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July 1986

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st July 198655 fish are marked and released. Later 30 are caught, of which 3 are marked. Estimate the population.
  2. 2nd July 1986Write the recurring decimal 0.666... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  3. 3rd July 1986Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 4x - 1 that passes through (5, 32).
  4. 4th July 1986y is directly proportional to x. When x = 2, y = 8. Work out y when x = 7.
  5. 5th July 1986A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 13 cm and one shorter side of 12 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  6. 6th July 19865 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  7. 7th July 1986A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 80 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  8. 8th July 1986Work out 25^(3/2).
  9. 9th July 1986A line has equation y = -3x + 5. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  10. 10th July 1986A town's population is 12500 and grows by 5% each year. Work out the population after 6 years, to the nearest whole number.
  11. 11th July 1986ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 78°. Work out angle ADC.
  12. 12th July 198610 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  13. 13th July 1986A box plot has a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 70. Work out the range.
  14. 14th July 1986Write sqrt(75) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  15. 15th July 1986For the curve y = 100/x, work out y when x = -10, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  16. 16th July 1986A block has volume 145 cm^3 and density 8 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  17. 17th July 1986A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 64°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  18. 18th July 19863 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  19. 19th July 1986A box plot has minimum 12, lower quartile 22, median 30, upper quartile 39 and maximum 43. Work out the interquartile range.
  20. 20th July 1986A meal deal has 6 mains, 3 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  21. 21st July 1986Expand and simplify (x + 1)(x + 5)(x + 2).
  22. 22nd July 1986x : y = 3 : 8. Write y in terms of x.
  23. 23rd July 1986A cone has base radius 2 cm and vertical height 12 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  24. 24th July 198630 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  25. 25th July 1986A capture-recapture estimate is made of the moth population of a meadow. State one assumption the method relies on.
  26. 26th July 1986A mass is 380 kg, correct to the nearest 10. Write down the lower bound.
  27. 27th July 1986Make x the subject of y = 6x^2 - 6.
  28. 28th July 1986A price rises by 20% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  29. 29th July 1986In triangle ABC, angle A is 53°, angle B is 63° and side a is 7 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  30. 30th July 19864 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  31. 31st July 1986A histogram class is 10 units wide and contains 25 values. Work out the frequency density.

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