Higher Plus
11th February 1970
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 5 cm by 6 cm by 6 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
- 2Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 6 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
- 3Histograms3 marks
A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 1.2, one 10 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
- 4Bounds3 marks
A rectangle is 17 cm by 10 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
- 5Rearranging Harder Formulae3 marks
Make x the subject of 6x + 7 = y(x + 7).
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