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March 1978

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st March 1978In triangle ABC, angle A is 39°, angle B is 44° and side a is 20 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  2. 2nd March 19782 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  3. 3rd March 1978A capture-recapture estimate is made of the ladybird population of a garden. State one assumption the method relies on.
  4. 4th March 1978Work out (14 x 10^7) / (2 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  5. 5th March 1978Factorise x^2 - 36.
  6. 6th March 1978A price rises by 10% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  7. 7th March 1978A right-angled triangle has sides 9 cm, 12 cm and 15 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 9 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  8. 8th March 197822 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  9. 9th March 1978A histogram class is 4 units wide and contains 2 values. Work out the frequency density.
  10. 10th March 1978Write the recurring decimal 0.777... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  11. 11th March 1978A region is defined by y < 4x - 6. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  12. 12th March 1978y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 2, y = 10. Work out y when x = 5.
  13. 13th March 1978The point (0, -5) is enlarged by scale factor -3 about the centre (-2, -4). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  14. 14th March 19783 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  15. 15th March 1978Four classes in order have frequencies 10, 6, 7, 11. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  16. 16th March 1978Work out 81^(3/2).
  17. 17th March 1978Factorise x^2 - 16.
  18. 18th March 1978y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 200. Work out y when x = 3.
  19. 19th March 1978Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 2. The larger has a volume of 104 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  20. 20th March 197812 students study Spanish and 5 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  21. 21st March 197835 fish are marked and released. Later 21 are caught, of which 7 are marked. Estimate the population.
  22. 22nd March 1978Write sqrt(27) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  23. 23rd March 1978Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -x - 5 that passes through (6, 5).
  24. 24th March 1978y is directly proportional to x. When x = 9, y = 18. Work out y when x = 6.
  25. 25th March 1978A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 10 cm and one shorter side of 8 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  26. 26th March 19783 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  27. 27th March 1978A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 76 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  28. 28th March 1978A meal deal has 9 mains, 9 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  29. 29th March 1978A line has equation y = -4x + 4. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  30. 30th March 1978A town's population is 6500 and grows by 6% each year. Work out the population after 4 years, to the nearest whole number.
  31. 31st March 1978ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 63°. Work out angle ADC.

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