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December 2023 - Higher 5-a-day

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

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December 2023

31 sheets · 155 questions · Grades 6-7

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Every sheet in December 2023

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  1. 1st December 202324 students study Spanish and 5 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  2. 2nd December 2023A box plot has minimum 10, lower quartile 18, median 25, upper quartile 30 and maximum 34. Work out the interquartile range.
  3. 3rd December 2023Work out 100^(3/2).
  4. 4th December 2023A region is defined by y <= -5x + 7. Should the boundary line be solid or dashed, and why?
  5. 5th December 2023x : y = 2 : 3. Write y in terms of x.
  6. 6th December 2023The point (5, -6) is enlarged by scale factor -1 about the centre (0, -1). Write down the coordinates of the image.
  7. 7th December 20233 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  8. 8th December 2023A capture-recapture estimate is made of the newt population of a stream. State one assumption the method relies on.
  9. 9th December 2023Write sqrt(72) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
  10. 10th December 2023Factorise x^2 - 16x + 64.
  11. 11th December 2023A price rises by 25% and then falls by 15%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
  12. 12th December 2023Two similar solids have lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. The larger has a volume of 2048 cm^3. Work out the volume of the smaller.
  13. 13th December 202321 students study Spanish and 8 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  14. 14th December 2023A histogram class is 10 units wide and contains 20 values. Work out the frequency density.
  15. 15th December 2023A meal deal has 6 mains, 5 sides and 3 drinks. How many different meals are possible?
  16. 16th December 2023Work out the equation of the line parallel to y = 2x - 6 that passes through (5, 17).
  17. 17th December 2023y is inversely proportional to x. When x = 3, y = 4. Work out y when x = 4.
  18. 18th December 2023A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 20 cm and one shorter side of 12 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
  19. 19th December 20233 of 7 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
  20. 20th December 2023Four classes in order have frequencies 10, 9, 4, 10. Write down the cumulative frequency at the end of the third class.
  21. 21st December 2023A mass is 790 kg, correct to the nearest 10. Write down the lower bound.
  22. 22nd December 2023A line has equation y = -3x + 7. Work out the gradient of any line perpendicular to it.
  23. 23rd December 2023y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 6, y = 108. Work out y when x = 8.
  24. 24th December 2023ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Angle ABC is 60°. Work out angle ADC.
  25. 25th December 202316 students study Spanish and 6 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
  26. 26th December 202355 fish are marked and released. Later 63 are caught, of which 9 are marked. Estimate the population.
  27. 27th December 2023Write 2^-3 as a fraction.
  28. 28th December 2023For the curve y = -9/x, work out y when x = 1, and write down the equation of its vertical asymptote.
  29. 29th December 2023y is directly proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 18. Work out y when x = 12.
  30. 30th December 2023A, B and C are points on a circle with centre O. Angle AOC is 72°. Work out angle ABC, where B is on the major arc.
  31. 31st December 20237 of 9 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.

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