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February 1977 5-a-day
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- 1st February 1977Work out (36 x 10^9) / (4 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
- 2nd February 1977Expand and simplify (x + 3)(x + 2)(x - 1).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 6th February 1977A box plot has a minimum of 14 and a maximum of 40. Work out the range.
- 7th February 1977Write the recurring decimal 0.111... as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 8th February 1977Make x the subject of y = 5x^2 - 2.
- 9th February 1977A block has volume 140 cm^3 and density 3 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
- 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.
- 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.
- 12th February 1977A box plot has minimum 11, lower quartile 17, median 21, upper quartile 28 and maximum 37. Work out the interquartile range.
- 13th February 1977Work out 36^(3/2).
- 14th February 1977Factorise x^2 - 4.
- 15th February 1977x : y = 3 : 7. Write y in terms of x.
- 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.
- 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.
- 18th February 1977A capture-recapture estimate is made of the fish population of a pond. State one assumption the method relies on.
- 19th February 1977Write sqrt(32) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
- 20th February 1977A region is defined by y <= -2x + 8. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
- 21st February 1977A price rises by 25% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
- 22nd February 1977The point (-4, 3) is enlarged by scale factor -1 about the centre (4, 1). Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 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.
- 24th February 1977A histogram class is 10 units wide and contains 15 values. Work out the frequency density.
- 25th February 1977A meal deal has 5 mains, 3 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 26th February 1977Factorise x^2 - 2x - 3.
- 27th February 1977y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 2, y = 20. Work out y when x = 5.
- 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.