Daily Practice

Higher Plus

12th April 1958

5 questions · 14 marks · Grades 8-9 · 51 question types in this band

1
Bounds3 marks
A car covers 820 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 6 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.
2
Factorising Harder Quadratics3 marks
Solve 8x^2 - 14x - 15 = 0.
3
Velocity Time Graphs2 marks
A train slows steadily from 38 m/s to rest in 8 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
4
Finding the Area of Any Triangle3 marks
A triangle has sides of 11 cm and 10 cm and an area of 55.00 cm^2. Work out the acute angle between those two sides, to the nearest degree.
5
Probability Equation Questions3 marks
A bag holds 9 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 1/36. Work out r.

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