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12th May 1988

5 questions · 14 marks · Grades 6-7 · 61 question types in this band

  1. 1
    Repeated Percentage Change3 marks

    A town's population is 12500 and grows by 3% each year. Work out the population after 6 years, to the nearest whole number.

  2. 2
    Vectors3 marks

    a is the column vector (-3, 4) and b is (5, 4). Work out 2a - 2b as a column vector.

  3. 3
    Probability Trees3 marks

    4 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.

  4. 4
    Histograms2 marks

    A histogram class is 4 units wide and contains 12 values. Work out the frequency density.

  5. 5
    Recurring Decimals to Fractions3 marks

    Write the recurring decimal 0.7171... as a fraction in its simplest form.

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