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June 2009 - Higher 5-a-day

Every Higher sheet published in June 2009, with answers. Grades 6-7 - Higher-tier method and manipulation.

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June 2009

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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Every sheet in June 2009

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  1. 1st June 2009A code is 2 letters (A to Z) followed by 3 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  2. 2nd June 2009Expand and simplify (x + 4)(x + 3)(x - 3).
  3. 3rd June 2009A block has volume 35 cm^3 and density 8 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  4. 4th June 2009A cone has base radius 3 cm and vertical height 3 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  5. 5th June 200912 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  6. 6th June 2009A box plot has minimum 3, lower quartile 13, median 20, upper quartile 23 and maximum 25. Work out the interquartile range.
  7. 7th June 2009Work out (35 x 10^6) / (7 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  8. 8th June 2009Make x the subject of y = 9x^2 - 8.
  9. 9th June 2009x : y = 3 : 8. Write y in terms of x.
  10. 10th June 2009In triangle ABC, angle A is 67°, angle B is 68° and side a is 5 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  11. 11th June 20093 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  12. 12th June 2009A capture-recapture estimate is made of the newt population of a stream. State one assumption the method relies on.
  13. 13th June 2009Write the recurring decimal 0.111... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  14. 14th June 2009Factorise x^2 - 16.
  15. 15th June 2009A price rises by 10% and then falls by 25%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  16. 16th June 2009A right-angled triangle has sides 8 cm, 15 cm and 17 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 8 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  17. 17th June 200912 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  18. 18th June 2009A histogram class is 4 units wide and contains 10 values. Work out the frequency density.
  19. 19th June 2009Work out 216^(2/3).
  20. 20th June 2009A region is defined by y < 2x - 4. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  21. 21st June 2009y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 9, y = 10. Work out y when x = 5.
  22. 22nd June 2009The point (1, -3) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (2, 4). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  23. 23rd June 20091 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  24. 24th June 2009Four classes in order have frequencies 4, 8, 3, 3. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  25. 25th June 2009Write sqrt(50) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  26. 26th June 2009Factorise x^2 - 10x + 9.
  27. 27th June 2009y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 6, y = 108. Work out y when x = 2.
  28. 28th June 2009Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 192 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  29. 29th June 200922 students study Spanish and 12 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  30. 30th June 200930 fish are marked and released. Later 81 are caught, of which 9 are marked. Estimate the population.

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