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October 1996 - Higher 5-a-day

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October 1996

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st October 1996A bill is £624 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  2. 2nd October 1996Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -4x - 5 that passes through (6, -18).
  3. 3rd October 1996A town's population is 19500 and grows by 6% each year. Work out the population after 6 years, to the nearest whole number.
  4. 4th October 1996A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 10 cm and one shorter side of 6 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  5. 5th October 19963 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  6. 6th October 1996A box plot has a minimum of 14 and a maximum of 26. Work out the range.
  7. 7th October 1996A code is 2 letters (A to Z) followed by 3 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  8. 8th October 1996A line has equation y = 3x + 6. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  9. 9th October 1996A block has volume 90 cm^3 and density 4 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  10. 10th October 1996ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 79°. Work out angle ADC.
  11. 11th October 199625 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  12. 12th October 1996A box plot has minimum 9, lower quartile 19, median 28, upper quartile 33 and maximum 39. Work out the interquartile range.
  13. 13th October 1996Work out (72 x 10^12) / (9 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  14. 14th October 1996For the curve y = -48/x, work out y when x = -4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  15. 15th October 1996x : y = 3 : 7. Write y in terms of x.
  16. 16th October 1996A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 172°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  17. 17th October 19967 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  18. 18th October 1996A capture-recapture estimate is made of the beetle population of a woodland. State one assumption the method relies on.
  19. 19th October 1996Write the recurring decimal 0.111... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  20. 20th October 1996Expand and simplify (x - 4)(x + 1)(x - 4).
  21. 21st October 1996A price rises by 10% and then falls by 15%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  22. 22nd October 1996A cone has base radius 6 cm and vertical height 3 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  23. 23rd October 199623 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  24. 24th October 1996A histogram class is 2 units wide and contains 4 values. Work out the frequency density.
  25. 25th October 1996Work out 125^(2/3).
  26. 26th October 1996Make x the subject of y = 2x^2 - 8.
  27. 27th October 1996y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 3, y = 10. Work out y when x = 5.
  28. 28th October 1996In triangle ABC, angle A is 77°, angle B is 33° and side a is 7 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  29. 29th October 19962 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  30. 30th October 1996Four classes in order have frequencies 6, 9, 8, 10. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  31. 31st October 1996Write sqrt(20) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.

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