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September 1995 - Higher Plus 5-a-day

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September 1995

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st September 1995Rationalise the denominator of 12/sqrt(3), giving your answer in its simplest form.
  2. 2nd September 1995f(x) = 5x - 11. Work out the inverse function f^-1(x).
  3. 3rd September 1995y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 4, y = 4. Work out y when x = 25.
  4. 4th September 1995The point (6, 8) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 100. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
  5. 5th September 1995A bag holds 10 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 7/15. Work out r.
  6. 6th September 1995On 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?
  7. 7th September 1995Simplify sqrt(18) + sqrt(98), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
  8. 8th September 1995Solve x^2 + y^2 = 289 and y = x + 7 simultaneously.
  9. 9th September 1995A train slows steadily from 15 m/s to rest in 10 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  10. 10th September 1995In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that the exterior angle of a cyclic quadrilateral is being found. State the reason being quoted.
  11. 11th September 1995The probability of winning a game is 7/10. A player expects 63 wins. How many games did they play?
  12. 12th September 1995A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 1.2, one 25 units wide with density 3.5. How many values in total?
  13. 13th September 1995A rectangle is 11 cm by 18 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  14. 14th September 1995Use the iteration x(n+1) = cube root of (9x(n) + 8) with x(0) = 2. Work out x(1) to 3 decimal places.
  15. 15th September 1995y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 100. Work out y when x = 5.
  16. 16th September 1995In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 6a + 5b and vector RS = 30a + 25b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  17. 17th September 1995A bag holds 4 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 2/5. Work out n.
  18. 18th September 1995On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 20-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  19. 19th September 1995Expand and simplify (7 + sqrt(3))(7 - sqrt(3)).
  20. 20th September 1995Work out the nth term of the quadratic sequence 5, 7, 13, 23, ...
  21. 21st September 1995y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 4, y = 256. Work out y when x = 3.
  22. 22nd September 1995A cuboid measures 15 cm by 10 cm by 11 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  23. 23rd September 1995A bag holds 8 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  24. 24th September 1995A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 1.5, one 20 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
  25. 25th September 1995A block has mass 340 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 22 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
  26. 26th September 1995The point (6, 2) lies on y = f(x). Write down its image on y = f(x) - 6.
  27. 27th September 1995y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 25, y = 40. Work out y when x = 36.
  28. 28th September 1995A cuboid measures 14 cm by 5 cm by 9 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  29. 29th September 1995A bag holds 4 red, 7 blue and 4 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  30. 30th September 1995On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 20-wide bar have the same frequency density of 1.5. How many more values are in the wider class?

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