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January 2001 - Higher 5-a-day

Every Higher sheet published in January 2001, with answers. Grades 6-7 - Higher-tier method and manipulation.

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January 2001

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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Every sheet in January 2001

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  1. 1st January 2001A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 232 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  2. 2nd January 2001A meal deal has 8 mains, 4 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  3. 3rd January 2001Expand and simplify (x + 2)(x - 2)(x + 2).
  4. 4th January 2001A town's population is 19000 and grows by 6% each year. Work out the population after 6 years, to the nearest whole number.
  5. 5th January 2001A cone has base radius 8 cm and vertical height 6 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  6. 6th January 200116 students study Spanish and 7 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  7. 7th January 2001A box plot has a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 63. Work out the range.
  8. 8th January 2001A mass is 630 kg, correct to the nearest 10. Write down the lower bound.
  9. 9th January 2001Make x the subject of y = 5x^2 - 2.
  10. 10th January 2001A block has volume 95 cm^3 and density 8 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  11. 11th January 2001In triangle ABC, angle A is 42°, angle B is 63° and side a is 14 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  12. 12th January 20015 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  13. 13th January 2001A box plot has minimum 5, lower quartile 13, median 22, upper quartile 27 and maximum 36. Work out the interquartile range.
  14. 14th January 2001Write 3^-2 as a fraction.
  15. 15th January 2001Factorise x^2 - 4.
  16. 16th January 2001x : y = 2 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
  17. 17th January 2001A right-angled triangle has sides 9 cm, 40 cm and 41 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 9 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  18. 18th January 200124 students study Spanish and 12 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  19. 19th January 2001A capture-recapture estimate is made of the ladybird population of a garden. State one assumption the method relies on.
  20. 20th January 2001Work out (9 x 10^6) x (8 x 10^-4). Give your answer in standard form.
  21. 21st January 2001A region is defined by y <= x - 6. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  22. 22nd January 2001A price rises by 20% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  23. 23rd January 2001The point (5, -5) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (3, 3). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  24. 24th January 20014 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  25. 25th January 2001A histogram class is 5 units wide and contains 15 values. Work out the frequency density.
  26. 26th January 2001Write the recurring decimal 0.7474... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  27. 27th January 2001Factorise x^2 - 5x + 6.
  28. 28th January 2001y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 9, y = 24. Work out y when x = 6.
  29. 29th January 2001Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 2. The larger has a volume of 144 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  30. 30th January 200114 students study Spanish and 5 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  31. 31st January 2001Four classes in order have frequencies 4, 6, 10, 12. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.

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