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17th August 1996

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

  1. 1
    Pythagoras2 marks

    A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 17 cm and one shorter side of 15 cm. Work out the other shorter side.

  2. 2
    Venn Diagrams3 marks

    In a Venn diagram, 15 are in A only, 6 in B only, 8 in both and 7 in neither. Work out the probability a random one is in both.

  3. 3
    Box Plots2 marks

    A box plot has minimum 6, lower quartile 15, median 20, upper quartile 28 and maximum 31. Work out the interquartile range.

  4. 4
    Standard Form2 marks

    Work out (3 x 10^5) x (6 x 10^6). Give your answer in standard form.

  5. 5
    Expanding Triple Brackets3 marks

    Expand and simplify (x + 1)(x - 2)(x + 5).

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