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November 1991 - Higher 5-a-day

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November 1991

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st November 19914 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  2. 2nd November 1991A box plot has minimum 3, lower quartile 13, median 17, upper quartile 19 and maximum 23. Work out the interquartile range.
  3. 3rd November 1991Work out (5 x 10^5) x (6 x 10^-6). Give your answer in standard form.
  4. 4th November 1991Factorise x^2 - 36.
  5. 5th November 1991x : y = 5 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
  6. 6th November 1991A right-angled triangle has sides 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 3 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  7. 7th November 199117 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  8. 8th November 1991A capture-recapture estimate is made of the fish population of a pond. State one assumption the method relies on.
  9. 9th November 1991Write the recurring decimal 0.6161... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  10. 10th November 1991A region is defined by y < 4x - 8. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  11. 11th November 1991A price rises by 10% and then falls by 15%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  12. 12th November 1991The point (5, -6) is enlarged by scale factor -3 about the centre (4, 1). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  13. 13th November 19912 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  14. 14th November 1991A histogram class is 5 units wide and contains 12.5 values. Work out the frequency density.
  15. 15th November 1991A bill is £528 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  16. 16th November 1991Factorise x^2 + 5x + 4.
  17. 17th November 1991y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 36. Work out y when x = 6.
  18. 18th November 1991Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The larger has a volume of 189 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  19. 19th November 199122 students study Spanish and 3 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  20. 20th November 1991Four classes in order have frequencies 7, 12, 3, 9. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  21. 21st November 1991A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 4 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  22. 22nd November 1991Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -x - 8 that passes through (5, 1).
  23. 23rd November 1991y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 6, y = 72. Work out y when x = 5.
  24. 24th November 1991A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 20 cm and one shorter side of 16 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  25. 25th November 19915 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  26. 26th November 199160 newts are marked and released. Later 16 are caught, of which 2 are marked. Estimate the population.
  27. 27th November 1991Work out (21 x 10^8) / (3 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  28. 28th November 1991A line has equation y = 4x + 9. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  29. 29th November 1991y is directly proportional to x. When x = 2, y = 22. Work out y when x = 4.
  30. 30th November 1991ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 117°. Work out angle ADC.

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