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December 1982 5-a-day

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December 1982

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st December 1982Four classes in order have frequencies 6, 9, 4, 6. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  2. 2nd December 1982Write sqrt(32) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  3. 3rd December 1982A region is defined by y <= 5x - 3. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  4. 4th December 1982y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 2, y = 28. Work out y when x = 4.
  5. 5th December 1982The point (-5, 0) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (-1, -3). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  6. 6th December 19824 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  7. 7th December 198240 beetles are marked and released. Later 27 are caught, of which 9 are marked. Estimate the population.
  8. 8th December 1982A meal deal has 9 mains, 4 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  9. 9th December 1982Factorise x^2 - 4x - 21.
  10. 10th December 1982y is directly proportional to x. When x = 9, y = 90. Work out y when x = 5.
  11. 11th December 1982Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 832 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  12. 12th December 198226 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  13. 13th December 1982A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 96 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  14. 14th December 1982A mass is 27.1 kg, correct to 1 decimal place. Write down the upper bound.
  15. 15th December 1982Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 4x + 8 that passes through (6, 31).
  16. 16th December 1982A town's population is 8500 and grows by 3% each year. Work out the population after 3 years, to the nearest whole number.
  17. 17th December 1982A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 15 cm and one shorter side of 9 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  18. 18th December 19826 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  19. 19th December 1982A box plot has a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 38. Work out the range.
  20. 20th December 1982Write 5^-3 as a fraction.
  21. 21st December 1982A line has equation y = 5x + 4. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  22. 22nd December 1982A block has volume 90 cm^3 and density 8 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  23. 23rd December 1982ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 81°. Work out angle ADC.
  24. 24th December 198227 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  25. 25th December 1982A box plot has minimum 14, lower quartile 24, median 27, upper quartile 34 and maximum 42. Work out the interquartile range.
  26. 26th December 1982Work out (7 x 10^8) x (5 x 10^-5). Give your answer in standard form.
  27. 27th December 1982For the curve y = 40/x, work out y when x = 4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  28. 28th December 1982x : y = 4 : 5. Write y in terms of x.
  29. 29th December 1982A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 174°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  30. 30th December 19823 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  31. 31st December 1982A capture-recapture estimate is made of the fish population of a pond. State one assumption the method relies on.

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