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March 1976

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st March 1976A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 220 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  2. 2nd March 1976A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 2 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  3. 3rd March 1976Expand and simplify (x - 2)(x + 3)(x + 4).
  4. 4th March 1976A town's population is 25500 and grows by 6% each year. Work out the population after 5 years, to the nearest whole number.
  5. 5th March 1976A cone has base radius 8 cm and vertical height 9 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  6. 6th March 197618 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  7. 7th March 1976A box plot has a minimum of 17 and a maximum of 48. Work out the range.
  8. 8th March 1976Work out (45 x 10^11) / (9 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  9. 9th March 1976Make x the subject of y = 4x^2 - 10.
  10. 10th March 1976A block has volume 90 cm^3 and density 2.5 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  11. 11th March 1976In triangle ABC, angle A is 70°, angle B is 52° and side a is 13 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  12. 12th March 19765 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  13. 13th March 1976A box plot has minimum 12, lower quartile 22, median 25, upper quartile 29 and maximum 32. Work out the interquartile range.
  14. 14th March 1976Write the recurring decimal 0.333... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  15. 15th March 1976Factorise x^2 - 121.
  16. 16th March 1976x : y = 2 : 3. Write y in terms of x.
  17. 17th March 1976A right-angled triangle has sides 7 cm, 24 cm and 25 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 7 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  18. 18th March 197622 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  19. 19th March 1976A capture-recapture estimate is made of the snail population of a hedgerow. State one assumption the method relies on.
  20. 20th March 1976Work out 216^(2/3).
  21. 21st March 1976A region is defined by y < x - 6. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  22. 22nd March 1976A price rises by 15% and then falls by 25%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  23. 23rd March 1976The point (-5, 2) is enlarged by scale factor -3 about the centre (-4, -2). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  24. 24th March 19763 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  25. 25th March 1976A histogram class is 2 units wide and contains 8 values. Work out the frequency density.
  26. 26th March 1976Write sqrt(72) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  27. 27th March 1976Factorise x^2 - 2x - 48.
  28. 28th March 1976y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 24. Work out y when x = 12.
  29. 29th March 1976Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The larger has a volume of 270 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  30. 30th March 197619 students study Spanish and 8 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  31. 31st March 1976Four classes in order have frequencies 9, 5, 5, 5. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.

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