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December 1984

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st December 198432 students study Spanish and 12 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  2. 2nd December 1984A box plot has a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 31. Work out the range.
  3. 3rd December 1984A meal deal has 7 mains, 3 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  4. 4th December 1984Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 2x - 9 that passes through (1, 5).
  5. 5th December 1984A block has volume 50 cm^3 and density 2.5 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  6. 6th December 1984A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 5 cm and one shorter side of 4 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  7. 7th December 19841 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  8. 8th December 1984A box plot has minimum 6, lower quartile 9, median 13, upper quartile 22 and maximum 28. Work out the interquartile range.
  9. 9th December 1984A mass is 24 kg, correct to the nearest whole number. Write down the lower bound.
  10. 10th December 1984A line has equation y = -5x + 8. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  11. 11th December 1984x : y = 2 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
  12. 12th December 1984ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 56°. Work out angle ADC.
  13. 13th December 198420 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  14. 14th December 1984A capture-recapture estimate is made of the fish population of a pond. State one assumption the method relies on.
  15. 15th December 1984Write 6^-1 as a fraction.
  16. 16th December 1984For the curve y = -36/x, work out y when x = -4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  17. 17th December 1984A price rises by 20% and then falls by 15%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  18. 18th December 1984A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 48°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  19. 19th December 19843 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  20. 20th December 1984A histogram class is 4 units wide and contains 6 values. Work out the frequency density.
  21. 21st December 1984Work out (8 x 10^4) x (2 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  22. 22nd December 1984Expand and simplify (x - 4)(x - 1)(x - 2).
  23. 23rd December 1984y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 24. Work out y when x = 12.
  24. 24th December 1984A cone has base radius 10 cm and vertical height 21 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  25. 25th December 198425 students study Spanish and 5 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  26. 26th December 1984Four classes in order have frequencies 8, 7, 5, 3. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  27. 27th December 1984Write the recurring decimal 0.7575... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  28. 28th December 1984Make x the subject of y = 5x^2 - 4.
  29. 29th December 1984y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 112. Work out y when x = 3.
  30. 30th December 1984In triangle ABC, angle A is 46°, angle B is 51° and side a is 14 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  31. 31st December 19844 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.

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