Daily Practice · Higher

May 2023 - Higher 5-a-day

Every Higher sheet published in May 2023, with answers. Grades 6-7 - Higher-tier method and manipulation.

← Today's Higher sheet

May 2023

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

Printing for a group?

The batch download puts all 5 tiers' May 2023 sheets in a single PDF, each tier behind its own divider page - 155 sheets in one file.

Every sheet in May 2023

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st May 2023A 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 May 2023For the curve y = -20/x, work out y when x = -2, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  3. 3rd May 2023A block has volume 70 cm^3 and density 2.5 g/cm^3. Work out its mass.
  4. 4th May 2023A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 134°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  5. 5th May 20232 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  6. 6th May 2023A box plot has minimum 5, lower quartile 9, median 15, upper quartile 23 and maximum 31. Work out the interquartile range.
  7. 7th May 2023Work out (36 x 10^10) / (6 x 10^2). Give your answer in standard form.
  8. 8th May 2023Expand and simplify (x - 2)(x - 5)(x - 5).
  9. 9th May 2023x : y = 5 : 6. Write y in terms of x.
  10. 10th May 2023A cone has base radius 4 cm and vertical height 9 cm. Work out its volume, leaving your answer in terms of pi.
  11. 11th May 202315 students study Spanish and 7 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  12. 12th May 2023A capture-recapture estimate is made of the ladybird population of a garden. State one assumption the method relies on.
  13. 13th May 2023Write the recurring decimal 0.666... as a fraction in its simplest form.
  14. 14th May 2023Make x the subject of y = 3x^2 - 12.
  15. 15th May 2023A price rises by 20% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  16. 16th May 2023In triangle ABC, angle A is 49°, angle B is 68° and side a is 11 cm. Use the sine rule to work out side b, to 1 decimal place.
  17. 17th May 20234 of 10 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  18. 18th May 2023A histogram class is 5 units wide and contains 10 values. Work out the frequency density.
  19. 19th May 2023Work out 36^(3/2).
  20. 20th May 2023Factorise x^2 - 4.
  21. 21st May 2023y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 8, y = 12. Work out y when x = 3.
  22. 22nd May 2023A right-angled triangle has sides 7 cm, 24 cm and 25 cm. Work out the angle opposite the 7 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  23. 23rd May 202324 students study Spanish and 8 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  24. 24th May 2023Four classes in order have frequencies 11, 6, 7, 3. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  25. 25th May 2023Write sqrt(98) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  26. 26th May 2023A region is defined by y <= 2x + 2. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  27. 27th May 2023y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 100. Work out y when x = 7.
  28. 28th May 2023The point (1, 6) is enlarged by scale factor -1 about the centre (2, 1). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  29. 29th May 20235 of 8 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  30. 30th May 202355 beetles are marked and released. Later 15 are caught, of which 3 are marked. Estimate the population.
  31. 31st May 2023A meal deal has 5 mains, 4 sides and 5 drinks. How many different meals are possible?

The same month at another level