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December 1977 5-a-day

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December 1977

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st December 1977A right-angled triangle has sides 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 3 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  2. 2nd December 197713 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  3. 3rd December 1977A box plot has minimum 3, lower quartile 9, median 11, upper quartile 18 and maximum 23. Work out the interquartile range.
  4. 4th December 1977Work out (6 x 10^4) x (5 x 10^-4). Give your answer in standard form.
  5. 5th December 1977A region is defined by y <= -3x - 6. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  6. 6th December 1977x : y = 5 : 6. Write y in terms of x.
  7. 7th December 1977The point (-6, 6) is enlarged by scale factor -3 about the centre (1, -3). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  8. 8th December 19775 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  9. 9th December 1977A capture-recapture estimate is made of the fish population of a pond. State one assumption the method relies on.
  10. 10th December 1977Write the recurring decimal 0.9090... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  11. 11th December 1977Factorise x^2 + 8x + 7.
  12. 12th December 1977A price rises by 15% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  13. 13th December 1977Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 2. The larger has a volume of 160 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  14. 14th December 197715 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  15. 15th December 1977A histogram class is 2 units wide and contains 1 values. Work out the frequency density.
  16. 16th December 1977A bill is £336 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  17. 17th December 1977Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 4x - 2 that passes through (5, 30).
  18. 18th December 1977y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 10. Work out y when x = 2.
  19. 19th December 1977A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 25 cm and one shorter side of 7 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  20. 20th December 19772 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  21. 21st December 1977Four classes in order have frequencies 5, 10, 11, 11. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  22. 22nd December 1977A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 2 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  23. 23rd December 1977A line has equation y = -4x + 7. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  24. 24th December 1977y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 32. Work out y when x = 8.
  25. 25th December 1977ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 84°. Work out angle ADC.
  26. 26th December 197721 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  27. 27th December 197750 voles are marked and released. Later 48 are caught, of which 8 are marked. Estimate the population.
  28. 28th December 1977Work out (28 x 10^10) / (4 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  29. 29th December 1977For the curve y = 40/x, work out y when x = -10, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  30. 30th December 1977y is directly proportional to x. When x = 9, y = 54. Work out y when x = 4.
  31. 31st December 1977A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 66°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.

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