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January 1975 5-a-day

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January 1975

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st January 1975A mass is 710 kg, correct to the nearest 10. Write down the upper bound.
  2. 2nd January 1975Make x the subject of y = 2x^2 - 12.
  3. 3rd January 1975y is directly proportional to x. When x = 3, y = 27. Work out y when x = 14.
  4. 4th January 1975In triangle ABC, angle A is 40°, angle B is 63° and side a is 18 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  5. 5th January 19751 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  6. 6th January 1975A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 160 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  7. 7th January 1975Write 3^-3 as a fraction.
  8. 8th January 1975Factorise x^2 - 64.
  9. 9th January 1975A town's population is 16000 and grows by 5% each year. Work out the population after 4 years, to the nearest whole number.
  10. 10th January 1975A right-angled triangle has sides 9 cm, 12 cm and 15 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 9 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  11. 11th January 197526 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  12. 12th January 1975A box plot has a minimum of 7 and a maximum of 27. Work out the range.
  13. 13th January 1975Work out (7 x 10^5) x (5 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  14. 14th January 1975A region is defined by y < -2x + 5. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  15. 15th January 1975A block has volume 10 cm^3 and density 8 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  16. 16th January 1975The point (-3, -2) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (3, -2). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  17. 17th January 19752 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  18. 18th January 1975A box plot has minimum 10, lower quartile 17, median 24, upper quartile 32 and maximum 34. Work out the interquartile range.
  19. 19th January 1975Write the recurring decimal 0.7777... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  20. 20th January 1975Factorise x^2 - 7x - 18.
  21. 21st January 1975x : y = 4 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
  22. 22nd January 1975Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 2. The larger has a volume of 184 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  23. 23rd January 197520 students study Spanish and 12 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  24. 24th January 1975A capture-recapture estimate is made of the snail population of a hedgerow. State one assumption the method relies on.
  25. 25th January 1975A bill is £936 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  26. 26th January 1975Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 5x - 2 that passes through (3, 27).
  27. 27th January 1975A price rises by 25% and then falls by 15%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  28. 28th January 1975A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 5 cm and one shorter side of 4 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  29. 29th January 19754 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  30. 30th January 1975A histogram class is 2 units wide and contains 8 values. Work out the frequency density.
  31. 31st January 1975A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 4 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?

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