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April 1972

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st April 1972In triangle ABC, angle A is 44°, angle B is 67° and side a is 5 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  2. 2nd April 19722 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  3. 3rd April 1972A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 132 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  4. 4th April 1972Write sqrt(8) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  5. 5th April 1972Factorise x^2 - 16.
  6. 6th April 1972A town's population is 32000 and grows by 8% each year. Work out the population after 4 years, to the nearest whole number.
  7. 7th April 1972A right-angled triangle has sides 10 cm, 24 cm and 26 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 10 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  8. 8th April 197214 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  9. 9th April 1972A box plot has a minimum of 11 and a maximum of 33. Work out the range.
  10. 10th April 1972A meal deal has 9 mains, 8 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  11. 11th April 1972A region is defined by y <= -3x + 9. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  12. 12th April 1972A block has volume 80 cm^3 and density 7.5 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  13. 13th April 1972The point (3, 6) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (-3, -2). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  14. 14th April 19726 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  15. 15th April 1972A box plot has minimum 11, lower quartile 18, median 27, upper quartile 29 and maximum 37. Work out the interquartile range.
  16. 16th April 1972A mass is 8 kg, correct to the nearest whole number. Write down the lower bound.
  17. 17th April 1972Factorise x^2 - 2x - 8.
  18. 18th April 1972x : y = 2 : 5. Write y in terms of x.
  19. 19th April 1972Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The larger has a volume of 432 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  20. 20th April 197216 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  21. 21st April 1972A capture-recapture estimate is made of the newt population of a stream. State one assumption the method relies on.
  22. 22nd April 1972Write 2^-3 as a fraction.
  23. 23rd April 1972Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 4x + 6 that passes through (2, 6).
  24. 24th April 1972A price rises by 20% and then falls by 25%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  25. 25th April 1972A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 13 cm and one shorter side of 5 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  26. 26th April 19724 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  27. 27th April 1972A histogram class is 4 units wide and contains 10 values. Work out the frequency density.
  28. 28th April 1972Work out (8 x 10^7) x (2 x 10^6). Give your answer in standard form.
  29. 29th April 1972A line has equation y = 5x + 5. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  30. 30th April 1972y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 8, y = 20. Work out y when x = 5.

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