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December 1981

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st December 1981Write the recurring decimal 0.4141... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  2. 2nd December 1981A line has equation y = 2x + 3. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  3. 3rd December 1981A town's population is 19500 and grows by 5% each year. Work out the population after 2 years, to the nearest whole number.
  4. 4th December 1981ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 102°. Work out angle ADC.
  5. 5th December 198116 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  6. 6th December 1981A box plot has a minimum of 18 and a maximum of 44. Work out the range.
  7. 7th December 1981A bill is £192 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  8. 8th December 1981For the curve y = 1/x, work out y when x = -1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  9. 9th December 1981A block has volume 185 cm^3 and density 3 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  10. 10th December 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.
  11. 11th December 19816 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  12. 12th December 1981A box plot has minimum 5, lower quartile 13, median 22, upper quartile 24 and maximum 26. Work out the interquartile range.
  13. 13th December 1981A 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 December 1981Expand and simplify (x - 1)(x + 1)(x - 1).
  15. 15th December 1981x : y = 2 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
  16. 16th December 1981A cone has base radius 6 cm and vertical height 12 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  17. 17th December 198125 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  18. 18th December 1981A capture-recapture estimate is made of the moth population of a meadow. State one assumption the method relies on.
  19. 19th December 1981Work out (18 x 10^10) / (6 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  20. 20th December 1981Make x the subject of y = 6x^2 - 3.
  21. 21st December 1981A price rises by 20% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  22. 22nd December 1981In triangle ABC, angle A is 31°, angle B is 112° and side a is 16 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  23. 23rd December 19812 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  24. 24th December 1981A histogram class is 20 units wide and contains 10 values. Work out the frequency density.
  25. 25th December 1981Write the recurring decimal 0.111... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  26. 26th December 1981Factorise x^2 - 16.
  27. 27th December 1981y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 7, y = 72. Work out y when x = 12.
  28. 28th December 1981A right-angled triangle has sides 12 cm, 16 cm and 20 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 12 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  29. 29th December 198123 students study Spanish and 7 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  30. 30th December 1981Four classes in order have frequencies 5, 7, 12, 7. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  31. 31st December 1981Work out 64^(2/3).

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