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April 1995 - Higher 5-a-day

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April 1995

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st April 1995In triangle ABC, angle A is 38°, angle B is 74° and side a is 15 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  2. 2nd April 19955 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  3. 3rd April 1995A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 88 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  4. 4th April 1995Write 8^-1 as a fraction.
  5. 5th April 1995Factorise x^2 - 4.
  6. 6th April 1995A town's population is 16500 and grows by 4% each year. Work out the population after 6 years, to the nearest whole number.
  7. 7th April 1995A 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.
  8. 8th April 199518 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  9. 9th April 1995A box plot has a minimum of 14 and a maximum of 66. Work out the range.
  10. 10th April 1995Work out (7 x 10^6) x (6 x 10^6). Give your answer in standard form.
  11. 11th April 1995A region is defined by y < x + 7. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  12. 12th April 1995A block has volume 25 cm^3 and density 8 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  13. 13th April 1995The point (5, 6) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (0, 2). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  14. 14th April 19956 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  15. 15th April 1995A box plot has minimum 12, lower quartile 18, median 22, upper quartile 28 and maximum 37. Work out the interquartile range.
  16. 16th April 1995Write the recurring decimal 0.4949... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  17. 17th April 1995Factorise x^2 - 8x + 15.
  18. 18th April 1995x : y = 3 : 8. Write y in terms of x.
  19. 19th April 1995Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The larger has a volume of 1026 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  20. 20th April 199523 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  21. 21st April 1995A capture-recapture estimate is made of the newt population of a stream. State one assumption the method relies on.
  22. 22nd April 1995A bill is £696 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  23. 23rd April 1995Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 4x + 7 that passes through (5, 10).
  24. 24th April 1995A price rises by 20% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  25. 25th April 1995A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 20 cm and one shorter side of 12 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  26. 26th April 19951 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  27. 27th April 1995A histogram class is 10 units wide and contains 30 values. Work out the frequency density.
  28. 28th April 1995A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 4 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  29. 29th April 1995A line has equation y = -2x + 1. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  30. 30th April 1995y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 8, y = 12. Work out y when x = 3.

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