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January 1992 - Higher Plus 5-a-day

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January 1992

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st January 1992On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 12-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2. How many more values are in the wider class?
  2. 2nd January 1992Simplify sqrt(20) + sqrt(180), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
  3. 3rd January 1992Write 6/(x + 2) + 3/(x - 3) as a single fraction.
  4. 4th January 1992A train slows steadily from 20 m/s to rest in 5 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  5. 5th January 1992In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 5a - 4b and vector RS = 10a - 8b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  6. 6th January 1992A bag holds 5 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 5/8. Work out n.
  7. 7th January 1992A histogram has two bars: one 20 units wide with frequency density 1.5, one 20 units wide with density 0.6. How many values in total?
  8. 8th January 1992A rectangle is 12 cm by 14 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  9. 9th January 1992Solve 15x^2 - 4x - 3 = 0.
  10. 10th January 1992y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 32. Work out y when x = 4.
  11. 11th January 1992A cuboid measures 8 cm by 13 cm by 10 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  12. 12th January 1992A bag holds 5 red and 9 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  13. 13th January 1992On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 16-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2. How many more values are in the wider class?
  14. 14th January 1992Expand and simplify (6 + sqrt(11))(6 - sqrt(11)).
  15. 15th January 1992f(x) = 3x + 7. Work out the inverse function f^-1(x).
  16. 16th January 1992y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 3, y = 162. Work out y when x = 4.
  17. 17th January 1992A cuboid measures 11 cm by 6 cm by 5 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  18. 18th January 1992A bag holds 6 red, 3 blue and 4 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  19. 19th January 1992A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 1.5, one 5 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?
  20. 20th January 1992A block has mass 320 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 25 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
  21. 21st January 1992Solve x^2 + y^2 = 225 and y = x - 3 simultaneously.
  22. 22nd January 1992y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 25, y = 45. Work out y when x = 64.
  23. 23rd January 1992The point (9, 12) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 225. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
  24. 24th January 1992A bag holds 12 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 5/33. Work out r.
  25. 25th January 1992On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 20-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2. How many more values are in the wider class?
  26. 26th January 1992x = 34 and y = 10, each correct to the nearest whole number. Work out the upper bound of x - y.
  27. 27th January 1992Use the iteration x(n+1) = cube root of (12x(n) + 8) with x(0) = 1. Work out x(1) to 3 decimal places.
  28. 28th January 1992A train slows steadily from 21 m/s to rest in 5 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  29. 29th January 1992In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that two angles at the circumference stand on the same arc. State the reason being quoted.
  30. 30th January 1992The probability of winning a game is 1/4. A player expects 13 wins. How many games did they play?
  31. 31st January 1992A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 1.2, one 5 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?

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