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March 1986

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st March 1986A cone has base radius 4 cm and vertical height 18 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  2. 2nd March 198623 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 March 1986A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 208 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  4. 4th March 1986Write sqrt(20) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  5. 5th March 1986Make x the subject of y = 2x^2 - 3.
  6. 6th March 1986A town's population is 10500 and grows by 8% each year. Work out the population after 3 years, to the nearest whole number.
  7. 7th March 1986In triangle ABC, angle A is 34°, angle B is 94° and side a is 10 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  8. 8th March 19865 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  9. 9th March 1986A box plot has a minimum of 13 and a maximum of 33. Work out the range.
  10. 10th March 1986A meal deal has 8 mains, 9 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  11. 11th March 1986Factorise x^2 - 100.
  12. 12th March 1986A block has volume 10 cm^3 and density 3 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  13. 13th March 1986A right-angled triangle has sides 5 cm, 12 cm and 13 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 5 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  14. 14th March 198618 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  15. 15th March 1986A box plot has minimum 15, lower quartile 25, median 33, upper quartile 37 and maximum 46. Work out the interquartile range.
  16. 16th March 1986A mass is 34 kg, correct to the nearest whole number. Write down the upper bound.
  17. 17th March 1986A region is defined by y <= 3x - 6. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  18. 18th March 1986x : y = 5 : 7. Write y in terms of x.
  19. 19th March 1986The point (6, -1) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (4, -4). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  20. 20th March 19864 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  21. 21st March 1986A capture-recapture estimate is made of the fish population of a pond. State one assumption the method relies on.
  22. 22nd March 1986Write 2^-2 as a fraction.
  23. 23rd March 1986Factorise x^2 + 11x + 24.
  24. 24th March 1986A price rises by 25% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  25. 25th March 1986Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 576 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  26. 26th March 198628 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  27. 27th March 1986A histogram class is 4 units wide and contains 6 values. Work out the frequency density.
  28. 28th March 1986Work out (8 x 10^6) x (8 x 10^6). Give your answer in standard form.
  29. 29th March 1986Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -4x - 5 that passes through (1, -12).
  30. 30th March 1986y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 4. Work out y when x = 4.
  31. 31st March 1986A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 26 cm and one shorter side of 24 cm. Work out the other shorter side.

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