Daily Practice

Higher Plus

15th August 1969

5 questions · 15 marks · Grades 8-9 · 51 question types in this band

1
3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 11 cm by 13 cm by 10 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 6 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
3
Histograms3 marks
A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 10 units wide with density 3.5. How many values in total?
4
Surds3 marks
Rationalise the denominator of 24/sqrt(3), giving your answer in its simplest form.
5
Quadratic Simultaneous Equations3 marks
Solve x^2 + y^2 = 25 and y = x - 1 simultaneously.

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