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March 1993 - Higher 5-a-day

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March 1993

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st March 199318 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  2. 2nd March 199325 beetles are marked and released. Later 36 are caught, of which 6 are marked. Estimate the population.
  3. 3rd March 1993Work out (45 x 10^8) / (9 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  4. 4th March 1993A region is defined by y <= 3x - 3. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  5. 5th March 1993y is directly proportional to x. When x = 2, y = 8. Work out y when x = 5.
  6. 6th March 1993The point (-2, 6) is enlarged by scale factor -3 about the centre (3, 1). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  7. 7th March 19932 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  8. 8th March 1993A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 64 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  9. 9th March 1993Write the recurring decimal 0.222... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  10. 10th March 1993Factorise x^2 + 4x + 4.
  11. 11th March 1993A town's population is 34500 and grows by 3% each year. Work out the population after 5 years, to the nearest whole number.
  12. 12th March 1993Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The larger has a volume of 972 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  13. 13th March 199320 students study Spanish and 12 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  14. 14th March 1993A box plot has a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 26. Work out the range.
  15. 15th March 1993Work out 125^(2/3).
  16. 16th March 1993Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 2x + 6 that passes through (6, 2).
  17. 17th March 1993A block has volume 75 cm^3 and density 7.5 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  18. 18th March 1993A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 26 cm and one shorter side of 24 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  19. 19th March 19934 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  20. 20th March 1993A box plot has minimum 9, lower quartile 19, median 26, upper quartile 28 and maximum 35. Work out the interquartile range.
  21. 21st March 1993Write sqrt(48) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  22. 22nd March 1993A line has equation y = -5x + 1. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  23. 23rd March 1993x : y = 5 : 8. Write y in terms of x.
  24. 24th March 1993ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 51°. Work out angle ADC.
  25. 25th March 199320 students study Spanish and 7 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  26. 26th March 1993A capture-recapture estimate is made of the moth population of a meadow. State one assumption the method relies on.
  27. 27th March 1993A meal deal has 9 mains, 3 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  28. 28th March 1993For the curve y = -7/x, work out y when x = 1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  29. 29th March 1993A price rises by 15% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  30. 30th March 1993A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 134°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  31. 31st March 19933 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.

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