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16th October 1971

5 questions · 13 marks · Grades 6-7 · 61 question types in this band

  1. 1
    Pythagoras2 marks

    A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 29 cm and one shorter side of 21 cm. Work out the other shorter side.

  2. 2
    Venn Diagrams3 marks

    In a Venn diagram, 5 are in A only, 18 in B only, 9 in both and 10 in neither. Work out the probability a random one is in both.

  3. 3
    Box Plots2 marks

    A box plot has minimum 8, lower quartile 13, median 20, upper quartile 28 and maximum 34. Work out the interquartile range.

  4. 4
    Fractional and Negative Indices3 marks

    Work out 27^(2/3).

  5. 5
    Expanding Triple Brackets3 marks

    Expand and simplify (x + 5)(x + 5)(x + 4).

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