F in Exams The Very Best Totally Wrong

F in Exams The Very Best Totally Wrong by Richard Benson

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Subject: Math
    Change 7/8 to a decimal.

     
    Name a regular triangle.

     
    Find the angles marked with letters.

     
    To change centimeters to meters you __________.

     
    Write two hundred thousand in figures.

     

     
    What is a six-sided polygon known as?

     

     
    There are 300 students in the 10th grade.
    Mary and Mark want to find out the 10th grade’s favorite color.
    Mary asks 30 people.
    Mark asks 150 people.
    Mark says, “My conclusions are more likely to be reliable than Mary’s.”
    Why does Mark think he is right?

     
    A car company is having a sale. A car that was $50,000 before the sale is now 30 percent off. What is the new price?

     
    Name an angle complimentary to BDC

     
    Construct a rectangle with sides Y and ends Z

     
    Expand 2(x + y)

     
    Simplify the following equation.

     
    x is inversely proportional to the square of y.
    x=3 and y=4
    Express x in terms of y.

     
    What is conditional probability?

     
    What is the splitting formula?

     
    What is a random variable?

     
    What is a discrete random variable?
    Give an example with your answer.

     
    You are at a friend’s party. Six cupcakes are distributed among nine plates, and there is no more than one cake per plate. What is the probability of receiving a plate with a cake on it?

     
    What is the symbol for pi?

     
    John and Julie are both good badminton players. Is it more probable that Julie will beat John in four games out of seven or five games out of nine?

     
    How should Julie play to minimize any loss?

     
    Carl Gossell is a machinist. He bought some new machinery for about $125,000. He wants to calculate the value of the machinery over the next 10 years for tax purposes. If the machinery depreciates at the rate of 15% per year, what is the value of the machinery (to the nearest $100) at the end of the 10 years?

     
    A new car costs $32,000. It is expected to depreciate 12% each year for 4 years and then depreciate 8% each year thereafter. Find the value of the car in 6 years.

     
    The population of Bulgaria has been decreasing at an annual rate of 1.3%. If the population of Bulgaria was about 7,797,000 in the year 2000, predict its population in the year 2010.

     

 

Subject: Business & Technology
    Explain the phrase “free press.”

     
    Explain the word “wholesaler.”

     
    What is a desktop?

     
    What do you use to navigate a desktop?

     
    Paul frequently uses the Internet to research information. Suggest two items of information Paul could locate on the Internet that might help him in running his business.
    Item 1:
    Item 2:
    Suggest three steps Paul is likely to take when selecting the best candidate for a job.
    Step one:
    Step two:
    Step three:
    Describe the term “stakeholder.”

     
    Hugo King is an engineer. He is a sole trader.
    Explain the business term “sole trader.”

     
    John’s net pay is $150. His deductions are $38.
    a) Work out John’s gross pay.

     
    b) State one mandatory deduction from John’s pay.

     
    c) State one voluntary deduction John may or may not pay.

     
    Claire used good body language at a job interview. Can you think of three examples of good body language that Claire may have used?
    1.
    2.
    3.
    Claire was well prepared for her interview.
    Explain how Claire may have prepared herself for the interview.

     

     
    Jeff has been asked to collect data about the amount of television his friends watch. Think of an appropriate question he could ask them.

     
    What guarantees might a mortgage company insist on when buying a house?

     
    What is a “partnership’?

     
    What happens during a census?

     
    What is a computer virus?

     
    Joanna works in an office. Her computer is a stand-alone system. What is a stand-alone computer system?

     
    What is hacking?

     

     
    What is malware?

     

     
    What is a CD-ROM?

     

     
    What is a hard disk?

     
    What is a floppy disk?

     

     
    What is a network?

     

 

Subject: Psychology
    Describe what is meant by

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