Higher Plus May

1st May Higher Plus 5-a-day
Shown is the graph of y = f(x) Sketch y = −f(x)
Sketch y = f(x + 2)
w:x=2:3
x:y=9:8
Work out the size of angle z.
Point A has coordinates (9, 7)

Point B has coordinates (13, −27)
Find the equation of the line

perpendicular to AB that passes through
the midpoint of AB
Find the size of angle BAC.
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2nd May Higher Plus 5-a-day
The total surface area of the cone is

48π cm²
Calculate y.
Shown is the graph of y = f(x) The graph of y = f(x + a) + b has a

minimum point at the origin, where a
and b are constants.
Write down the values of a and b.
Sketch y = −f(x)
Shown is a right angled triangle

Find x
Calculate the bearing of A from B.
Ship A is 100km from X on a bearing of 258°

Ship B is 75km from X on a bearing of 312°
3rd May Higher Plus 5-a-day
Solve 5x² = 24 − 14x
Find the nth term of
5 8 13 20 29 …
Make b the subject of
Bag 1 contains 3 red, 5 white and 2 green

beads
Bag 2 contains 2 red, 2 white beads and 3
green beads
Bag 3 contains 4 red, 1 white and 1 green
beads.
A bead is taken from each bag at random.
A red is worth 1 point

A white is worth 2 points
A green is worth 3 points.
The points are added together.

Find the probability of scoring a 5.
4th May Higher Plus 5-a-day
The curve with equation
y = x² − 2x − 24 is reflected in the
x-axis
Write the equation of the reflected

curve
Work out an estimate for the

acceleration at 4 seconds.
Work out an estimate for the average

acceleration between 6 and 10
seconds
Given
f (x) = 5x − 3
g(x) = 2x + 1
Find fg(−1)
OM:MA = 1:3 and N is the midpoint of AB
Find
Simplify
(3)
−2
2x 5
÷
x
A microwave is placed on a worktop. Work out the upper bound of the force
The area of the microwave in contact with exerted by the microwave on the worktop.
the table is 600cm² to the nearest 5cm²
The pressure on the worktop is 2450

Newtons/m² to 3 significant figures
··
Write 0.082 as a fraction in its
simplest form.
One solution of the equation

sin x = 0.72 is x = 46∘
Find another solution of this equation

for values of x between 0∘ and 360∘
28 3
Show the volume of the solid is πx
3
The diagram shows a solid made up of

a cone and a hemisphere.
There are 9 counters in a bag.

Work out the probability that the counters
are not all the same colour.
5 of the counters are red
4 of the counters are white.
Tom takes, at random, three counters

from the bag.
Shown is kite ABCD Prove
Show, by using simultaneous

equations, that the line y = 5x − 3 is a
tangent to the curve y = x² + x + 1
Solve
x x
− =3
2x − 1 2
Give your solutions to 1 decimal place.
The final velocity of a traveling object is

given by the formula, v = u + at Calculate the upper bound for t.
where v is the final velocity

u is the initial velocity
a is the acceleration
and t is the time.
Given u = 5.4m/s correct to 1 decimal

place
a = 4.9m/s² correct to 1 decimal place Calculate the lower bound for t.
v = 25.32m/s correct to 2 decimal places
Given that
Find the value of z
OABC is a parallelogram
Y is the midpoint of AC
OAD is a straight line where
OA:AD = z : 1
Prove that the sum of the cubes of two

consecutive odd integers is always a
multiple of 4.
The events A and B are mutually

exclusive.
P(A) = 0.5
P(B) = 0.4
Find P(A∩B)
Write in the form a b , where a and b

are integers to be found.
Calculate an estimate of the median
The diagram shows a cuboid and a Calculate the size of angle MDI
pyramid.
The apex of the pyramid, I, is directly
above the centre, M, of ABDC.
Solve x² + 2x − 15 < 0
f (x) = 7x − 2 Find f f (2)
Find f −1(x)
The histogram shows information about There are 240 players between 36 and
the ages of rugby league players 48.
registered for a competition.
A player is chosen at random.
Estimate the probability that the rugby

league player is under 33.
Find the shortest possible distance

between the line y = 4x + 5 and the
origin.
Show x² − 7x + 1 = 0 can be
rearranged to the form
Use the iteration Start with
to find an approximation solution to

x² − 7x + 1 = 0
Find the coordinates of the point B
Find the coordinates of the point C
Shown is a circle, centre O.

A and B are points on the circle.
AC and BC are tangents.
The square of w is 8
Write down the value of w 3
Find the two possible values of θ
Express as a single fraction
Kelvin bakes some brown bread loaves Kelvin has sliced 28 of all the loaves that
and some white bread loaves. He bakes he has baked.
50% more brown bread loaves.
Find how many loaves Kelvin baked.
3
He slices of the brown bread loaves.
20
1
He slices of the white bread loaves.
8
Calculate the surface area
The line y = x + 4 and the curve

y = x² + 3x + 4 intersect at the points A
and B.
Find the distance between the points A
and B.
Write as a power of 3
9
3
ABCDE is a square based pyramid.

Work out the angle between planes ABCD
and ADE.
Simplify fully
Find the shaded area.
Shown above are three congruent

circles. Each circle touches the other
two circles and the sides of the
rectangle.
The radius of each circle is 30cm.
James has solved the equation Find a and b

x² + ax + b = 0
His solutions are x =−3+ 17

and x =−3− 17
Solve
Patrycja picks a five digit odd number. How many different numbers could
The second digit is less than 5. she pick?
The fourth digit is a positive cube
number.
The first digit is a prime number.
The line OA has a gradient of 3

The length of OA is 12 10
Work out the coordinates of A
Sketch the graph of y = sin x for

0 ≤ x ≤ 360
Shown below are the lines x =3 Find the area of triangle ABC
y = 2 and 3x + 2y = 18
Find the set of values of x for which

x² − 36 > 0 and x² + 8x − 105 > 0
PQR is an arc of a circle with centre O

and radius 3cm.
PR is a chord of the circle.
Calculate the area of the segment

PQR.
The diagram shows the circle

x2 + y2 = 17
The point P lies on the circle and has

x-coordinate 1.
The tangent at the point P crosses the

x-axis at R.
Work out the coordinates of the point R
Find the volume of liquid in the

container
Prove that the angle in a semi-circle is

always 90°
All values are correct to 2 significant

figures.
Calculate the upper bound of AC.
After how many seconds was the

acceleration zero?
Work out an estimate of the distance

travelled in the first 8 seconds?
Here is a velocity-time graph of a

particle for 24 seconds
Is your answer to the distance

travelled an over-estimate or an
under-estimate?
Explain your answer
Solve the simultaneous equations
y = x² + x + 2
x + 3y = 38
Solve
2x 2 + 3x − 2 ≤ 0
Sketch
How many points of intersection does

the curve y = (x − 3)(x + 4) have with
the line y = x − 8 ?
Work out an estimate of how many

employees have a salary of between
£2300 and £2900
The histogram above shows the monthly

salaries of employees.
There are 216 people who have a
monthly salary of between £1800 and
£2100.
An ice cream shop has 8 different

flavours of ice cream.
Lara chooses a large ice cream with
two different flavours.
How many different possible

combinations could she choose?
The curve y = x² + 4x − 12 is reflected

in the y-axis.
Write down the equation of the

reflected curve.
Out of 150 students, 95 had watched

Movie A, 47 had watched Movie B and
33 had watched neither.
Draw a Venn diagram to represent this

information.
A student who has watched Movie B is

picked at random.
Find the probability that they have not

watched Movie A.
Find the equation of the line that is

perpendicular to 4x + y = 8 and passes
through the point (1, 5)
Prove
(2n − 1)3 + (3n + 1)(2n − 4)
is always odd.
n is a positive integer greater than 1.
Here is a sketch of the quadratic graph

with equation y = f(x) Write down the coordinates of the
turning point of y = f (x + 4)
Write down the coordinates of the

turning point of y = − f (x)
The turning point of the curve is

(6, 13)
A sequence u1, u2, u3, … follows the Find the possible values of k
iterative process
un+1 = kun − 3
where k is a constant
Given u1 = 2 and u3 = 17
The town Milton is 15 miles due East

from the town Newtown.
A helicopter is on a bearing of 150°

from Newtown and a bearing of 240°
from Milton.
A helipad is 3 miles due South of

Newtown.
Work out the shortest distance from

the helicopter to the helipad.
sin (x°) = −0.5
Write down 3 different possible

values of x
4x − 1
f (x) =
x+8
Work out f −1(x)
x² + y² = 1
x + 2y = 1
ABCD is a rhombus Find the equation of diagonal BC
The coordinates of B are (14, 22)
The equation of diagonal AD is

2
y= x+4
3
Find the exact length of the diagonal BC
Find the equation of the line

perpendicular to AB that passes through
the midpoint of AB.
A line passes through A(1, 4) and B(5, 16)
Alzahraa has 10 black socks, 8 white Calculate the probability she chooses
socks and 2 blue socks. two socks of the same colour.
She picks two socks at random, without
replacement.
Prove algebraically that
(4n + 1)² − (2n − 1) is an even number
for all positive integer values of n.
The nth term of a quadratic sequence

is n² + 4n
Two consecutive terms have a

difference of 25.
Work out the two terms.
Find y
22nd May Higher Plus 5-a-day
f(a) = −2
Find the possible values of a
Find ff(0)
OAB is a triangle. Find the vector
in terms of a and b
Show the vector
Q is a point on AB such that

AQ:QB = 2:1 is parallel to 2a + b
A circle has an equation of x² + y² = 5
(3 3 )
4 29
Q , is a point on the circle.
Find the equation of the tangent to the

circle at the point Q.
23rd May Higher Plus 5-a-day
Simplify
AOC is an equilateral triangle of side

length 14cm.
OBD is a sector of a circle with centre O
and radius 11cm.
Calculate the area of the shaded region

as a percentage of the area of triangle
AOC.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant
figures.
Find the coordinates where the line

6
y = x + 1 and the graph y =
x
intersect.
Given
find a if f (a) = 2.5
1
y=x
4
y = x2 + 3
40 volunteers are asked to taste 3

different types of coffee, A, B and C.
13 liked coffee A
33 liked coffee B
17 liked coffee C
11 liked coffees A and B
13 liked coffees B and C
6 liked coffees A and C
5 liked all three types of coffee. A volunteer is chosen at random.
Find the probability that they liked at
Draw a Venn diagram to show this least two different types of coffee.
information
Sketch the graph of y = cos x for

0 ≤ x ≤ 360.
The sketch shows a curve with equation

y = abx where a and b are positive
constants.
The curve passes through the points

(2, 90) and (4, 810)
Calculate the value of a and b
Work out
Show using algebra
Rationalise the denominator
Which has the greatest area,

triangle OAB or sector ODC?
Write x² + 4x + 9 in the form

(x + a)² + b Find the coordinates of the turning
point of y = x² + 4x + 9
Shown below is trapezium ABCD Describe a single transformation of the

trapezium so that only point D is invariant
Describe a single transformation of the

trapezium so that all the points on AD are
invariant and there are no other invariant
points.
Calculate the length CD.
APC is a straight line.

CP = BP
Angle ABP is twice angle CBP
Angle BCP = x
Prove Angle BAC = (180 − 4x)°
Find x
Expand
(3 + 2)(2 − 2)
Solve 2x² − x − 6 > 0
Circle A has equation x² + y² = 9

is translated by the vector
(2)
0
to give Circle B
Sketch Circle B
Label the centre of B and the points

of intersection with the x-axis and
the y-axis.
A car travelled for 170 minutes, to the

nearest 5 minutes.
It travelled for a total distance of 120km,
to the nearest 10km
Work out the greatest possible average

speed, in m/s
Mr Jones wants to drain a full pond. Mr Jones has also arranged for 3
The last time he drained the pond, he additional pumps to arrive at 10am on
used 8 pumps and it took 72 hours. Wednesday.
Mr Jones is planning to start draining the Approximately when should he finish?
pond at 8am on Monday morning with 2
pumps. His neighbour is going to lend him
a pump at 5pm on Tuesday.
A metal plaque is made by joining Calculate angle BOC

together a triangle and a sector.
BOC is a sector of a circle, centre O

with radius 18cm.
Calculate the perimeter of the plaque.
AOB is a straight line
Calculate the area of the plaque.
The curve y = a x crosses the y-axis

at the point A
Write down the coordinates of A
Finn and Ben take part in a 10km race. How long before Ben, does Finn finish the
Ben crossed the start line at 2pm and jogs race?
the entire race at 8km/h
Finn crossed the start line at 2:10pm and
jogs at a constant speed.
Finn overtook Ben at 2:40pm.
The area of the triangle is 15 3 cm²

Find x to 3 significant figures
Find an estimate of the median
f (x) = x 2 − 8
g(x) = 6 − 7x
Solve f (x) = g(2x)
Give each answer to 1 decimal place.
c
w=
x−1
c = 9.5 rounded to 1 decimal place
x = 4.81 rounded to 2 decimal places
Work out the lower bound of w
ξ = {2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9} Find P(A ∩ B′)
A = {2, 3, 4, 5, 7}
B = {2, 3, 5, 9}
A number is picked at random from the

universal set, ξ.
w is inversely proportional to y Find the value of x when y = 0.8125

x is directly proportional to the cube root
of w.
If y = 6.5, w = 8
If w = 27, x = 100
Make y the subject of
Sketch x² + y² = 9
Starting with x0 = −4
Find x1 , x2 and x3
Explain the relationship between the

values of x1 , x2 and x3 and the
equation x³ + 3x² + 5 = 0
By drawing an appropriate straight line,

use your graph to find estimates for
the solutions of x² − 2x − 1 = 0
Calculate an estimate for the gradient of

the graph y = x² − x − 2 at the point
where x = 1
Shown is y = x² − x − 2
A money box contains Find the probability that exactly £3 is

Four £2 coins selected.
Three £1 coins
Five 50p coins
Three coins are taken at random

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1st May Higher Plus 5-a-day

Shown is the graph of y = f(x) Sketch y = −f(x)

Work out the size of angle z.

Point A has coordinates (9, 7)

Find the equation of the line

Find the size of angle BAC.

The total surface area of the cone is

Shown is the graph of y = f(x) The graph of y = f(x + a) + b has a

Write down the values of a and b.

Shown is a right angled triangle

Calculate the bearing of A from B.

Ship A is 100km from X on a bearing of 258°

Solve 5x² = 24 − 14x

Find the nth term of

Make b the subject of

Bag 1 contains 3 red, 5 white and 2 green

A bead is taken from each bag at random.

A red is worth 1 point

The points are added together.

The curve with equation

Write the equation of the reflected

Work out an estimate for the

Work out an estimate for the average

OM:MA = 1:3 and N is the midpoint of AB

The pressure on the worktop is 2450

One solution of the equation

Find another solution of this equation

The diagram shows a solid made up of

There are 9 counters in a bag.

Tom takes, at random, three counters

Shown is kite ABCD Prove

Show, by using simultaneous

The final velocity of a traveling object is

where v is the final velocity

Given u = 5.4m/s correct to 1 decimal

Find the value of z

Prove that the sum of the cubes of two

The events A and B are mutually

Write in the form a b , where a and b

Calculate an estimate of the median

f (x) = 7x − 2 Find f f (2)

Estimate the probability that the rugby

Find the shortest possible distance

Use the iteration Start with

to find an approximation solution to

Find the coordinates of the point B

Find the coordinates of the point C

Shown is a circle, centre O.

Write down the value of w 3

Find the two possible values of θ

Express as a single fraction

Calculate the surface area

The line y = x + 4 and the curve

ABCDE is a square based pyramid.

Find the shaded area.

Shown above are three congruent

James has solved the equation Find a and b

His solutions are x =−3+ 17

The line OA has a gradient of 3