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December 2000 - Higher 5-a-day

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

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December 2000

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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Every sheet in December 2000

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  1. 1st December 200023 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  2. 2nd December 2000A box plot has minimum 6, lower quartile 13, median 21, upper quartile 26 and maximum 28. Work out the interquartile range.
  3. 3rd December 2000A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 4 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  4. 4th December 2000A region is defined by y <= 4x - 7. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  5. 5th December 2000x : y = 2 : 7. Write y in terms of x.
  6. 6th December 2000The point (0, -2) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (3, 4). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  7. 7th December 20004 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  8. 8th December 2000A capture-recapture estimate is made of the newt population of a stream. State one assumption the method relies on.
  9. 9th December 2000Work out (16 x 10^9) / (8 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  10. 10th December 2000Factorise x^2 + 12x + 32.
  11. 11th December 2000A price rises by 15% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  12. 12th December 2000Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 1024 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  13. 13th December 200027 students study Spanish and 12 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  14. 14th December 2000A histogram class is 5 units wide and contains 2.5 values. Work out the frequency density.
  15. 15th December 2000Write the recurring decimal 0.111... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  16. 16th December 2000Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -5x + 7 that passes through (5, -33).
  17. 17th December 2000y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 4, y = 15. Work out y when x = 5.
  18. 18th December 2000A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 20 cm and one shorter side of 16 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  19. 19th December 20005 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  20. 20th December 2000Four classes in order have frequencies 8, 3, 11, 6. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  21. 21st December 2000Work out 16^(3/2).
  22. 22nd December 2000A line has equation y = 4x + 4. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  23. 23rd December 2000y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 27. Work out y when x = 9.
  24. 24th December 2000ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 55°. Work out angle ADC.
  25. 25th December 20007 students study Spanish and 3 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  26. 26th December 200045 newts are marked and released. Later 70 are caught, of which 7 are marked. Estimate the population.
  27. 27th December 2000Write sqrt(32) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  28. 28th December 2000For the curve y = 20/x, work out y when x = -2, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  29. 29th December 2000y is directly proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 45. Work out y when x = 13.
  30. 30th December 2000A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 150°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  31. 31st December 20002 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.

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