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February 1987 5-a-day

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February 1987

28 sheets · 140 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st February 198724 students study Spanish and 8 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  2. 2nd February 1987A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 140 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  3. 3rd February 1987A meal deal has 9 mains, 6 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  4. 4th February 1987Make x the subject of y = 6x^2 - 10.
  5. 5th February 1987A town's population is 35500 and grows by 4% each year. Work out the population after 4 years, to the nearest whole number.
  6. 6th February 1987In triangle ABC, angle A is 40°, angle B is 41° and side a is 18 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  7. 7th February 19876 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  8. 8th February 1987A box plot has a minimum of 16 and a maximum of 55. Work out the range.
  9. 9th February 1987A mass is 78 kg, correct to the nearest whole number. Write down the lower bound.
  10. 10th February 1987Factorise x^2 - 144.
  11. 11th February 1987A block has volume 75 cm^3 and density 7.5 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  12. 12th February 1987A 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.
  13. 13th February 198712 students study Spanish and 5 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  14. 14th February 1987A box plot has minimum 12, lower quartile 22, median 27, upper quartile 34 and maximum 36. Work out the interquartile range.
  15. 15th February 1987Write 5^-2 as a fraction.
  16. 16th February 1987A region is defined by y <= x + 5. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  17. 17th February 1987x : y = 2 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
  18. 18th February 1987The point (1, -2) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (-1, -3). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  19. 19th February 19873 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  20. 20th February 1987A capture-recapture estimate is made of the newt population of a stream. State one assumption the method relies on.
  21. 21st February 1987Work out (6 x 10^4) x (8 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  22. 22nd February 1987Factorise x^2 - 1.
  23. 23rd February 1987A price rises by 15% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  24. 24th February 1987Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 896 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  25. 25th February 198715 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  26. 26th February 1987A histogram class is 5 units wide and contains 20 values. Work out the frequency density.
  27. 27th February 1987Write the recurring decimal 0.7979... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  28. 28th February 1987Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -3x - 8 that passes through (4, -11).

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