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January 1983

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st January 1983Write the recurring decimal 0.2323... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  2. 2nd January 1983Expand and simplify (x + 1)(x - 5)(x - 5).
  3. 3rd January 1983A price rises by 20% and then falls by 15%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  4. 4th January 1983A cone has base radius 10 cm and vertical height 3 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  5. 5th January 198315 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 January 1983A histogram class is 20 units wide and contains 80 values. Work out the frequency density.
  7. 7th January 1983A bill is £816 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  8. 8th January 1983Make x the subject of y = 5x^2 - 7.
  9. 9th January 1983y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 30. Work out y when x = 5.
  10. 10th January 1983In triangle ABC, angle A is 74°, angle B is 58° and side a is 19 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  11. 11th January 19831 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  12. 12th January 1983Four classes in order have frequencies 10, 4, 9, 9. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  13. 13th January 1983A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 3 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  14. 14th January 1983Factorise x^2 - 100.
  15. 15th January 1983y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 64. Work out y when x = 3.
  16. 16th January 1983A right-angled triangle has sides 5 cm, 12 cm and 13 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 5 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  17. 17th January 198321 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  18. 18th January 198340 voles are marked and released. Later 42 are caught, of which 7 are marked. Estimate the population.
  19. 19th January 1983Work out (32 x 10^10) / (8 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  20. 20th January 1983A region is defined by y <= 5x + 6. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  21. 21st January 1983y is directly proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 42. Work out y when x = 3.
  22. 22nd January 1983The point (-6, -3) is enlarged by scale factor -3 about the centre (3, -2). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  23. 23rd January 19831 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  24. 24th January 1983A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 76 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  25. 25th January 1983Write the recurring decimal 0.222... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  26. 26th January 1983Factorise x^2 + 11x + 30.
  27. 27th January 1983A town's population is 8000 and grows by 8% each year. Work out the population after 4 years, to the nearest whole number.
  28. 28th January 1983Two 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.
  29. 29th January 198323 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  30. 30th January 1983A box plot has a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 54. Work out the range.
  31. 31st January 1983Work out 64^(2/3).

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