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April 1987

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st April 1987A right-angled triangle has sides 12 cm, 16 cm and 20 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 12 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  2. 2nd April 198711 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  3. 3rd April 1987A capture-recapture estimate is made of the moth population of a meadow. State one assumption the method relies on.
  4. 4th April 1987Write sqrt(8) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  5. 5th April 1987A region is defined by y < 2x - 9. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  6. 6th April 1987A price rises by 20% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  7. 7th April 1987The point (5, 4) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (-2, 3). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  8. 8th April 19872 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  9. 9th April 1987A histogram class is 4 units wide and contains 8 values. Work out the frequency density.
  10. 10th April 1987A meal deal has 5 mains, 4 sides and 6 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  11. 11th April 1987Factorise x^2 - x - 30.
  12. 12th April 1987y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 12. Work out y when x = 4.
  13. 13th April 1987Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The larger has a volume of 243 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  14. 14th April 198717 students study Spanish and 12 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  15. 15th April 1987Four classes in order have frequencies 3, 10, 12, 12. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  16. 16th April 1987A mass is 690 kg, correct to the nearest 10. Write down the upper bound.
  17. 17th April 1987Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -2x - 9 that passes through (4, -18).
  18. 18th April 1987y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 6, y = 252. Work out y when x = 2.
  19. 19th April 1987A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 25 cm and one shorter side of 24 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  20. 20th April 19872 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  21. 21st April 198755 voles are marked and released. Later 48 are caught, of which 4 are marked. Estimate the population.
  22. 22nd April 1987Write 8^-1 as a fraction.
  23. 23rd April 1987A line has equation y = -3x + 7. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  24. 24th April 1987y is directly proportional to x. When x = 7, y = 49. Work out y when x = 8.
  25. 25th April 1987ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 82°. Work out angle ADC.
  26. 26th April 198721 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  27. 27th April 1987A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 124 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  28. 28th April 1987Work out (6 x 10^4) x (6 x 10^-5). Give your answer in standard form.
  29. 29th April 1987For the curve y = 100/x, work out y when x = -10, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  30. 30th April 1987A town's population is 14000 and grows by 8% each year. Work out the population after 5 years, to the nearest whole number.

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