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September 1984

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st September 1984A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 5 cm and one shorter side of 4 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  2. 2nd September 19841 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  3. 3rd September 1984A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 196 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  4. 4th September 1984Work out (54 x 10^10) / (6 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  5. 5th September 1984A line has equation y = 5x + 2. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  6. 6th September 1984A town's population is 2500 and grows by 6% each year. Work out the population after 5 years, to the nearest whole number.
  7. 7th September 1984ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 55°. Work out angle ADC.
  8. 8th September 198413 students study Spanish and 5 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  9. 9th September 1984A box plot has a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 45. Work out the range.
  10. 10th September 1984Write the recurring decimal 0.777... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  11. 11th September 1984For the curve y = 10/x, work out y when x = 1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  12. 12th September 1984A block has volume 50 cm^3 and density 8 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  13. 13th September 1984A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 122°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  14. 14th September 19842 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  15. 15th September 1984A box plot has minimum 8, lower quartile 11, median 19, upper quartile 22 and maximum 26. Work out the interquartile range.
  16. 16th September 1984Work out 125^(2/3).
  17. 17th September 1984Expand and simplify (x - 3)(x - 2)(x + 2).
  18. 18th September 1984x : y = 5 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
  19. 19th September 1984A cone has base radius 8 cm and vertical height 24 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  20. 20th September 198422 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  21. 21st September 1984A capture-recapture estimate is made of the ladybird population of a garden. State one assumption the method relies on.
  22. 22nd September 1984Write sqrt(8) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  23. 23rd September 1984Make x the subject of y = 8x^2 - 12.
  24. 24th September 1984A price rises by 15% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  25. 25th September 1984In triangle ABC, angle A is 34°, angle B is 92° and side a is 16 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  26. 26th September 19843 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  27. 27th September 1984A histogram class is 10 units wide and contains 40 values. Work out the frequency density.
  28. 28th September 1984A meal deal has 7 mains, 6 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  29. 29th September 1984Factorise x^2 - 25.
  30. 30th September 1984y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 7, y = 4. Work out y when x = 2.

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