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November 1972 5-a-day

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November 1972

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st November 1972Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -4x + 5 that passes through (4, -15).
  2. 2nd November 1972A town's population is 30000 and grows by 8% each year. Work out the population after 6 years, to the nearest whole number.
  3. 3rd November 1972A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 15 cm and one shorter side of 9 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  4. 4th November 19722 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  5. 5th November 1972A box plot has a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 38. Work out the range.
  6. 6th November 1972Write 5^-3 as a fraction.
  7. 7th November 1972A line has equation y = 4x + 3. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  8. 8th November 1972A block has volume 20 cm^3 and density 7.5 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  9. 9th November 1972ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 120°. Work out angle ADC.
  10. 10th November 197226 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  11. 11th November 1972A box plot has minimum 4, lower quartile 9, median 11, upper quartile 19 and maximum 26. Work out the interquartile range.
  12. 12th November 1972Work out (3 x 10^7) x (5 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  13. 13th November 1972For the curve y = -36/x, work out y when x = 4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  14. 14th November 1972x : y = 4 : 5. Write y in terms of x.
  15. 15th November 1972A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 64°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  16. 16th November 19722 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  17. 17th November 1972A capture-recapture estimate is made of the moth population of a meadow. State one assumption the method relies on.
  18. 18th November 1972Write the recurring decimal 0.8888... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  19. 19th November 1972Expand and simplify (x - 1)(x - 5)(x + 5).
  20. 20th November 1972A price rises by 15% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  21. 21st November 1972A cone has base radius 7 cm and vertical height 6 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  22. 22nd November 197217 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  23. 23rd November 1972A histogram class is 4 units wide and contains 2 values. Work out the frequency density.
  24. 24th November 1972A bill is £480 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  25. 25th November 1972Make x the subject of y = 6x^2 - 3.
  26. 26th November 1972y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 12. Work out y when x = 4.
  27. 27th November 1972In triangle ABC, angle A is 75°, angle B is 54° and side a is 17 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  28. 28th November 19722 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  29. 29th November 1972Four classes in order have frequencies 10, 4, 8, 4. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  30. 30th November 1972A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 2 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?

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