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November 1988 5-a-day
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Every sheet in November 1988
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- 1st November 1988A region is defined by y <= -4x + 9. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
- 2nd November 1988A block has volume 200 cm^3 and density 2.5 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
- 3rd November 1988The point (-6, -5) is enlarged by scale factor -3 about the centre (4, 2). Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 4th November 19887 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
- 5th November 1988A box plot has minimum 11, lower quartile 20, median 26, upper quartile 35 and maximum 39. Work out the interquartile range.
- 6th November 1988Write the recurring decimal 0.111... as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 7th November 1988Factorise x^2 + 9x + 14.
- 8th November 1988x : y = 2 : 5. Write y in terms of x.
- 9th November 1988Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 192 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
- 10th November 198827 students study Spanish and 7 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
- 11th November 1988A capture-recapture estimate is made of the newt population of a stream. State one assumption the method relies on.
- 12th November 1988Work out 216^(2/3).
- 13th November 1988Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = x - 6 that passes through (4, 1).
- 14th November 1988A price rises by 20% and then falls by 15%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
- 15th November 1988A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 15 cm and one shorter side of 12 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
- 16th November 19881 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
- 17th November 1988A histogram class is 5 units wide and contains 10 values. Work out the frequency density.
- 18th November 1988Write sqrt(50) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
- 19th November 1988A line has equation y = 2x + 1. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
- 20th November 1988y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 3, y = 10. Work out y when x = 5.
- 21st November 1988ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 72°. Work out angle ADC.
- 22nd November 19888 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
- 23rd November 1988Four classes in order have frequencies 9, 9, 6, 8. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
- 24th November 1988A meal deal has 5 mains, 9 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
- 25th November 1988For the curve y = -50/x, work out y when x = -5, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
- 26th November 1988y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 2, y = 8. Work out y when x = 4.
- 27th November 1988A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 42°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
- 28th November 19885 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
- 29th November 198820 beetles are marked and released. Later 30 are caught, of which 6 are marked. Estimate the population.
- 30th November 1988A mass is 59 kg, correct to the nearest whole number. Write down the lower bound.