Daily Practice

Higher Plus

15th May 1958

5 questions · 13 marks · Grades 8-9 · 51 question types in this band

1
3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 12 cm by 10 cm by 9 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
2
Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 3 red and 7 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
3
Histograms2 marks
On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 15-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
4
Surds3 marks
Simplify sqrt(50) + sqrt(8), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
5
Proof2 marks
In an algebraic proof, how would you write two consecutive odd numbers in terms of an integer n?

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