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December 1992 - Higher Plus 5-a-day

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December 1992

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st December 1992A bag holds 4 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 4/7. Work out n.
  2. 2nd December 1992On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 15-wide bar have the same frequency density of 3. How many more values are in the wider class?
  3. 3rd December 1992Simplify sqrt(50) + sqrt(98), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
  4. 4th December 1992Work out the nth term of the quadratic sequence 6, 15, 32, 57, ...
  5. 5th December 1992A train slows steadily from 35 m/s to rest in 4 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  6. 6th December 1992A cuboid measures 11 cm by 9 cm by 7 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  7. 7th December 1992A bag holds 5 red and 7 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  8. 8th December 1992A histogram has two bars: one 20 units wide with frequency density 2, one 25 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?
  9. 9th December 1992A rectangle is 20 cm by 28 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  10. 10th December 1992The point (6, -2) lies on y = f(x). Write down its image on y = f(x - 4).
  11. 11th December 1992y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 32. Work out y when x = 4.
  12. 12th December 1992A cuboid measures 7 cm by 10 cm by 8 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  13. 13th December 1992A bag holds 7 red, 7 blue and 6 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  14. 14th December 1992On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 40-wide bar have the same frequency density of 3. How many more values are in the wider class?
  15. 15th December 1992Expand and simplify (5 + sqrt(6))(5 - sqrt(6)).
  16. 16th December 1992Prove that the sum of 7 consecutive integers is always a multiple of 7. State the simplified sum you would use.
  17. 17th December 1992y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 2, y = 24. Work out y when x = 5.
  18. 18th December 1992The point (8, 15) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 289. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
  19. 19th December 1992A bag holds 6 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 1/15. Work out r.
  20. 20th December 1992A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 10 units wide with density 0.6. How many values in total?
  21. 21st December 1992A block has mass 730 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 24 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
  22. 22nd December 1992f(x) = 5x - 1 and g(x) = 4x - 3. Work out fg(2).
  23. 23rd December 1992y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 49, y = 35. Work out y when x = 9.
  24. 24th December 1992In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that a tangent meets a radius at the point of contact. State the reason being quoted.
  25. 25th December 1992The probability of winning a game is 1/5. A player expects 12 wins. How many games did they play?
  26. 26th December 1992On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 40-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  27. 27th December 1992x = 81 and y = 16, each correct to the nearest whole number. Work out the upper bound of x - y.
  28. 28th December 1992The curve y = sin x° is drawn for 0 <= x <= 360. Write down the value of y when x = 90.
  29. 29th December 1992A train slows steadily from 19 m/s to rest in 10 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  30. 30th December 1992In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 6a - 2b and vector RS = 18a - 6b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  31. 31st December 1992A bag holds 4 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 1/2. Work out n.

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