Daily Practice

Higher Plus

30th October 1969

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

1
The Nth Term of a Quadratic Sequence2 marks
A quadratic sequence starts 13, 27, 51, 85. Work out the second difference, and the coefficient of n^2.
2
Velocity Time Graphs2 marks
On a velocity-time graph a car speeds up in a straight line from 4 m/s to 16 m/s over 4 seconds. Work out the acceleration.
3
Perpendicular Lines and the equation of a tangent3 marks
The point (3, 4) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 25. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
4
Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 4 red, 3 blue and 4 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 20 units wide with frequency density 1.5, one 5 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?

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