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May 2004 - Higher 5-a-day

Every Higher sheet published in May 2004, with answers. Grades 6-7 - Higher-tier method and manipulation.

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May 2004

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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Every sheet in May 2004

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  1. 1st May 2004A right-angled triangle has sides 9 cm, 12 cm and 15 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 9 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  2. 2nd May 200428 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  3. 3rd May 2004A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 208 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  4. 4th May 2004A bill is £768 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  5. 5th May 2004A region is defined by y < x + 7. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  6. 6th May 2004A town's population is 21000 and grows by 8% each year. Work out the population after 2 years, to the nearest whole number.
  7. 7th May 2004The point (5, -6) is enlarged by scale factor -3 about the centre (-3, 2). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  8. 8th May 20043 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  9. 9th May 2004A box plot has a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 31. Work out the range.
  10. 10th May 2004A code is 2 letters (A to Z) followed by 4 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  11. 11th May 2004Factorise x^2 + 11x + 28.
  12. 12th May 2004A block has volume 90 cm^3 and density 11 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  13. 13th May 2004Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The larger has a volume of 459 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  14. 14th May 20047 students study Spanish and 3 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  15. 15th May 2004A box plot has minimum 8, lower quartile 18, median 26, upper quartile 29 and maximum 38. Work out the interquartile range.
  16. 16th May 2004Work out (81 x 10^8) / (9 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  17. 17th May 2004Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 3x + 8 that passes through (3, 13).
  18. 18th May 2004x : y = 3 : 5. Write y in terms of x.
  19. 19th May 2004A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 25 cm and one shorter side of 7 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  20. 20th May 20042 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  21. 21st May 2004A capture-recapture estimate is made of the ladybird population of a garden. State one assumption the method relies on.
  22. 22nd May 2004Write the recurring decimal 0.333... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  23. 23rd May 2004A line has equation y = -3x + 1. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  24. 24th May 2004A price rises by 25% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  25. 25th May 2004ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 83°. Work out angle ADC.
  26. 26th May 200422 students study Spanish and 7 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  27. 27th May 2004A histogram class is 5 units wide and contains 12.5 values. Work out the frequency density.
  28. 28th May 2004Work out 8^(2/3).
  29. 29th May 2004For the curve y = -50/x, work out y when x = -5, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  30. 30th May 2004y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 24. Work out y when x = 4.
  31. 31st May 2004A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 162°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.

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