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August 1981

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st August 19815 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  2. 2nd August 1981A box plot has a minimum of 19 and a maximum of 51. Work out the range.
  3. 3rd August 1981A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 2 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  4. 4th August 1981Factorise x^2 - 81.
  5. 5th August 1981A block has volume 155 cm^3 and density 3 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  6. 6th August 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.
  7. 7th August 198130 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  8. 8th August 1981A box plot has minimum 9, lower quartile 18, median 25, upper quartile 33 and maximum 35. Work out the interquartile range.
  9. 9th August 1981Work out (36 x 10^9) / (9 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  10. 10th August 1981A region is defined by y <= 3x + 5. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  11. 11th August 1981x : y = 5 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
  12. 12th August 1981The point (-6, -5) is enlarged by scale factor -1 about the centre (-4, 4). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  13. 13th August 19814 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  14. 14th August 1981A capture-recapture estimate is made of the newt population of a stream. State one assumption the method relies on.
  15. 15th August 1981Write the recurring decimal 0.444... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  16. 16th August 1981Factorise x^2 - 8x + 15.
  17. 17th August 1981A price rises by 20% and then falls by 15%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  18. 18th August 1981Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The larger has a volume of 108 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  19. 19th August 198116 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  20. 20th August 1981A histogram class is 20 units wide and contains 50 values. Work out the frequency density.
  21. 21st August 1981Work out 216^(2/3).
  22. 22nd August 1981Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -x - 2 that passes through (6, -2).
  23. 23rd August 1981y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 8, y = 24. Work out y when x = 12.
  24. 24th August 1981A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 17 cm and one shorter side of 15 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  25. 25th August 19817 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  26. 26th August 1981Four classes in order have frequencies 7, 3, 11, 9. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  27. 27th August 1981Write sqrt(27) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  28. 28th August 1981A line has equation y = -3x + 7. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  29. 29th August 1981y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 2, y = 28. Work out y when x = 9.
  30. 30th August 1981ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 65°. Work out angle ADC.
  31. 31st August 198122 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.

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