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August 1993 - Higher Plus 5-a-day

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August 1993

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st August 1993Solve x^2 - 3x + 2 > 0.
  2. 2nd August 1993A train slows steadily from 13 m/s to rest in 5 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  3. 3rd August 1993A cuboid measures 6 cm by 12 cm by 9 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  4. 4th August 1993A bag holds 6 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  5. 5th August 1993A histogram has two bars: one 20 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 5 units wide with density 3. How many values in total?
  6. 6th August 1993Rationalise the denominator of 60/sqrt(5), giving your answer in its simplest form.
  7. 7th August 1993Write x^2 + 16x - 10 in the form (x + a)^2 + b.
  8. 8th August 1993y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 144. Work out y when x = 6.
  9. 9th August 1993A cuboid measures 8 cm by 6 cm by 10 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  10. 10th August 1993A bag holds 6 red, 5 blue and 2 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  11. 11th August 1993On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 30-wide bar have the same frequency density of 3. How many more values are in the wider class?
  12. 12th August 1993Simplify sqrt(75) + sqrt(147), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
  13. 13th August 1993Work out the coordinates of the turning point of y = x^2 + 2x - 7.
  14. 14th August 1993y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 4, y = 192. Work out y when x = 3.
  15. 15th August 1993The point (12, 16) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 400. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
  16. 16th August 1993A bag holds 9 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 1/6. Work out r.
  17. 17th August 1993A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 1.5, one 10 units wide with density 3.5. How many values in total?
  18. 18th August 1993A rectangle is 25 cm by 20 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  19. 19th August 1993Simplify (x^2 + 2x - 15)/(x + 5).
  20. 20th August 1993y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 9, y = 18. Work out y when x = 64.
  21. 21st August 1993In 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.
  22. 22nd August 1993The probability of winning a game is 7/10. A player expects 91 wins. How many games did they play?
  23. 23rd August 1993On 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?
  24. 24th August 1993Expand and simplify (3 + sqrt(2))(3 - sqrt(2)).
  25. 25th August 1993In an algebraic proof, how would you write three consecutive integers in terms of an integer n?
  26. 26th August 1993A train slows steadily from 24 m/s to rest in 5 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  27. 27th August 1993In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 2a + 5b and vector RS = 6a + 15b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  28. 28th August 1993A bag holds 2 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 2/9. Work out n.
  29. 29th August 1993A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 1.5, one 10 units wide with density 3.5. How many values in total?
  30. 30th August 1993A block has mass 510 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 15 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
  31. 31st August 1993Make x the subject of 8x + 3 = y(x + 3).

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