Higher Plus
15th September 1969
- 1Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 4 red, 6 blue and 6 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
- 2Histograms3 marks
A histogram has four 10-wide classes from 0, with frequency densities 3, 2, 1, 0.5. Which class contains the median?
- 3Bounds3 marks
A block has mass 470 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 20 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
- 4Quadratic Inequalities3 marks
Solve x^2 + 13x + 40 > 0.
- 5Direct and Inverse Proportion Depth3 marks
y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 2, y = 75. Work out y when x = 5.
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