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July 1972 5-a-day

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July 1972

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st July 197226 students study Spanish and 12 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  2. 2nd July 1972A box plot has a minimum of 13 and a maximum of 32. Work out the range.
  3. 3rd July 1972Work out (2 x 10^6) x (6 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  4. 4th July 1972Make x the subject of y = 2x^2 - 4.
  5. 5th July 1972A block has volume 100 cm^3 and density 3 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  6. 6th July 1972In triangle ABC, angle A is 69°, angle B is 77° and side a is 15 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  7. 7th July 19721 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  8. 8th July 1972A box plot has minimum 2, lower quartile 12, median 22, upper quartile 27 and maximum 34. Work out the interquartile range.
  9. 9th July 1972Write the recurring decimal 0.6868... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  10. 10th July 1972Factorise x^2 - 49.
  11. 11th July 1972x : y = 2 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
  12. 12th July 1972A right-angled triangle has sides 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 3 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  13. 13th July 19728 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  14. 14th July 1972A capture-recapture estimate is made of the beetle population of a woodland. State one assumption the method relies on.
  15. 15th July 1972A bill is £360 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  16. 16th July 1972A region is defined by y <= 2x + 5. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  17. 17th July 1972A price rises by 15% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  18. 18th July 1972The point (1, 2) is enlarged by scale factor -1 about the centre (2, 4). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  19. 19th July 19723 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  20. 20th July 1972A histogram class is 20 units wide and contains 80 values. Work out the frequency density.
  21. 21st July 1972A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 3 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  22. 22nd July 1972Factorise x^2 - 2x - 35.
  23. 23rd July 1972y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 9, y = 20. Work out y when x = 5.
  24. 24th July 1972Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The larger has a volume of 108 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  25. 25th July 197220 students study Spanish and 3 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  26. 26th July 1972Four classes in order have frequencies 7, 10, 5, 9. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  27. 27th July 1972Work out (45 x 10^12) / (5 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  28. 28th July 1972Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 5x - 2 that passes through (4, 9).
  29. 29th July 1972y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 63. Work out y when x = 5.
  30. 30th July 1972A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 29 cm and one shorter side of 20 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  31. 31st July 19721 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.

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