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March 1975

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st March 1975A box plot has minimum 14, lower quartile 24, median 28, upper quartile 33 and maximum 42. Work out the interquartile range.
  2. 2nd March 1975A meal deal has 7 mains, 6 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  3. 3rd March 1975A region is defined by y < -4x + 9. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  4. 4th March 1975x : y = 7 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
  5. 5th March 1975The point (6, 3) is enlarged by scale factor -3 about the centre (-2, 1). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  6. 6th March 19751 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  7. 7th March 1975A capture-recapture estimate is made of the beetle population of a woodland. State one assumption the method relies on.
  8. 8th March 1975A mass is 68 kg, correct to the nearest whole number. Write down the lower bound.
  9. 9th March 1975Factorise x^2 - 6x + 8.
  10. 10th March 1975A price rises by 15% and then falls by 25%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  11. 11th March 1975Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 320 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  12. 12th March 197523 students study Spanish and 8 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  13. 13th March 1975A histogram class is 20 units wide and contains 50 values. Work out the frequency density.
  14. 14th March 1975Write 5^-3 as a fraction.
  15. 15th March 1975Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -3x + 7 that passes through (5, -13).
  16. 16th March 1975y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 8, y = 36. Work out y when x = 12.
  17. 17th March 1975A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 10 cm and one shorter side of 8 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  18. 18th March 19754 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  19. 19th March 1975Four classes in order have frequencies 7, 10, 10, 4. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  20. 20th March 1975Work out (7 x 10^5) x (2 x 10^-4). Give your answer in standard form.
  21. 21st March 1975A line has equation y = -2x + 4. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  22. 22nd March 1975y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 63. Work out y when x = 5.
  23. 23rd March 1975ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 95°. Work out angle ADC.
  24. 24th March 197519 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  25. 25th March 197550 beetles are marked and released. Later 72 are caught, of which 6 are marked. Estimate the population.
  26. 26th March 1975Write the recurring decimal 0.5353... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  27. 27th March 1975For the curve y = 60/x, work out y when x = -10, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  28. 28th March 1975y is directly proportional to x. When x = 3, y = 9. Work out y when x = 2.
  29. 29th March 1975A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 90°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  30. 30th March 19752 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  31. 31st March 1975A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 220 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?

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