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September 1988 5-a-day

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September 1988

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st September 1988Write the recurring decimal 0.444... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  2. 2nd September 1988Make x the subject of y = 2x^2 - 9.
  3. 3rd September 1988y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 6, y = 288. Work out y when x = 2.
  4. 4th September 1988In triangle ABC, angle A is 67°, angle B is 37° and side a is 18 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  5. 5th September 19887 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  6. 6th September 198810 voles are marked and released. Later 40 are caught, of which 4 are marked. Estimate the population.
  7. 7th September 1988Work out 100^(3/2).
  8. 8th September 1988Factorise x^2 - 36.
  9. 9th September 1988y is directly proportional to x. When x = 4, y = 28. Work out y when x = 10.
  10. 10th September 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.
  11. 11th September 198815 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  12. 12th September 1988A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 64 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  13. 13th September 1988Write sqrt(12) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  14. 14th September 1988A region is defined by y < 5x - 6. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  15. 15th September 1988A town's population is 30000 and grows by 4% each year. Work out the population after 6 years, to the nearest whole number.
  16. 16th September 1988The point (5, 0) is enlarged by scale factor -3 about the centre (0, -1). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  17. 17th September 19884 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  18. 18th September 1988A box plot has a minimum of 14 and a maximum of 54. Work out the range.
  19. 19th September 1988A meal deal has 5 mains, 7 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  20. 20th September 1988Factorise x^2 + 4x + 3.
  21. 21st September 1988A block has volume 80 cm^3 and density 7.5 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  22. 22nd September 1988Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 2496 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  23. 23rd September 198819 students study Spanish and 8 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  24. 24th September 1988A box plot has minimum 13, lower quartile 22, median 25, upper quartile 32 and maximum 37. Work out the interquartile range.
  25. 25th September 1988A mass is 19.4 kg, correct to 1 decimal place. Write down the upper bound.
  26. 26th September 1988Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 3x - 2 that passes through (5, 6).
  27. 27th September 1988x : y = 2 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
  28. 28th September 1988A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 17 cm and one shorter side of 8 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  29. 29th September 19883 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  30. 30th September 1988A capture-recapture estimate is made of the ladybird population of a garden. State one assumption the method relies on.

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