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March 1979 5-a-day
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Every sheet in March 1979
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- 1st March 1979A town's population is 23500 and grows by 6% each year. Work out the population after 2 years, to the nearest whole number.
- 2nd March 1979ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 95°. Work out angle ADC.
- 3rd March 197926 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
- 4th March 1979A box plot has a minimum of 13 and a maximum of 63. Work out the range.
- 5th March 1979Write 6^-3 as a fraction.
- 6th March 1979For the curve y = -40/x, work out y when x = -4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 7th March 1979A block has volume 160 cm^3 and density 3 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
- 8th March 1979A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 74°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
- 9th March 19793 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
- 10th March 1979A box plot has minimum 8, lower quartile 18, median 23, upper quartile 25 and maximum 31. Work out the interquartile range.
- 11th March 1979Work out (2 x 10^3) x (5 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
- 12th March 1979Expand and simplify (x + 4)(x - 5)(x - 5).
- 13th March 1979x : y = 2 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
- 14th March 1979A cone has base radius 10 cm and vertical height 3 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
- 15th March 197921 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
- 16th March 1979A capture-recapture estimate is made of the fish population of a pond. State one assumption the method relies on.
- 17th March 1979Write the recurring decimal 0.4141... as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 18th March 1979Make x the subject of y = 9x^2 - 8.
- 19th March 1979A price rises by 10% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
- 20th March 1979In triangle ABC, angle A is 71°, angle B is 69° and side a is 14 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
- 21st March 19792 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
- 22nd March 1979A histogram class is 10 units wide and contains 5 values. Work out the frequency density.
- 23rd March 1979A bill is £168 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 24th March 1979Factorise x^2 - 81.
- 25th March 1979y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 8, y = 30. Work out y when x = 10.
- 26th March 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.
- 27th March 197918 students study Spanish and 7 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
- 28th March 1979Four classes in order have frequencies 4, 4, 4, 5. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 29th March 1979A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 4 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
- 30th March 1979A region is defined by y <= 4x + 3. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
- 31st March 1979y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 150. Work out y when x = 9.