Daily Practice · Higher
May 1994 - Higher 5-a-day
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- 1st May 19942 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
- 2nd May 1994A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 68 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 3rd May 1994A mass is 9.2 kg, correct to 1 decimal place. Write down the lower bound.
- 4th May 1994Factorise x^2 - 49.
- 5th May 1994A town's population is 20000 and grows by 3% each year. Work out the population after 6 years, to the nearest whole number.
- 6th May 1994A right-angled triangle has sides 9 cm, 40 cm and 41 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 9 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
- 7th May 199417 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
- 8th May 1994A box plot has a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 64. Work out the range.
- 9th May 1994Write 5^-3 as a fraction.
- 10th May 1994A region is defined by y <= -x + 3. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
- 11th May 1994A block has volume 165 cm^3 and density 4 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
- 12th May 1994The point (3, -4) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (3, 3). Write down the coordinates of the image.
- 13th May 19947 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
- 14th May 1994A box plot has minimum 4, lower quartile 8, median 15, upper quartile 22 and maximum 25. Work out the interquartile range.
- 15th May 1994Work out (6 x 10^4) x (5 x 10^-3). Give your answer in standard form.
- 16th May 1994Factorise x^2 + 11x + 18.
- 17th May 1994x : y = 2 : 3. Write y in terms of x.
- 18th May 1994Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 2. The larger has a volume of 48 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
- 19th May 199420 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
- 20th May 1994A capture-recapture estimate is made of the fish population of a pond. State one assumption the method relies on.
- 21st May 1994Write the recurring decimal 0.6666... as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 22nd May 1994Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 4x - 7 that passes through (1, -4).
- 23rd May 1994A price rises by 15% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
- 24th May 1994A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 5 cm and one shorter side of 3 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
- 25th May 19942 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
- 26th May 1994A histogram class is 20 units wide and contains 10 values. Work out the frequency density.
- 27th May 1994A bill is £240 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
- 28th May 1994A line has equation y = -4x + 3. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
- 29th May 1994y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 9, y = 12. Work out y when x = 12.
- 30th May 1994ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 64°. Work out angle ADC.
- 31st May 199424 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.