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16th July 1990

5 questions · 12 marks · Grades 6-7 · 61 question types in this band

  1. 1
    Cumulative Frequency2 marks

    A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 40 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?

  2. 2
    Surds2 marks

    Write sqrt(18) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.

  3. 3
    Expanding Triple Brackets3 marks

    Expand and simplify (x - 2)(x + 3)(x + 5).

  4. 4
    Repeated Percentage Change3 marks

    A price rises by 10% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.

  5. 5
    Pythagoras2 marks

    A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 13 cm and one shorter side of 5 cm. Work out the other shorter side.

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