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February 1986

28 sheets · 140 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st February 1986A box plot has minimum 14, lower quartile 20, median 26, upper quartile 30 and maximum 37. Work out the interquartile range.
  2. 2nd February 1986A bill is £672 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  3. 3rd February 1986Factorise x^2 + x - 2.
  4. 4th February 1986x : y = 2 : 7. Write y in terms of x.
  5. 5th February 1986Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 2. The larger has a volume of 24 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  6. 6th February 198620 students study Spanish and 3 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  7. 7th February 1986A capture-recapture estimate is made of the fish population of a pond. State one assumption the method relies on.
  8. 8th February 1986A code is 2 letters (A to Z) followed by 2 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  9. 9th February 1986Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -5x + 3 that passes through (3, -23).
  10. 10th February 1986A price rises by 25% and then falls by 15%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  11. 11th February 1986A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 25 cm and one shorter side of 24 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  12. 12th February 19866 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  13. 13th February 1986A histogram class is 10 units wide and contains 20 values. Work out the frequency density.
  14. 14th February 1986Work out (18 x 10^8) / (3 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  15. 15th February 1986A line has equation y = -2x + 9. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  16. 16th February 1986y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 4, y = 48. Work out y when x = 12.
  17. 17th February 1986ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 125°. Work out angle ADC.
  18. 18th February 198626 students study Spanish and 8 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  19. 19th February 1986Four classes in order have frequencies 10, 10, 11, 10. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  20. 20th February 1986Write the recurring decimal 0.111... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  21. 21st February 1986For the curve y = 20/x, work out y when x = -10, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  22. 22nd February 1986y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 225. Work out y when x = 7.
  23. 23rd February 1986A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 136°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  24. 24th February 19867 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  25. 25th February 198625 fish are marked and released. Later 70 are caught, of which 7 are marked. Estimate the population.
  26. 26th February 1986Work out 125^(2/3).
  27. 27th February 1986Expand and simplify (x - 3)(x - 1)(x + 2).
  28. 28th February 1986y is directly proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 18. Work out y when x = 12.

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