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February 2017 - Higher 5-a-day

Every Higher sheet published in February 2017, with answers. Grades 6-7 - Higher-tier method and manipulation.

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February 2017

28 sheets · 140 questions · Grades 6-7

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Every sheet in February 2017

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  1. 1st February 2017A meal deal has 9 mains, 9 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  2. 2nd February 2017A region is defined by y < -3x + 2. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  3. 3rd February 2017y is directly proportional to x. When x = 7, y = 28. Work out y when x = 12.
  4. 4th February 2017The point (0, 4) is enlarged by scale factor -1 about the centre (4, 2). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  5. 5th February 20174 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  6. 6th February 2017A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 216 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
  7. 7th February 2017A mass is 250 kg, correct to the nearest 10. Write down the lower bound.
  8. 8th February 2017Factorise x^2 - 4x + 4.
  9. 9th February 2017A town's population is 15000 and grows by 3% each year. Work out the population after 6 years, to the nearest whole number.
  10. 10th February 2017Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 768 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  11. 11th February 201721 students study Spanish and 3 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  12. 12th February 2017A box plot has a minimum of 13 and a maximum of 34. Work out the range.
  13. 13th February 2017Write 7^-3 as a fraction.
  14. 14th February 2017Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 4x + 5 that passes through (3, 6).
  15. 15th February 2017A block has volume 45 cm^3 and density 4 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  16. 16th February 2017A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 5 cm and one shorter side of 4 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  17. 17th February 20175 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  18. 18th February 2017A box plot has minimum 7, lower quartile 14, median 17, upper quartile 23 and maximum 28. Work out the interquartile range.
  19. 19th February 2017Work out (4 x 10^3) x (7 x 10^-2). Give your answer in standard form.
  20. 20th February 2017A line has equation y = -5x + 7. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  21. 21st February 2017x : y = 4 : 5. Write y in terms of x.
  22. 22nd February 2017ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 52°. Work out angle ADC.
  23. 23rd February 201714 students study Spanish and 10 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  24. 24th February 2017A capture-recapture estimate is made of the snail population of a hedgerow. State one assumption the method relies on.
  25. 25th February 2017Write the recurring decimal 0.1010... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  26. 26th February 2017For the curve y = -20/x, work out y when x = -5, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  27. 27th February 2017A price rises by 10% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  28. 28th February 2017A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 58°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.

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