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October 1979

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st October 1979Write the recurring decimal 0.7777... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  2. 2nd October 1979Factorise x^2 - 144.
  3. 3rd October 1979A block has volume 65 cm^3 and density 8 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  4. 4th October 1979A right-angled triangle has sides 9 cm, 40 cm and 41 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 9 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  5. 5th October 197924 students study Spanish and 5 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  6. 6th October 1979A box plot has minimum 12, lower quartile 16, median 26, upper quartile 35 and maximum 41. Work out the interquartile range.
  7. 7th October 1979A bill is £912 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  8. 8th October 1979A region is defined by y <= -3x - 8. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  9. 9th October 1979x : y = 5 : 6. Write y in terms of x.
  10. 10th October 1979The point (6, 2) is enlarged by scale factor -1 about the centre (-3, -3). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  11. 11th October 19793 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  12. 12th October 1979A capture-recapture estimate is made of the fish population of a pond. State one assumption the method relies on.
  13. 13th October 1979A code is 2 letters (A to Z) followed by 4 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  14. 14th October 1979Factorise x^2 + 11x + 28.
  15. 15th October 1979A price rises by 10% and then falls by 25%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  16. 16th October 1979Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 1408 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  17. 17th October 197922 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  18. 18th October 1979A histogram class is 20 units wide and contains 40 values. Work out the frequency density.
  19. 19th October 1979Work out (18 x 10^10) / (3 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  20. 20th October 1979Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 3x + 1 that passes through (3, 17).
  21. 21st October 1979y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 9, y = 8. Work out y when x = 2.
  22. 22nd October 1979A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 13 cm and one shorter side of 12 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  23. 23rd October 19791 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  24. 24th October 1979Four classes in order have frequencies 4, 12, 11, 4. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  25. 25th October 1979Write the recurring decimal 0.777... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  26. 26th October 1979A line has equation y = -3x + 1. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  27. 27th October 1979y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 2, y = 36. Work out y when x = 6.
  28. 28th October 1979ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 124°. Work out angle ADC.
  29. 29th October 197926 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  30. 30th October 197960 fish are marked and released. Later 22 are caught, of which 2 are marked. Estimate the population.
  31. 31st October 1979Work out 36^(3/2).

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