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October 2015 - Higher 5-a-day

Every Higher sheet published in October 2015, with answers. Grades 6-7 - Higher-tier method and manipulation.

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October 2015

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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Every sheet in October 2015

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  1. 1st October 2015In triangle ABC, angle A is 53°, angle B is 85° and side a is 7 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  2. 2nd October 20154 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  3. 3rd October 2015A box plot has minimum 4, lower quartile 13, median 23, upper quartile 31 and maximum 36. Work out the interquartile range.
  4. 4th October 2015Work out (63 x 10^9) / (9 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
  5. 5th October 2015Factorise x^2 - 36.
  6. 6th October 2015x : y = 3 : 8. Write y in terms of x.
  7. 7th October 2015A right-angled triangle has sides 12 cm, 16 cm and 20 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 12 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  8. 8th October 201530 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  9. 9th October 2015A capture-recapture estimate is made of the ladybird population of a garden. State one assumption the method relies on.
  10. 10th October 2015Write the recurring decimal 0.222... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  11. 11th October 2015A region is defined by y < -4x + 9. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  12. 12th October 2015A price rises by 10% and then falls by 25%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  13. 13th October 2015The point (-4, 3) is enlarged by scale factor -1 about the centre (-2, -2). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  14. 14th October 20154 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  15. 15th October 2015A histogram class is 20 units wide and contains 40 values. Work out the frequency density.
  16. 16th October 2015Work out 125^(2/3).
  17. 17th October 2015Factorise x^2 - 9x + 8.
  18. 18th October 2015y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 24. Work out y when x = 12.
  19. 19th October 2015Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The larger has a volume of 216 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  20. 20th October 20159 students study Spanish and 3 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  21. 21st October 2015Four classes in order have frequencies 5, 5, 6, 3. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  22. 22nd October 2015Write sqrt(32) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  23. 23rd October 2015Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = -x + 6 that passes through (5, 7).
  24. 24th October 2015y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 2, y = 24. Work out y when x = 6.
  25. 25th October 2015A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 5 cm and one shorter side of 4 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  26. 26th October 20152 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  27. 27th October 201510 fish are marked and released. Later 30 are caught, of which 6 are marked. Estimate the population.
  28. 28th October 2015A meal deal has 7 mains, 5 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  29. 29th October 2015A line has equation y = -2x + 2. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  30. 30th October 2015y is directly proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 36. Work out y when x = 14.
  31. 31st October 2015ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 82°. Work out angle ADC.

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