Daily Practice

Higher Plus

15th September 1970

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

1
Perpendicular Lines and the equation of a tangent3 marks
The point (8, 15) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 289. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.
2
Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 5 red, 5 blue and 6 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
3
Histograms3 marks
A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 0.4, one 25 units wide with density 0.6. How many values in total?
4
Surds3 marks
Expand and simplify (5 + sqrt(7))(5 - sqrt(7)).
5
Factorising Harder Quadratics3 marks
Solve 16x^2 + 32x + 15 = 0.

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