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July 1978

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st July 1978A box plot has minimum 7, lower quartile 10, median 17, upper quartile 24 and maximum 31. Work out the interquartile range.
  2. 2nd July 1978A bill is £672 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  3. 3rd July 1978A line has equation y = -3x + 2. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  4. 4th July 1978x : y = 3 : 8. Write y in terms of x.
  5. 5th July 1978ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 58°. Work out angle ADC.
  6. 6th July 197820 students study Spanish and 5 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  7. 7th July 1978A capture-recapture estimate is made of the snail population of a hedgerow. State one assumption the method relies on.
  8. 8th July 1978A code is 2 letters (A to Z) followed by 3 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  9. 9th July 1978For the curve y = 8/x, work out y when x = -2, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  10. 10th July 1978A price rises by 25% and then falls by 25%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  11. 11th July 1978A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 68°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  12. 12th July 19782 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  13. 13th July 1978A histogram class is 10 units wide and contains 20 values. Work out the frequency density.
  14. 14th July 1978Work out (14 x 10^10) / (7 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  15. 15th July 1978Expand and simplify (x - 3)(x - 4)(x - 5).
  16. 16th July 1978y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 12. Work out y when x = 2.
  17. 17th July 1978A cone has base radius 10 cm and vertical height 24 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  18. 18th July 19789 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  19. 19th July 1978Four classes in order have frequencies 10, 10, 8, 10. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  20. 20th July 1978Write the recurring decimal 0.111... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  21. 21st July 1978Make x the subject of y = 4x^2 - 12.
  22. 22nd July 1978y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 72. Work out y when x = 7.
  23. 23rd July 1978In triangle ABC, angle A is 40°, angle B is 104° and side a is 11 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  24. 24th July 19782 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  25. 25th July 197810 fish are marked and released. Later 42 are caught, of which 6 are marked. Estimate the population.
  26. 26th July 1978Work out 16^(3/2).
  27. 27th July 1978Factorise x^2 - 121.
  28. 28th July 1978y is directly proportional to x. When x = 4, y = 28. Work out y when x = 8.
  29. 29th July 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.
  30. 30th July 197813 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  31. 31st July 1978A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 128 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?

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