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August 1988

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st August 1988A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 68 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  2. 2nd August 1988Work out (6 x 10^5) x (3 x 10^-5). Give your answer in standard form.
  3. 3rd August 1988Factorise x^2 - 8x + 7.
  4. 4th August 1988A town's population is 11000 and grows by 8% each year. Work out the population after 3 years, to the nearest whole number.
  5. 5th August 1988Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The larger has a volume of 1080 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  6. 6th August 198830 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  7. 7th August 1988A box plot has a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 32. Work out the range.
  8. 8th August 1988Write the recurring decimal 0.7878... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  9. 9th August 1988Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = x + 4 that passes through (4, 12).
  10. 10th August 1988A block has volume 135 cm^3 and density 3 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  11. 11th August 1988A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 17 cm and one shorter side of 8 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  12. 12th August 19883 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  13. 13th August 1988A box plot has minimum 4, lower quartile 6, median 14, upper quartile 18 and maximum 27. Work out the interquartile range.
  14. 14th August 1988A bill is £768 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  15. 15th August 1988A line has equation y = -4x + 5. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  16. 16th August 1988x : y = 5 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
  17. 17th August 1988ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 130°. Work out angle ADC.
  18. 18th August 198823 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  19. 19th August 1988A capture-recapture estimate is made of the newt population of a stream. State one assumption the method relies on.
  20. 20th August 1988A code is 2 letters (A to Z) followed by 2 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  21. 21st August 1988For the curve y = 50/x, work out y when x = 10, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  22. 22nd August 1988A price rises by 20% and then falls by 25%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  23. 23rd August 1988A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 140°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  24. 24th August 19881 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  25. 25th August 1988A histogram class is 4 units wide and contains 10 values. Work out the frequency density.
  26. 26th August 1988Work out (72 x 10^8) / (8 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  27. 27th August 1988Expand and simplify (x + 3)(x - 3)(x + 5).
  28. 28th August 1988y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 4, y = 3. Work out y when x = 3.
  29. 29th August 1988A cone has base radius 10 cm and vertical height 15 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  30. 30th August 198810 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  31. 31st August 1988Four classes in order have frequencies 8, 9, 4, 6. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.

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