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September 1983 5-a-day

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September 1983

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st September 1983A cone has base radius 7 cm and vertical height 18 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  2. 2nd September 198321 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  3. 3rd September 1983A box plot has minimum 14, lower quartile 23, median 31, upper quartile 41 and maximum 51. Work out the interquartile range.
  4. 4th September 1983A mass is 16.5 kg, correct to 1 decimal place. Write down the lower bound.
  5. 5th September 1983Make x the subject of y = 2x^2 - 10.
  6. 6th September 1983x : y = 3 : 7. Write y in terms of x.
  7. 7th September 1983In triangle ABC, angle A is 60°, angle B is 42° and side a is 6 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  8. 8th September 19831 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  9. 9th September 1983A capture-recapture estimate is made of the snail population of a hedgerow. State one assumption the method relies on.
  10. 10th September 1983Write 9^-3 as a fraction.
  11. 11th September 1983Factorise x^2 - 9.
  12. 12th September 1983A price rises by 20% and then falls by 25%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  13. 13th September 1983A right-angled triangle has sides 9 cm, 12 cm and 15 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 9 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  14. 14th September 198313 students study Spanish and 3 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  15. 15th September 1983A histogram class is 2 units wide and contains 4 values. Work out the frequency density.
  16. 16th September 1983Work out (7 x 10^5) x (9 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  17. 17th September 1983A region is defined by y <= x - 1. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  18. 18th September 1983y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 9, y = 12. Work out y when x = 6.
  19. 19th September 1983The point (-6, 5) is enlarged by scale factor -1 about the centre (-3, -3). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  20. 20th September 19833 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  21. 21st September 1983Four classes in order have frequencies 5, 9, 3, 11. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  22. 22nd September 1983Write the recurring decimal 0.8484... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  23. 23rd September 1983Factorise x^2 + 4x - 21.
  24. 24th September 1983y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 96. Work out y when x = 5.
  25. 25th September 1983Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The larger has a volume of 810 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  26. 26th September 198321 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  27. 27th September 198325 newts are marked and released. Later 70 are caught, of which 7 are marked. Estimate the population.
  28. 28th September 1983A bill is £864 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  29. 29th September 1983Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 4x + 9 that passes through (3, 21).
  30. 30th September 1983y is directly proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 50. Work out y when x = 2.

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