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April 1997 - Higher Plus 5-a-day

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April 1997

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st April 1997y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 9, y = 12. Work out y when x = 25.
  2. 2nd April 1997In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that a triangle is drawn from the ends of a diameter to a point on the circle. State the reason being quoted.
  3. 3rd April 1997The probability of winning a game is 7/10. A player expects 91 wins. How many games did they play?
  4. 4th April 1997On 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?
  5. 5th April 1997A car covers 790 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 4 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.
  6. 6th April 1997Simplify (x^2 - 9x + 8)/(x - 8).
  7. 7th April 1997A train slows steadily from 20 m/s to rest in 5 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  8. 8th April 1997In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 3a - 3b and vector RS = 15a - 15b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  9. 9th April 1997A bag holds 8 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 4/5. Work out n.
  10. 10th April 1997A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 0.4, one 10 units wide with density 0.6. How many values in total?
  11. 11th April 1997Rationalise the denominator of 12/sqrt(3), giving your answer in its simplest form.
  12. 12th April 1997In an algebraic proof, how would you write two consecutive odd numbers in terms of an integer n?
  13. 13th April 1997y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 100. Work out y when x = 5.
  14. 14th April 1997A cuboid measures 10 cm by 10 cm by 7 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  15. 15th April 1997A bag holds 3 red and 9 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  16. 16th April 1997On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 10-wide bar have the same frequency density of 1.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  17. 17th April 1997Simplify sqrt(18) + sqrt(72), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
  18. 18th April 1997Make x the subject of 4x + 5 = y(x + 5).
  19. 19th April 1997y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 2, y = 48. Work out y when x = 3.
  20. 20th April 1997A cuboid measures 9 cm by 14 cm by 9 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  21. 21st April 1997A bag holds 7 red, 3 blue and 6 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  22. 22nd April 1997A histogram has two bars: one 20 units wide with frequency density 1.2, one 5 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
  23. 23rd April 1997A rectangle is 20 cm by 10 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  24. 24th April 1997Write 5/(x + 5) + 5/(x + 4) as a single fraction.
  25. 25th April 1997y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 25, y = 25. Work out y when x = 16.
  26. 26th April 1997The 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.
  27. 27th April 1997A bag holds 11 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 1/55. Work out r.
  28. 28th April 1997On 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?
  29. 29th April 1997Expand and simplify (5 + sqrt(10))(5 - sqrt(10)).
  30. 30th April 1997Solve 12x^2 + 7x - 12 = 0.

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