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January 2007 - Higher 5-a-day

Every Higher sheet published in January 2007, with answers. Grades 6-7 - Higher-tier method and manipulation.

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January 2007

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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Every sheet in January 2007

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  1. 1st January 2007Write 2^-2 as a fraction.
  2. 2nd January 2007Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -2x - 5 that passes through (5, -3).
  3. 3rd January 2007A block has volume 120 cm^3 and density 4 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  4. 4th January 2007A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 41 cm and one shorter side of 40 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  5. 5th January 20076 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  6. 6th January 2007A box plot has minimum 13, lower quartile 16, median 20, upper quartile 26 and maximum 33. Work out the interquartile range.
  7. 7th January 2007Work out (7 x 10^3) x (2 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  8. 8th January 2007A line has equation y = 3x + 7. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  9. 9th January 2007x : y = 3 : 5. Write y in terms of x.
  10. 10th January 2007ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 128°. Work out angle ADC.
  11. 11th January 200720 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  12. 12th January 2007A capture-recapture estimate is made of the snail population of a hedgerow. State one assumption the method relies on.
  13. 13th January 2007Write the recurring decimal 0.4949... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  14. 14th January 2007For the curve y = -44/x, work out y when x = -4, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  15. 15th January 2007A price rises by 10% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  16. 16th January 2007A, 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.
  17. 17th January 20071 of 6 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  18. 18th January 2007A histogram class is 4 units wide and contains 10 values. Work out the frequency density.
  19. 19th January 2007A bill is £552 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  20. 20th January 2007Expand and simplify (x + 2)(x + 1)(x - 2).
  21. 21st January 2007y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 3, y = 18. Work out y when x = 6.
  22. 22nd January 2007A cone has base radius 9 cm and vertical height 24 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  23. 23rd January 200716 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  24. 24th January 2007Four classes in order have frequencies 9, 10, 3, 8. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  25. 25th January 2007A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 3 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  26. 26th January 2007Make x the subject of y = 6x^2 - 12.
  27. 27th January 2007y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 48. Work out y when x = 9.
  28. 28th January 2007In triangle ABC, angle A is 76°, angle B is 63° and side a is 12 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  29. 29th January 20072 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  30. 30th January 200745 beetles are marked and released. Later 24 are caught, of which 3 are marked. Estimate the population.
  31. 31st January 2007Work out (72 x 10^7) / (9 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.

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