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February 1977

28 sheets · 140 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st February 1977Work out (36 x 10^9) / (4 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  2. 2nd February 1977Expand and simplify (x + 3)(x + 2)(x - 1).
  3. 3rd February 1977A town's population is 14000 and grows by 8% each year. Work out the population after 2 years, to the nearest whole number.
  4. 4th February 1977A cone has base radius 10 cm and vertical height 9 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  5. 5th February 197714 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  6. 6th February 1977A box plot has a minimum of 14 and a maximum of 40. Work out the range.
  7. 7th February 1977Write the recurring decimal 0.111... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  8. 8th February 1977Make x the subject of y = 5x^2 - 2.
  9. 9th February 1977A block has volume 140 cm^3 and density 3 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  10. 10th February 1977In triangle ABC, angle A is 66°, angle B is 68° and side a is 19 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  11. 11th February 19774 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  12. 12th February 1977A box plot has minimum 11, lower quartile 17, median 21, upper quartile 28 and maximum 37. Work out the interquartile range.
  13. 13th February 1977Work out 36^(3/2).
  14. 14th February 1977Factorise x^2 - 4.
  15. 15th February 1977x : y = 3 : 7. Write y in terms of x.
  16. 16th February 1977A right-angled triangle has sides 8 cm, 15 cm and 17 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 8 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  17. 17th February 197718 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  18. 18th February 1977A capture-recapture estimate is made of the fish population of a pond. State one assumption the method relies on.
  19. 19th February 1977Write sqrt(32) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  20. 20th February 1977A region is defined by y <= -2x + 8. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  21. 21st February 1977A price rises by 25% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  22. 22nd February 1977The point (-4, 3) is enlarged by scale factor -1 about the centre (4, 1). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  23. 23rd February 19772 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  24. 24th February 1977A histogram class is 10 units wide and contains 15 values. Work out the frequency density.
  25. 25th February 1977A meal deal has 5 mains, 3 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  26. 26th February 1977Factorise x^2 - 2x - 3.
  27. 27th February 1977y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 2, y = 20. Work out y when x = 5.
  28. 28th February 1977Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 512 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.

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