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December 1988 5-a-day

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December 1988

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st December 1988Expand and simplify (x - 1)(x + 3)(x + 2).
  2. 2nd December 1988y is directly proportional to x. When x = 7, y = 42. Work out y when x = 6.
  3. 3rd December 1988A cone has base radius 3 cm and vertical height 18 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  4. 4th December 198818 students study Spanish and 8 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  5. 5th December 1988A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 76 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  6. 6th December 1988Write 4^-3 as a fraction.
  7. 7th December 1988Make x the subject of y = 4x^2 - 9.
  8. 8th December 1988A town's population is 19000 and grows by 6% each year. Work out the population after 5 years, to the nearest whole number.
  9. 9th December 1988In triangle ABC, angle A is 50°, angle B is 66° and side a is 17 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  10. 10th December 19884 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  11. 11th December 1988A box plot has a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 66. Work out the range.
  12. 12th December 1988Work out (4 x 10^4) x (4 x 10^-6). Give your answer in standard form.
  13. 13th December 1988Factorise x^2 - 4.
  14. 14th December 1988A block has volume 120 cm^3 and density 7.5 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  15. 15th December 1988A right-angled triangle has sides 7 cm, 24 cm and 25 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 7 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  16. 16th December 198824 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  17. 17th December 1988A box plot has minimum 3, lower quartile 6, median 16, upper quartile 19 and maximum 26. Work out the interquartile range.
  18. 18th December 1988Write the recurring decimal 0.4848... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  19. 19th December 1988A region is defined by y < -2x + 1. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  20. 20th December 1988x : y = 2 : 7. Write y in terms of x.
  21. 21st December 1988The point (-5, 4) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (3, -2). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  22. 22nd December 19882 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  23. 23rd December 1988A capture-recapture estimate is made of the ladybird population of a garden. State one assumption the method relies on.
  24. 24th December 1988A bill is £744 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  25. 25th December 1988Factorise x^2 - 10x + 16.
  26. 26th December 1988A price rises by 20% and then falls by 25%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  27. 27th December 1988Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The larger has a volume of 486 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  28. 28th December 198817 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  29. 29th December 1988A histogram class is 10 units wide and contains 30 values. Work out the frequency density.
  30. 30th December 1988A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 2 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  31. 31st December 1988Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = x - 9 that passes through (3, -4).

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