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February 1992 - Higher 5-a-day

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February 1992

29 sheets · 145 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st February 1992Work out (30 x 10^12) / (6 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  2. 2nd February 1992Make x the subject of y = 6x^2 - 4.
  3. 3rd February 1992A price rises by 20% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  4. 4th February 1992In triangle ABC, angle A is 36°, angle B is 71° and side a is 11 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  5. 5th February 19925 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  6. 6th February 1992A histogram class is 4 units wide and contains 6 values. Work out the frequency density.
  7. 7th February 1992Write the recurring decimal 0.888... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  8. 8th February 1992Factorise x^2 - 49.
  9. 9th February 1992y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 8, y = 12. Work out y when x = 3.
  10. 10th February 1992A right-angled triangle has sides 20 cm, 21 cm and 29 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 20 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  11. 11th February 199210 students study Spanish and 5 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  12. 12th February 1992Four classes in order have frequencies 6, 10, 6, 11. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  13. 13th February 1992Work out 27^(2/3).
  14. 14th February 1992A region is defined by y <= 2x - 9. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  15. 15th February 1992y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 96. Work out y when x = 8.
  16. 16th February 1992The point (5, -1) is enlarged by scale factor -3 about the centre (-3, 1). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  17. 17th February 19922 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  18. 18th February 199255 newts are marked and released. Later 56 are caught, of which 8 are marked. Estimate the population.
  19. 19th February 1992Write sqrt(72) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  20. 20th February 1992Factorise x^2 + x - 6.
  21. 21st February 1992y is directly proportional to x. When x = 3, y = 9. Work out y when x = 12.
  22. 22nd February 1992Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 576 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  23. 23rd February 199219 students study Spanish and 5 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  24. 24th February 1992A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 228 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  25. 25th February 1992A meal deal has 9 mains, 7 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  26. 26th February 1992Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 5x + 5 that passes through (4, 13).
  27. 27th February 1992A town's population is 16500 and grows by 4% each year. Work out the population after 5 years, to the nearest whole number.
  28. 28th February 1992A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 26 cm and one shorter side of 10 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  29. 29th February 19922 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.

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