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February 1979

28 sheets · 140 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st February 19793 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  2. 2nd February 1979A capture-recapture estimate is made of the moth population of a meadow. State one assumption the method relies on.
  3. 3rd February 1979Write the recurring decimal 0.555... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  4. 4th February 1979Factorise x^2 - 144.
  5. 5th February 1979A price rises by 10% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  6. 6th February 1979A right-angled triangle has sides 5 cm, 12 cm and 13 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 5 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  7. 7th February 197920 students study Spanish and 12 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  8. 8th February 1979A histogram class is 10 units wide and contains 25 values. Work out the frequency density.
  9. 9th February 1979Work out 36^(3/2).
  10. 10th February 1979A region is defined by y < -3x + 1. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  11. 11th February 1979y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 2, y = 30. Work out y when x = 6.
  12. 12th February 1979The point (4, -2) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (0, 1). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  13. 13th February 19793 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  14. 14th February 1979Four classes in order have frequencies 4, 8, 8, 7. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  15. 15th February 1979Write sqrt(48) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  16. 16th February 1979Factorise x^2 - 11x + 24.
  17. 17th February 1979y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 6, y = 216. Work out y when x = 8.
  18. 18th February 1979Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The larger has a volume of 675 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  19. 19th February 197916 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  20. 20th February 197920 beetles are marked and released. Later 40 are caught, of which 4 are marked. Estimate the population.
  21. 21st February 1979A meal deal has 8 mains, 7 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  22. 22nd February 1979Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -2x - 1 that passes through (5, -15).
  23. 23rd February 1979y is directly proportional to x. When x = 2, y = 6. Work out y when x = 5.
  24. 24th February 1979A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 41 cm and one shorter side of 40 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  25. 25th February 19791 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  26. 26th February 1979A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 48 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  27. 27th February 1979A mass is 24.5 kg, correct to 1 decimal place. Write down the upper bound.
  28. 28th February 1979A line has equation y = -5x + 1. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.

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