Daily Practice

Higher Plus

20th March 1967

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

1
Bounds3 marks
A block has mass 530 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 19 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
2
Factorising Harder Quadratics3 marks
Solve 15x^2 - 38x + 24 = 0.
3
Velocity Time Graphs2 marks
A train slows steadily from 15 m/s to rest in 5 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
4
The Cosine Rule3 marks
A triangle has sides of 13 cm and 17 cm with an angle of 116° between them. Work out the third side, to 1 decimal place.
5
Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 5 red, 3 blue and 4 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?

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