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December 2007 - Higher 5-a-day

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

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December 2007

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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Every sheet in December 2007

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  1. 1st December 200724 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  2. 2nd December 2007A box plot has a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 50. Work out the range.
  3. 3rd December 2007Work out (3 x 10^3) x (8 x 10^6). Give your answer in standard form.
  4. 4th December 2007Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -5x + 4 that passes through (4, -22).
  5. 5th December 2007A block has volume 170 cm^3 and density 4 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  6. 6th December 2007A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 41 cm and one shorter side of 9 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  7. 7th December 20074 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  8. 8th December 2007A box plot has minimum 2, lower quartile 9, median 19, upper quartile 21 and maximum 25. Work out the interquartile range.
  9. 9th December 2007Write the recurring decimal 0.1818... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  10. 10th December 2007A line has equation y = 3x + 9. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  11. 11th December 2007x : y = 5 : 8. Write y in terms of x.
  12. 12th December 2007ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 57°. Work out angle ADC.
  13. 13th December 200723 students study Spanish and 8 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  14. 14th December 2007A capture-recapture estimate is made of the snail population of a hedgerow. State one assumption the method relies on.
  15. 15th December 2007A bill is £552 including VAT at 20%. Work out the amount before VAT.
  16. 16th December 2007For the curve y = -7/x, work out y when x = -1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  17. 17th December 2007A price rises by 20% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  18. 18th December 2007A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 140°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  19. 19th December 20071 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  20. 20th December 2007A histogram class is 2 units wide and contains 1 values. Work out the frequency density.
  21. 21st December 2007A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 4 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  22. 22nd December 2007Expand and simplify (x - 5)(x - 1)(x + 5).
  23. 23rd December 2007y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 2, y = 25. Work out y when x = 5.
  24. 24th December 2007A cone has base radius 2 cm and vertical height 21 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  25. 25th December 200713 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  26. 26th December 2007Four classes in order have frequencies 11, 3, 11, 4. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  27. 27th December 2007Work out (63 x 10^8) / (9 x 10^3). Give your answer in standard form.
  28. 28th December 2007Make x the subject of y = 5x^2 - 6.
  29. 29th December 2007y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 2, y = 20. Work out y when x = 6.
  30. 30th December 2007In triangle ABC, angle A is 42°, angle B is 56° and side a is 11 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  31. 31st December 20076 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.

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