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May 2020 - Higher 5-a-day

Every Higher sheet published in May 2020, with answers. Grades 6-7 - Higher-tier method and manipulation.

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May 2020

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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Every sheet in May 2020

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  1. 1st May 2020A cone has base radius 3 cm and vertical height 18 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  2. 2nd May 202021 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  3. 3rd May 2020A box plot has a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 34. Work out the range.
  4. 4th May 2020A meal deal has 8 mains, 8 sides and 4 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  5. 5th May 2020Make x the subject of y = 4x^2 - 6.
  6. 6th May 2020A block has volume 150 cm^3 and density 3 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  7. 7th May 2020In triangle ABC, angle A is 75°, angle B is 72° and side a is 8 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  8. 8th May 20202 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  9. 9th May 2020A box plot has minimum 7, lower quartile 16, median 18, upper quartile 24 and maximum 29. Work out the interquartile range.
  10. 10th May 2020A mass is 630 kg, correct to the nearest 10. Write down the lower bound.
  11. 11th May 2020Factorise x^2 - 9.
  12. 12th May 2020x : y = 4 : 9. Write y in terms of x.
  13. 13th May 2020A right-angled triangle has sides 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 3 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  14. 14th May 202013 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  15. 15th May 2020A capture-recapture estimate is made of the snail population of a hedgerow. State one assumption the method relies on.
  16. 16th May 2020Write 3^-3 as a fraction.
  17. 17th May 2020A region is defined by y < -5x - 5. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  18. 18th May 2020A price rises by 25% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  19. 19th May 2020The point (4, -4) is enlarged by scale factor -3 about the centre (-2, -4). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  20. 20th May 20203 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  21. 21st May 2020A histogram class is 10 units wide and contains 20 values. Work out the frequency density.
  22. 22nd May 2020Work out (3 x 10^4) x (9 x 10^-4). Give your answer in standard form.
  23. 23rd May 2020Factorise x^2 + 3x - 4.
  24. 24th May 2020y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 8, y = 15. Work out y when x = 3.
  25. 25th May 2020Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 3. The larger has a volume of 648 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  26. 26th May 202019 students study Spanish and 5 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  27. 27th May 2020Four classes in order have frequencies 7, 12, 3, 3. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  28. 28th May 2020Write the recurring decimal 0.6868... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  29. 29th May 2020Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 2x + 8 that passes through (1, 10).
  30. 30th May 2020y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 2, y = 28. Work out y when x = 6.
  31. 31st May 2020A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 26 cm and one shorter side of 24 cm. Work out the other shorter side.

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