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March 1982

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st March 1982Write the recurring decimal 0.222... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  2. 2nd March 1982Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -x - 1 that passes through (4, -2).
  3. 3rd March 1982A block has volume 120 cm^3 and density 8 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  4. 4th March 1982A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 26 cm and one shorter side of 10 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  5. 5th March 19823 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  6. 6th March 1982A box plot has minimum 6, lower quartile 13, median 20, upper quartile 25 and maximum 33. Work out the interquartile range.
  7. 7th March 1982Work out 16^(3/2).
  8. 8th March 1982A line has equation y = -4x + 2. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  9. 9th March 1982x : y = 2 : 7. Write y in terms of x.
  10. 10th March 1982ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 84°. Work out angle ADC.
  11. 11th March 198214 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  12. 12th March 1982A capture-recapture estimate is made of the newt population of a stream. State one assumption the method relies on.
  13. 13th March 1982Write sqrt(48) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  14. 14th March 1982For the curve y = 24/x, work out y when x = 4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  15. 15th March 1982A price rises by 20% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  16. 16th March 1982A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 126°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  17. 17th March 19821 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  18. 18th March 1982A histogram class is 2 units wide and contains 4 values. Work out the frequency density.
  19. 19th March 1982A meal deal has 9 mains, 9 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  20. 20th March 1982Expand and simplify (x - 2)(x + 4)(x - 1).
  21. 21st March 1982y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 9, y = 6. Work out y when x = 6.
  22. 22nd March 1982A cone has base radius 7 cm and vertical height 3 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  23. 23rd March 19829 students study Spanish and 3 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  24. 24th March 1982Four classes in order have frequencies 12, 9, 7, 7. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  25. 25th March 1982A mass is 69 kg, correct to the nearest whole number. Write down the lower bound.
  26. 26th March 1982Make x the subject of y = 3x^2 - 6.
  27. 27th March 1982y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 175. Work out y when x = 8.
  28. 28th March 1982In triangle ABC, angle A is 31°, angle B is 97° and side a is 12 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  29. 29th March 19821 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  30. 30th March 198255 fish are marked and released. Later 84 are caught, of which 7 are marked. Estimate the population.
  31. 31st March 1982Write 3^-1 as a fraction.

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