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November 2001 - Higher 5-a-day

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

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November 2001

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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Every sheet in November 2001

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  1. 1st November 2001A right-angled triangle has sides 12 cm, 16 cm and 20 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 12 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  2. 2nd November 200123 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  3. 3rd November 2001A box plot has minimum 13, lower quartile 21, median 31, upper quartile 35 and maximum 38. Work out the interquartile range.
  4. 4th November 2001Work out (10 x 10^7) / (5 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  5. 5th November 2001A region is defined by y < 4x - 4. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  6. 6th November 2001x : y = 5 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
  7. 7th November 2001The point (6, -2) is enlarged by scale factor -3 about the centre (-3, 2). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  8. 8th November 20012 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  9. 9th November 2001A capture-recapture estimate is made of the newt population of a stream. State one assumption the method relies on.
  10. 10th November 2001Write the recurring decimal 0.666... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  11. 11th November 2001Factorise x^2 - 49.
  12. 12th November 2001A price rises by 25% and then falls by 15%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  13. 13th November 2001Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 2. The larger has a volume of 304 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  14. 14th November 200115 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  15. 15th November 2001A histogram class is 4 units wide and contains 16 values. Work out the frequency density.
  16. 16th November 2001Work out 25^(3/2).
  17. 17th November 2001Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -3x + 9 that passes through (2, -9).
  18. 18th November 2001y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 72. Work out y when x = 12.
  19. 19th November 2001A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 25 cm and one shorter side of 7 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  20. 20th November 20012 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  21. 21st November 2001Four classes in order have frequencies 10, 10, 4, 12. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  22. 22nd November 2001Write sqrt(50) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  23. 23rd November 2001A line has equation y = -5x + 8. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  24. 24th November 2001y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 6, y = 72. Work out y when x = 2.
  25. 25th November 2001ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 89°. Work out angle ADC.
  26. 26th November 200116 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  27. 27th November 200145 fish are marked and released. Later 42 are caught, of which 7 are marked. Estimate the population.
  28. 28th November 2001A meal deal has 5 mains, 3 sides and 2 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  29. 29th November 2001For the curve y = -8/x, work out y when x = 4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  30. 30th November 2001y is directly proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 35. Work out y when x = 2.

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