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April 1988 5-a-day

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April 1988

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st April 1988A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 166°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  2. 2nd April 19882 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  3. 3rd April 1988A box plot has a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 41. Work out the range.
  4. 4th April 1988A bill is £480 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  5. 5th April 1988Expand and simplify (x + 2)(x + 4)(x + 5).
  6. 6th April 1988A block has volume 85 cm^3 and density 3 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  7. 7th April 1988A cone has base radius 7 cm and vertical height 18 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  8. 8th April 198811 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  9. 9th April 1988A box plot has minimum 15, lower quartile 19, median 28, upper quartile 38 and maximum 44. Work out the interquartile range.
  10. 10th April 1988A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 3 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  11. 11th April 1988Make x the subject of y = 9x^2 - 10.
  12. 12th April 1988x : y = 2 : 7. Write y in terms of x.
  13. 13th April 1988In triangle ABC, angle A is 69°, angle B is 80° and side a is 8 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  14. 14th April 19882 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  15. 15th April 1988A capture-recapture estimate is made of the snail population of a hedgerow. State one assumption the method relies on.
  16. 16th April 1988Work out (15 x 10^7) / (3 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  17. 17th April 1988Factorise x^2 - 9.
  18. 18th April 1988A price rises by 10% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  19. 19th April 1988A right-angled triangle has sides 8 cm, 15 cm and 17 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 8 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  20. 20th April 198820 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  21. 21st April 1988A histogram class is 20 units wide and contains 30 values. Work out the frequency density.
  22. 22nd April 1988Write the recurring decimal 0.777... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  23. 23rd April 1988A region is defined by y <= -x + 9. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  24. 24th April 1988y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 3, y = 36. Work out y when x = 6.
  25. 25th April 1988The point (6, 2) is enlarged by scale factor -3 about the centre (-4, 4). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  26. 26th April 19885 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  27. 27th April 1988Four classes in order have frequencies 9, 5, 12, 9. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  28. 28th April 1988Work out 27^(2/3).
  29. 29th April 1988Factorise x^2 + 10x + 21.
  30. 30th April 1988y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 50. Work out y when x = 3.

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