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May 1989 5-a-day

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May 1989

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st May 1989A price rises by 25% and then falls by 15%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  2. 2nd May 1989In triangle ABC, angle A is 72°, angle B is 41° and side a is 8 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  3. 3rd May 19894 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  4. 4th May 1989A histogram class is 10 units wide and contains 25 values. Work out the frequency density.
  5. 5th May 1989A bill is £576 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  6. 6th May 1989Factorise x^2 - 9.
  7. 7th May 1989y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 2, y = 20. Work out y when x = 5.
  8. 8th May 1989A right-angled triangle has sides 12 cm, 16 cm and 20 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 12 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  9. 9th May 198919 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  10. 10th May 1989Four classes in order have frequencies 8, 7, 6, 11. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  11. 11th May 1989A code is 2 letters (A to Z) followed by 2 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  12. 12th May 1989A region is defined by y < -4x - 6. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  13. 13th May 1989y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 6, y = 216. Work out y when x = 7.
  14. 14th May 1989The point (3, 5) is enlarged by scale factor -3 about the centre (-1, -1). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  15. 15th May 19896 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  16. 16th May 198910 fish are marked and released. Later 18 are caught, of which 6 are marked. Estimate the population.
  17. 17th May 1989Work out (6 x 10^12) / (2 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  18. 18th May 1989Factorise x^2 - 11x + 28.
  19. 19th May 1989y is directly proportional to x. When x = 2, y = 10. Work out y when x = 11.
  20. 20th May 1989Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The larger has a volume of 351 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  21. 21st May 198924 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  22. 22nd May 1989A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 136 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  23. 23rd May 1989Write the recurring decimal 0.555... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  24. 24th May 1989Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -2x + 1 that passes through (2, -11).
  25. 25th May 1989A town's population is 39500 and grows by 4% each year. Work out the population after 5 years, to the nearest whole number.
  26. 26th May 1989A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 25 cm and one shorter side of 24 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  27. 27th May 19897 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  28. 28th May 1989A box plot has a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 65. Work out the range.
  29. 29th May 1989Work out 81^(3/2).
  30. 30th May 1989A line has equation y = 2x + 4. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  31. 31st May 1989A block has volume 170 cm^3 and density 4 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.

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