971The point (5, 0) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (0, -2). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  18. 18th August 19717 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  19. 19th August 1971A histogram class is 5 units wide and contains 2.5 values. Work out the frequency density.
  20. 20th August 1971A bill is £456 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  21. 21st August 1971Factorise x^2 - 2x - 8.
  22. 22nd August 1971y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 3, y = 25. Work out y when x = 5.
  23. 23rd August 1971Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 256 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  24. 24th August 197117 students study Spanish and 12 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  25. 25th August 1971Four classes in order have frequencies 10, 6, 12, 9. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  26. 26th August 1971A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 3 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  27. 27th August 1971Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -5x - 6 that passes through (2, -19).
  28. 28th August 1971y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 225. Work out y when x = 7.
  29. 29th August 1971A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 13 cm and one shorter side of 12 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  30. 30th August 19713 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  31. 31st August 197130 fish are marked and released. Later 63 are caught, of which 7 are marked. Estimate the population.

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