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November 1995 - Higher 5-a-day

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November 1995

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st November 1995Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -5x - 4 that passes through (3, -25).
  2. 2nd November 1995A town's population is 18500 and grows by 5% each year. Work out the population after 2 years, to the nearest whole number.
  3. 3rd November 1995A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 5 cm and one shorter side of 3 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  4. 4th November 19951 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  5. 5th November 1995A box plot has a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 52. Work out the range.
  6. 6th November 1995A bill is £240 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  7. 7th November 1995A line has equation y = -2x + 1. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  8. 8th November 1995A block has volume 180 cm^3 and density 2.5 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  9. 9th November 1995ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 87°. Work out angle ADC.
  10. 10th November 199515 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  11. 11th November 1995A box plot has minimum 3, lower quartile 11, median 15, upper quartile 22 and maximum 30. Work out the interquartile range.
  12. 12th November 1995A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 4 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  13. 13th November 1995For the curve y = -10/x, work out y when x = -1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  14. 14th November 1995x : y = 2 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
  15. 15th November 1995A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 90°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  16. 16th November 19954 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  17. 17th November 1995A capture-recapture estimate is made of the newt population of a stream. State one assumption the method relies on.
  18. 18th November 1995Work out (12 x 10^9) / (2 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  19. 19th November 1995Expand and simplify (x + 4)(x - 4)(x + 3).
  20. 20th November 1995A price rises by 15% and then falls by 15%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  21. 21st November 1995A cone has base radius 2 cm and vertical height 18 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  22. 22nd November 199510 students study Spanish and 3 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  23. 23rd November 1995A histogram class is 5 units wide and contains 15 values. Work out the frequency density.
  24. 24th November 1995Write the recurring decimal 0.666... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  25. 25th November 1995Make x the subject of y = 2x^2 - 9.
  26. 26th November 1995y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 8, y = 12. Work out y when x = 3.
  27. 27th November 1995In triangle ABC, angle A is 38°, angle B is 40° and side a is 8 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  28. 28th November 19953 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  29. 29th November 1995Four classes in order have frequencies 10, 3, 3, 12. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  30. 30th November 1995Work out 216^(2/3).

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