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October 1982 5-a-day

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October 1982

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st October 198214 students study Spanish and 7 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  2. 2nd October 1982A box plot has minimum 13, lower quartile 22, median 28, upper quartile 33 and maximum 35. Work out the interquartile range.
  3. 3rd October 1982A meal deal has 8 mains, 4 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  4. 4th October 1982Make x the subject of y = 9x^2 - 7.
  5. 5th October 1982x : y = 4 : 7. Write y in terms of x.
  6. 6th October 1982In triangle ABC, angle A is 61°, angle B is 75° and side a is 19 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  7. 7th October 19827 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  8. 8th October 1982A capture-recapture estimate is made of the beetle population of a woodland. State one assumption the method relies on.
  9. 9th October 1982A mass is 550 kg, correct to the nearest 10. Write down the lower bound.
  10. 10th October 1982Factorise x^2 - 49.
  11. 11th October 1982A price rises by 10% and then falls by 15%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  12. 12th October 1982A right-angled triangle has sides 9 cm, 40 cm and 41 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 9 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  13. 13th October 198219 students study Spanish and 7 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  14. 14th October 1982A histogram class is 20 units wide and contains 40 values. Work out the frequency density.
  15. 15th October 1982Write 5^-1 as a fraction.
  16. 16th October 1982A region is defined by y < 3x + 3. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  17. 17th October 1982y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 9, y = 36. Work out y when x = 12.
  18. 18th October 1982The point (-1, 1) is enlarged by scale factor -1 about the centre (0, -2). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  19. 19th October 19824 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  20. 20th October 1982Four classes in order have frequencies 12, 8, 4, 6. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  21. 21st October 1982Work out (7 x 10^8) x (9 x 10^6). Give your answer in standard form.
  22. 22nd October 1982Factorise x^2 + 4x + 4.
  23. 23rd October 1982y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 75. Work out y when x = 7.
  24. 24th October 1982Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 960 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  25. 25th October 198220 students study Spanish and 12 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  26. 26th October 198240 voles are marked and released. Later 6 are caught, of which 2 are marked. Estimate the population.
  27. 27th October 1982Write the recurring decimal 0.1919... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  28. 28th October 1982Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 3x - 7 that passes through (3, 8).
  29. 29th October 1982y is directly proportional to x. When x = 4, y = 12. Work out y when x = 2.
  30. 30th October 1982A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 25 cm and one shorter side of 7 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  31. 31st October 19823 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.

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