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November 2014 - Higher 5-a-day

Every Higher sheet published in November 2014, with answers. Grades 6-7 - Higher-tier method and manipulation.

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November 2014

30 sheets · 150 questions · Grades 6-7

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Every sheet in November 2014

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  1. 1st November 2014A box plot has minimum 3, lower quartile 13, median 19, upper quartile 24 and maximum 32. Work out the interquartile range.
  2. 2nd November 2014A code is 3 letters (A to Z) followed by 2 digits (0 to 9), and repeats are allowed. How many codes are possible?
  3. 3rd November 2014Factorise x^2 - 121.
  4. 4th November 2014x : y = 2 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
  5. 5th November 2014A right-angled triangle has sides 20 cm, 21 cm and 29 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 20 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  6. 6th November 201421 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  7. 7th November 2014A capture-recapture estimate is made of the newt population of a stream. State one assumption the method relies on.
  8. 8th November 2014Work out (18 x 10^11) / (2 x 10^4). Give your answer in standard form.
  9. 9th November 2014A region is defined by y < 5x - 5. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  10. 10th November 2014A price rises by 10% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  11. 11th November 2014The point (2, -4) is enlarged by scale factor -2 about the centre (-1, -1). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  12. 12th November 20141 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  13. 13th November 2014A histogram class is 20 units wide and contains 40 values. Work out the frequency density.
  14. 14th November 2014Write the recurring decimal 0.555... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  15. 15th November 2014Factorise x^2 - 15x + 56.
  16. 16th November 2014y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 4, y = 30. Work out y when x = 5.
  17. 17th November 2014Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The larger has a volume of 1053 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  18. 18th November 201413 students study Spanish and 7 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  19. 19th November 2014Four classes in order have frequencies 3, 4, 7, 11. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  20. 20th November 2014Work out 27^(2/3).
  21. 21st November 2014Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -x - 2 that passes through (6, 3).
  22. 22nd November 2014y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 96. Work out y when x = 8.
  23. 23rd November 2014A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 20 cm and one shorter side of 12 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  24. 24th November 20143 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  25. 25th November 201445 voles are marked and released. Later 18 are caught, of which 6 are marked. Estimate the population.
  26. 26th November 2014Write sqrt(27) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  27. 27th November 2014A line has equation y = -5x + 7. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  28. 28th November 2014y is directly proportional to x. When x = 9, y = 108. Work out y when x = 12.
  29. 29th November 2014ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 70°. Work out angle ADC.
  30. 30th November 201420 students study Spanish and 4 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.

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