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January 1980

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st January 1980x : y = 5 : 7. Write y in terms of x.
  2. 2nd January 1980In triangle ABC, angle A is 30°, angle B is 59° and side a is 6 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  3. 3rd January 19801 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  4. 4th January 1980A capture-recapture estimate is made of the newt population of a stream. State one assumption the method relies on.
  5. 5th January 1980Work out 100^(3/2).
  6. 6th January 1980Factorise x^2 - 9.
  7. 7th January 1980A price rises by 20% and then falls by 25%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  8. 8th January 1980A 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.
  9. 9th January 198022 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  10. 10th January 1980A histogram class is 5 units wide and contains 12.5 values. Work out the frequency density.
  11. 11th January 1980Write sqrt(18) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  12. 12th January 1980A region is defined by y <= -2x - 1. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  13. 13th January 1980y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 8, y = 6. Work out y when x = 6.
  14. 14th January 1980The point (2, -4) is enlarged by scale factor -3 about the centre (2, 0). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  15. 15th January 19801 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  16. 16th January 1980Four classes in order have frequencies 7, 9, 4, 8. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  17. 17th January 1980A meal deal has 5 mains, 6 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  18. 18th January 1980Factorise x^2 + 4x - 45.
  19. 19th January 1980y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 175. Work out y when x = 2.
  20. 20th January 1980Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 2560 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  21. 21st January 198017 students study Spanish and 8 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  22. 22nd January 198030 beetles are marked and released. Later 48 are caught, of which 6 are marked. Estimate the population.
  23. 23rd January 1980A mass is 67 kg, correct to the nearest whole number. Write down the lower bound.
  24. 24th January 1980Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 2x + 8 that passes through (2, -1).
  25. 25th January 1980y is directly proportional to x. When x = 3, y = 6. Work out y when x = 6.
  26. 26th January 1980A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 13 cm and one shorter side of 5 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  27. 27th January 19801 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  28. 28th January 1980A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 156 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  29. 29th January 1980Write 8^-1 as a fraction.
  30. 30th January 1980A line has equation y = 5x + 3. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  31. 31st January 1980A town's population is 12500 and grows by 5% each year. Work out the population after 6 years, to the nearest whole number.

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