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December 1990 5-a-day

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December 1990

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st December 1990A box plot has minimum 3, lower quartile 8, median 14, upper quartile 24 and maximum 30. Work out the interquartile range.
  2. 2nd December 1990Write 2^-1 as a fraction.
  3. 3rd December 1990Factorise x^2 - 25.
  4. 4th December 1990x : y = 5 : 8. Write y in terms of x.
  5. 5th December 1990A right-angled triangle has sides 20 cm, 21 cm and 29 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 20 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  6. 6th December 199017 students study Spanish and 8 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  7. 7th December 1990A capture-recapture estimate is made of the snail population of a hedgerow. State one assumption the method relies on.
  8. 8th December 1990Work out (4 x 10^6) x (6 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  9. 9th December 1990A region is defined by y <= -2x - 8. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  10. 10th December 1990A price rises by 25% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  11. 11th December 1990The point (3, -6) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (-1, -1). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  12. 12th December 19903 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  13. 13th December 1990A histogram class is 10 units wide and contains 5 values. Work out the frequency density.
  14. 14th December 1990Write the recurring decimal 0.7777... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  15. 15th December 1990Factorise x^2 - x - 72.
  16. 16th December 1990y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 2, y = 20. Work out y when x = 10.
  17. 17th December 1990Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The larger has a volume of 378 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  18. 18th December 199017 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  19. 19th December 1990Four classes in order have frequencies 11, 8, 8, 9. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  20. 20th December 1990A bill is £936 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  21. 21st December 1990Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -5x - 7 that passes through (4, -24).
  22. 22nd December 1990y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 6, y = 144. Work out y when x = 9.
  23. 23rd December 1990A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 5 cm and one shorter side of 4 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  24. 24th December 19904 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  25. 25th December 199015 voles are marked and released. Later 42 are caught, of which 7 are marked. Estimate the population.
  26. 26th December 1990A code is 2 letters (A to Z) followed by 3 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  27. 27th December 1990A line has equation y = -2x + 3. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  28. 28th December 1990y is directly proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 10. Work out y when x = 11.
  29. 29th December 1990ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 125°. Work out angle ADC.
  30. 30th December 199022 students study Spanish and 8 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  31. 31st December 1990A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 108 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?

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