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November 1975 5-a-day

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November 1975

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st November 19752 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  2. 2nd November 1975A box plot has a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 64. Work out the range.
  3. 3rd November 1975Write the recurring decimal 0.555... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  4. 4th November 1975Factorise x^2 - x - 72.
  5. 5th November 1975A block has volume 95 cm^3 and density 11 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  6. 6th November 1975Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 2. The larger has a volume of 272 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  7. 7th November 197517 students study Spanish and 8 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  8. 8th November 1975A box plot has minimum 7, lower quartile 15, median 25, upper quartile 35 and maximum 42. Work out the interquartile range.
  9. 9th November 1975Work out 8^(2/3).
  10. 10th November 1975Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = x - 6 that passes through (3, 0).
  11. 11th November 1975x : y = 7 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
  12. 12th November 1975A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 5 cm and one shorter side of 4 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  13. 13th November 19751 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  14. 14th November 1975A capture-recapture estimate is made of the newt population of a stream. State one assumption the method relies on.
  15. 15th November 1975Write sqrt(48) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  16. 16th November 1975A line has equation y = 4x + 3. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  17. 17th November 1975A price rises by 10% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  18. 18th November 1975ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 51°. Work out angle ADC.
  19. 19th November 197520 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  20. 20th November 1975A histogram class is 20 units wide and contains 30 values. Work out the frequency density.
  21. 21st November 1975A meal deal has 8 mains, 6 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  22. 22nd November 1975For the curve y = -48/x, work out y when x = 4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  23. 23rd November 1975y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 2, y = 5. Work out y when x = 5.
  24. 24th November 1975A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 68°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  25. 25th November 19754 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  26. 26th November 1975Four classes in order have frequencies 8, 3, 3, 7. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  27. 27th November 1975A mass is 140 kg, correct to the nearest 10. Write down the upper bound.
  28. 28th November 1975Expand and simplify (x + 1)(x + 1)(x - 5).
  29. 29th November 1975y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 175. Work out y when x = 9.
  30. 30th November 1975A cone has base radius 4 cm and vertical height 12 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.

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