Higher Plus
26th September 1953
- 1Vectors Proof Questions3 marks
In a vector proof you find that vector PQ = 3a - 5b and vector RS = 12a - 20b. What does this show about PQ and RS?
- 2Probability Equation Questions3 marks
The probability of winning a game is 1/2. A player expects 60 wins. How many games did they play?
- 3Histograms2 marks
On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 20-wide bar have the same frequency density of 1.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
- 4Bounds3 marks
A car covers 330 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 7 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.
- 5The Nth Term of a Quadratic Sequence3 marks
Work out the nth term of the quadratic sequence 10, 20, 34, 52, ...
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