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July 1973

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st July 1973A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 13 cm and one shorter side of 12 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  2. 2nd July 19734 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  3. 3rd July 197350 newts are marked and released. Later 33 are caught, of which 3 are marked. Estimate the population.
  4. 4th July 1973Work out 36^(3/2).
  5. 5th July 1973A line has equation y = -4x + 6. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  6. 6th July 1973y is directly proportional to x. When x = 3, y = 21. Work out y when x = 15.
  7. 7th July 1973ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 54°. Work out angle ADC.
  8. 8th July 197322 students study Spanish and 5 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  9. 9th July 1973A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 40 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  10. 10th July 1973Write sqrt(45) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  11. 11th July 1973For the curve y = 40/x, work out y when x = 5, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  12. 12th July 1973A town's population is 13000 and grows by 8% each year. Work out the population after 5 years, to the nearest whole number.
  13. 13th July 1973A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 170°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  14. 14th July 19732 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  15. 15th July 1973A box plot has a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 27. Work out the range.
  16. 16th July 1973A meal deal has 9 mains, 9 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  17. 17th July 1973Expand and simplify (x + 4)(x + 1)(x - 4).
  18. 18th July 1973A block has volume 115 cm^3 and density 4 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  19. 19th July 1973A cone has base radius 3 cm and vertical height 6 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  20. 20th July 197318 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  21. 21st July 1973A box plot has minimum 11, lower quartile 21, median 27, upper quartile 36 and maximum 44. Work out the interquartile range.
  22. 22nd July 1973A mass is 28 kg, correct to 1 decimal place. Write down the upper bound.
  23. 23rd July 1973Make x the subject of y = 9x^2 - 10.
  24. 24th July 1973x : y = 3 : 8. Write y in terms of x.
  25. 25th July 1973In triangle ABC, angle A is 51°, angle B is 41° and side a is 15 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  26. 26th July 19736 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  27. 27th July 1973A capture-recapture estimate is made of the newt population of a stream. State one assumption the method relies on.
  28. 28th July 1973Write 4^-1 as a fraction.
  29. 29th July 1973Factorise x^2 - 121.
  30. 30th July 1973A price rises by 25% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  31. 31st July 1973A 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.

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