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December 1974 5-a-day

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December 1974

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st December 1974A box plot has a minimum of 9 and a maximum of 22. Work out the range.
  2. 2nd December 1974Work out (21 x 10^11) / (7 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  3. 3rd December 1974Factorise x^2 - 6x - 7.
  4. 4th December 1974A block has volume 15 cm^3 and density 11 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  5. 5th December 1974Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The larger has a volume of 864 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  6. 6th December 197410 students study Spanish and 3 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  7. 7th December 1974A box plot has minimum 5, lower quartile 13, median 23, upper quartile 33 and maximum 43. Work out the interquartile range.
  8. 8th December 1974Write the recurring decimal 0.555... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  9. 9th December 1974Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 4x - 1 that passes through (6, 31).
  10. 10th December 1974x : y = 4 : 7. Write y in terms of x.
  11. 11th December 1974A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 17 cm and one shorter side of 8 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  12. 12th December 19746 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  13. 13th December 1974A capture-recapture estimate is made of the beetle population of a woodland. State one assumption the method relies on.
  14. 14th December 1974Work out 216^(2/3).
  15. 15th December 1974A line has equation y = -5x + 9. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  16. 16th December 1974A price rises by 25% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  17. 17th December 1974ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 78°. Work out angle ADC.
  18. 18th December 197420 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  19. 19th December 1974A histogram class is 20 units wide and contains 40 values. Work out the frequency density.
  20. 20th December 1974Write sqrt(20) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  21. 21st December 1974For the curve y = 48/x, work out y when x = -4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  22. 22nd December 1974y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 2, y = 30. Work out y when x = 5.
  23. 23rd December 1974A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 168°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  24. 24th December 19743 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  25. 25th December 1974Four classes in order have frequencies 5, 3, 3, 12. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  26. 26th December 1974A meal deal has 6 mains, 9 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  27. 27th December 1974Expand and simplify (x + 4)(x + 3)(x + 2).
  28. 28th December 1974y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 32. Work out y when x = 9.
  29. 29th December 1974A cone has base radius 8 cm and vertical height 21 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  30. 30th December 197414 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  31. 31st December 197415 voles are marked and released. Later 22 are caught, of which 2 are marked. Estimate the population.

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