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January 2000 - Higher 5-a-day

Every Higher sheet published in January 2000, with answers. Grades 6-7 - Higher-tier method and manipulation.

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January 2000

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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  1. 1st January 2000A box plot has minimum 3, lower quartile 5, median 8, upper quartile 17 and maximum 26. Work out the interquartile range.
  2. 2nd January 2000A bill is £192 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  3. 3rd January 2000A region is defined by y < 3x - 3. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  4. 4th January 2000x : y = 5 : 7. Write y in terms of x.
  5. 5th January 2000The point (4, -4) is enlarged by scale factor -1 about the centre (-3, -3). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  6. 6th January 20001 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  7. 7th January 2000A capture-recapture estimate is made of the ladybird population of a garden. State one assumption the method relies on.
  8. 8th January 2000A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 4 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  9. 9th January 2000Factorise x^2 + x - 56.
  10. 10th January 2000A price rises by 10% and then falls by 25%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  11. 11th January 2000Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 512 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  12. 12th January 200016 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  13. 13th January 2000A histogram class is 5 units wide and contains 2.5 values. Work out the frequency density.
  14. 14th January 2000Work out (45 x 10^11) / (5 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  15. 15th January 2000Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 2x - 7 that passes through (6, 23).
  16. 16th January 2000y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 8, y = 12. Work out y when x = 12.
  17. 17th January 2000A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 10 cm and one shorter side of 6 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  18. 18th January 20003 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  19. 19th January 2000Four classes in order have frequencies 5, 3, 7, 8. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  20. 20th January 2000Write the recurring decimal 0.444... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  21. 21st January 2000A line has equation y = 2x + 6. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  22. 22nd January 2000y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 6, y = 108. Work out y when x = 8.
  23. 23rd January 2000ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 84°. Work out angle ADC.
  24. 24th January 200014 students study Spanish and 5 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  25. 25th January 200020 voles are marked and released. Later 16 are caught, of which 4 are marked. Estimate the population.
  26. 26th January 2000Work out 27^(2/3).
  27. 27th January 2000For the curve y = 1/x, work out y when x = 1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  28. 28th January 2000y is directly proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 60. Work out y when x = 4.
  29. 29th January 2000A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 78°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  30. 30th January 20002 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  31. 31st January 2000A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 148 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?

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