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December 1983 5-a-day

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December 1983

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st December 19834 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  2. 2nd December 1983A capture-recapture estimate is made of the newt population of a stream. State one assumption the method relies on.
  3. 3rd December 1983A bill is £456 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  4. 4th December 1983Expand and simplify (x - 2)(x + 1)(x + 2).
  5. 5th December 1983A price rises by 10% and then falls by 15%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  6. 6th December 1983A cone has base radius 7 cm and vertical height 24 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  7. 7th December 198321 students study Spanish and 12 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  8. 8th December 1983A histogram class is 4 units wide and contains 12 values. Work out the frequency density.
  9. 9th December 1983A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 4 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  10. 10th December 1983Make x the subject of y = 7x^2 - 8.
  11. 11th December 1983y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 2, y = 10. Work out y when x = 5.
  12. 12th December 1983In triangle ABC, angle A is 57°, angle B is 34° and side a is 13 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  13. 13th December 19833 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  14. 14th December 1983Four classes in order have frequencies 5, 4, 6, 12. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  15. 15th December 1983Work out (35 x 10^8) / (7 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  16. 16th December 1983Factorise x^2 - 16.
  17. 17th December 1983y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 75. Work out y when x = 6.
  18. 18th December 1983A right-angled triangle has sides 6 cm, 8 cm and 10 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 6 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  19. 19th December 198314 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  20. 20th December 198320 voles are marked and released. Later 32 are caught, of which 8 are marked. Estimate the population.
  21. 21st December 1983Write the recurring decimal 0.666... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  22. 22nd December 1983A region is defined by y < 2x + 5. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  23. 23rd December 1983y is directly proportional to x. When x = 7, y = 42. Work out y when x = 4.
  24. 24th December 1983The point (6, -1) is enlarged by scale factor -1 about the centre (3, -4). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  25. 25th December 19831 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  26. 26th December 1983A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 96 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  27. 27th December 1983Work out 100^(3/2).
  28. 28th December 1983Factorise x^2 - 9x + 14.
  29. 29th December 1983A town's population is 2000 and grows by 8% each year. Work out the population after 5 years, to the nearest whole number.
  30. 30th December 1983Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 1472 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  31. 31st December 198322 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.

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