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June 1986 5-a-day

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June 1986

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st June 1986A box plot has a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 70. Work out the range.
  2. 2nd June 1986Work out (7 x 10^4) x (3 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  3. 3rd June 1986Expand and simplify (x - 1)(x - 5)(x - 1).
  4. 4th June 1986A block has volume 160 cm^3 and density 11 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  5. 5th June 1986A cone has base radius 3 cm and vertical height 18 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  6. 6th June 198625 students study Spanish and 5 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  7. 7th June 1986A box plot has minimum 1, lower quartile 3, median 7, upper quartile 14 and maximum 23. Work out the interquartile range.
  8. 8th June 1986Write the recurring decimal 0.4949... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  9. 9th June 1986Make x the subject of y = 2x^2 - 8.
  10. 10th June 1986x : y = 3 : 8. Write y in terms of x.
  11. 11th June 1986In triangle ABC, angle A is 70°, angle B is 75° and side a is 11 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  12. 12th June 19862 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  13. 13th June 1986A capture-recapture estimate is made of the snail population of a hedgerow. State one assumption the method relies on.
  14. 14th June 1986A bill is £216 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  15. 15th June 1986Factorise x^2 - 25.
  16. 16th June 1986A price rises by 10% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  17. 17th June 1986A right-angled triangle has sides 9 cm, 40 cm and 41 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 9 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  18. 18th June 198613 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 June 1986A histogram class is 5 units wide and contains 10 values. Work out the frequency density.
  20. 20th June 1986A code is 2 letters (A to Z) followed by 4 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  21. 21st June 1986A region is defined by y <= -5x - 3. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  22. 22nd June 1986y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 2, y = 15. Work out y when x = 5.
  23. 23rd June 1986The point (3, 3) is enlarged by scale factor -3 about the centre (4, 1). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  24. 24th June 19865 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  25. 25th June 1986Four classes in order have frequencies 8, 10, 3, 4. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  26. 26th June 1986Work out (12 x 10^8) / (4 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  27. 27th June 1986Factorise x^2 - 10x + 9.
  28. 28th June 1986y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 128. Work out y when x = 6.
  29. 29th June 1986Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 640 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  30. 30th June 198627 students study Spanish and 8 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.

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