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March 2020 - Higher Plus 5-a-day

Every Higher Plus sheet published in March 2020, with answers. Grades 8-9 - exam-stretch algebra, geometry and reasoning.

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March 2020

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st March 2020y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 3, y = 135. Work out y when x = 4.
  2. 2nd March 2020In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that the angle in a semicircle is being proved. State the reason being quoted.
  3. 3rd March 2020The probability of winning a game is 9/10. A player expects 54 wins. How many games did they play?
  4. 4th March 2020A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 5 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
  5. 5th March 2020Simplify sqrt(50) + sqrt(18), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
  6. 6th March 2020In an algebraic proof, how would you write an even number in terms of an integer n?
  7. 7th March 2020y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 49, y = 56. Work out y when x = 25.
  8. 8th March 2020In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 3a + 5b and vector RS = 12a + 20b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  9. 9th March 2020A bag holds 8 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 8/11. Work out n.
  10. 10th March 2020On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 40-wide bar have the same frequency density of 1.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  11. 11th March 2020A rectangle is 28 cm by 24 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  12. 12th March 2020Make x the subject of 4x + 5 = y(x + 5).
  13. 13th March 2020A train slows steadily from 37 m/s to rest in 4 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  14. 14th March 2020A cuboid measures 6 cm by 11 cm by 15 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  15. 15th March 2020A 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?
  16. 16th March 2020A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 2, one 5 units wide with density 3. How many values in total?
  17. 17th March 2020Expand and simplify (8 + sqrt(11))(8 - sqrt(11)).
  18. 18th March 2020Write 6/(x - 4) + 7/(x + 2) as a single fraction.
  19. 19th March 2020y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 108. Work out y when x = 6.
  20. 20th March 2020A cuboid measures 8 cm by 12 cm by 10 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  21. 21st March 2020A bag holds 4 red, 5 blue and 5 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  22. 22nd March 2020On 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?
  23. 23rd March 2020A block has mass 650 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 4 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
  24. 24th March 2020Solve 5x^2 - 24x + 16 = 0.
  25. 25th March 2020y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 4, y = 320. Work out y when x = 2.
  26. 26th March 2020The point (5, 12) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 169. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
  27. 27th March 2020A bag holds 12 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 7/22. Work out r.
  28. 28th March 2020A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 1.2, one 10 units wide with density 0.6. How many values in total?
  29. 29th March 2020x = 73 and y = 52, each correct to the nearest whole number. Work out the upper bound of x - y.
  30. 30th March 2020f(x) = 7x + 3. Work out the inverse function f^-1(x).
  31. 31st March 2020y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 25, y = 40. Work out y when x = 81.

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