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November 1982 5-a-day

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November 1982

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st November 1982A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 164 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  2. 2nd November 1982A bill is £288 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  3. 3rd November 1982A line has equation y = 5x + 1. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  4. 4th November 1982A town's population is 15500 and grows by 5% each year. Work out the population after 2 years, to the nearest whole number.
  5. 5th November 1982ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 81°. Work out angle ADC.
  6. 6th November 198222 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  7. 7th November 1982A box plot has a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 43. Work out the range.
  8. 8th November 1982A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 3 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  9. 9th November 1982For the curve y = 5/x, work out y when x = 1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  10. 10th November 1982A block has volume 60 cm^3 and density 2.5 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  11. 11th November 1982A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 50°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  12. 12th November 19823 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  13. 13th November 1982A box plot has minimum 11, lower quartile 21, median 29, upper quartile 35 and maximum 37. Work out the interquartile range.
  14. 14th November 1982Work out (42 x 10^7) / (6 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  15. 15th November 1982Expand and simplify (x + 4)(x + 5)(x + 5).
  16. 16th November 1982x : y = 2 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
  17. 17th November 1982A cone has base radius 10 cm and vertical height 18 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  18. 18th November 198224 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  19. 19th November 1982A capture-recapture estimate is made of the beetle population of a woodland. State one assumption the method relies on.
  20. 20th November 1982Write the recurring decimal 0.333... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  21. 21st November 1982Make x the subject of y = 7x^2 - 11.
  22. 22nd November 1982A price rises by 10% and then falls by 25%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  23. 23rd November 1982In triangle ABC, angle A is 33°, angle B is 89° and side a is 10 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  24. 24th November 19826 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  25. 25th November 1982A histogram class is 20 units wide and contains 10 values. Work out the frequency density.
  26. 26th November 1982Work out 8^(2/3).
  27. 27th November 1982Factorise x^2 - 100.
  28. 28th November 1982y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 60. Work out y when x = 10.
  29. 29th November 1982A right-angled triangle has sides 20 cm, 21 cm and 29 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 20 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  30. 30th November 198210 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.

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