Daily Practice

Higher Plus

23rd July 1965

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

1
The Nth Term of a Quadratic Sequence3 marks
Work out the nth term of the quadratic sequence 4, 15, 34, 61, ...
2
Velocity Time Graphs2 marks
On a velocity-time graph a car speeds up in a straight line from 4 m/s to 6.5 m/s over 5 seconds. Work out the acceleration.
3
Perpendicular Lines and the equation of a tangent3 marks
The point (10, 24) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 676. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
4
Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 7 red, 5 blue and 6 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
5
Histograms3 marks
A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 0.4, one 5 units wide with density 3.5. How many values in total?

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