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January 2025 - Higher Plus 5-a-day

Every Higher Plus sheet published in January 2025, with answers. Grades 8-9 - exam-stretch algebra, geometry and reasoning.

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January 2025

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 8-9

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  1. 1st January 2025A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 1.2, one 20 units wide with density 3.5. How many values in total?
  2. 2nd January 2025Simplify sqrt(32) + sqrt(50), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
  3. 3rd January 2025Solve x^2 + y^2 = 841 and y = x - 1 simultaneously.
  4. 4th January 2025y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 2, y = 48. Work out y when x = 4.
  5. 5th January 2025In a circle theorem proof, a step uses the fact that a radius is drawn to the midpoint of a chord. State the reason being quoted.
  6. 6th January 2025The probability of winning a game is 3/5. A player expects 84 wins. How many games did they play?
  7. 7th January 2025On 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?
  8. 8th January 2025A rectangle is 29 cm by 29 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
  9. 9th January 2025Use the iteration x(n+1) = cube root of (12x(n) + 1) with x(0) = 3. Work out x(1) to 3 decimal places.
  10. 10th January 2025y is directly proportional to x^3. When x = 3, y = 108. Work out y when x = 5.
  11. 11th January 2025In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 3a + b and vector RS = 15a + 5b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
  12. 12th January 2025A bag holds 5 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 5/7. Work out n.
  13. 13th January 2025A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 0.4, one 25 units wide with density 3. How many values in total?
  14. 14th January 2025Expand and simplify (6 + sqrt(2))(6 - sqrt(2)).
  15. 15th January 2025Work out the nth term of the quadratic sequence 8, 16, 26, 38, ...
  16. 16th January 2025y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 36, y = 24. Work out y when x = 9.
  17. 17th January 2025A cuboid measures 8 cm by 15 cm by 9 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
  18. 18th January 2025A bag holds 4 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
  19. 19th January 2025On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 16-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
  20. 20th January 2025A block has mass 210 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 5 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
  21. 21st January 2025The point (0, -2) lies on y = f(x). Write down its image on y = f(x - 6).
  22. 22nd January 2025A train slows steadily from 17 m/s to rest in 8 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
  23. 23rd January 2025A cuboid measures 12 cm by 11 cm by 11 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
  24. 24th January 2025A bag holds 4 red, 4 blue and 3 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
  25. 25th January 2025A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 2, one 5 units wide with density 3. How many values in total?
  26. 26th January 2025x = 64 and y = 21, each correct to the nearest whole number. Work out the upper bound of x - y.
  27. 27th January 2025Prove that the sum of 7 consecutive integers is always a multiple of 7. State the simplified sum you would use.
  28. 28th January 2025y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 2, y = 32. Work out y when x = 4.
  29. 29th January 2025The point (20, 21) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 841. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
  30. 30th January 2025A bag holds 10 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 7/15. Work out r.
  31. 31st January 2025On 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?

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