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April 1977 5-a-day

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April 1977

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st April 1977A capture-recapture estimate is made of the ladybird population of a garden. State one assumption the method relies on.
  2. 2nd April 1977A code is 2 letters (A to Z) followed by 2 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  3. 3rd April 1977Factorise x^2 - 16.
  4. 4th April 1977A price rises by 20% and then falls by 15%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  5. 5th April 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.
  6. 6th April 197730 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  7. 7th April 1977A histogram class is 20 units wide and contains 60 values. Work out the frequency density.
  8. 8th April 1977Work out (18 x 10^10) / (2 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  9. 9th April 1977A region is defined by y <= -3x + 2. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  10. 10th April 1977y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 4, y = 30. Work out y when x = 10.
  11. 11th April 1977The point (1, -3) is enlarged by scale factor -1 about the centre (0, 1). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  12. 12th April 19774 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  13. 13th April 1977Four classes in order have frequencies 8, 4, 12, 8. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  14. 14th April 1977Write the recurring decimal 0.111... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  15. 15th April 1977Factorise x^2 + 3x - 10.
  16. 16th April 1977y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 6, y = 108. Work out y when x = 2.
  17. 17th April 1977Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 2. The larger has a volume of 48 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  18. 18th April 197725 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 April 197725 newts are marked and released. Later 30 are caught, of which 3 are marked. Estimate the population.
  20. 20th April 1977Work out 216^(2/3).
  21. 21st April 1977Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 3x + 5 that passes through (6, 24).
  22. 22nd April 1977y is directly proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 15. Work out y when x = 6.
  23. 23rd April 1977A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 25 cm and one shorter side of 7 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  24. 24th April 19773 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  25. 25th April 1977A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 108 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  26. 26th April 1977Write sqrt(12) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  27. 27th April 1977A line has equation y = 3x + 2. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  28. 28th April 1977A town's population is 4000 and grows by 8% each year. Work out the population after 3 years, to the nearest whole number.
  29. 29th April 1977ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 56°. Work out angle ADC.
  30. 30th April 197710 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.

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