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January 1981

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st January 1981A town's population is 6000 and grows by 3% each year. Work out the population after 4 years, to the nearest whole number.
  2. 2nd January 1981ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 69°. Work out angle ADC.
  3. 3rd January 198119 students study Spanish and 3 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  4. 4th January 1981A box plot has a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 57. Work out the range.
  5. 5th January 1981Write the recurring decimal 0.7979... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  6. 6th January 1981For the curve y = 44/x, work out y when x = -4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  7. 7th January 1981A block has volume 20 cm^3 and density 8 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  8. 8th January 1981A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 90°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  9. 9th January 19817 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  10. 10th January 1981A box plot has minimum 15, lower quartile 24, median 33, upper quartile 37 and maximum 40. Work out the interquartile range.
  11. 11th January 1981A bill is £696 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  12. 12th January 1981Expand and simplify (x - 4)(x + 5)(x + 2).
  13. 13th January 1981x : y = 5 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
  14. 14th January 1981A cone has base radius 5 cm and vertical height 24 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  15. 15th January 198124 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  16. 16th January 1981A capture-recapture estimate is made of the beetle population of a woodland. State one assumption the method relies on.
  17. 17th January 1981A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 3 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  18. 18th January 1981Make x the subject of y = 8x^2 - 12.
  19. 19th January 1981A price rises by 25% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  20. 20th January 1981In triangle ABC, angle A is 36°, angle B is 102° and side a is 13 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  21. 21st January 19812 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  22. 22nd January 1981A histogram class is 10 units wide and contains 30 values. Work out the frequency density.
  23. 23rd January 1981Work out (20 x 10^9) / (4 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  24. 24th January 1981Factorise x^2 - 25.
  25. 25th January 1981y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 9, y = 4. Work out y when x = 4.
  26. 26th January 1981A 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.
  27. 27th January 198123 students study Spanish and 5 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  28. 28th January 1981Four classes in order have frequencies 12, 4, 12, 11. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  29. 29th January 1981Write the recurring decimal 0.444... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  30. 30th January 1981A region is defined by y <= 2x - 8. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  31. 31st January 1981y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 48. Work out y when x = 7.

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