Daily Practice

Higher Plus

10th December 1971

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

1
Probability Equation Questions3 marks
A bag holds 8 counters, r of them red. Two are taken without replacement and P(both red) = 15/28. Work out r.
2
Histograms3 marks
A histogram has four 10-wide classes from 0, with frequency densities 3, 1, 2, 0.5. Which class contains the median?
3
Surds3 marks
Rationalise the denominator of 121/sqrt(11), giving your answer in its simplest form.
4
Quadratic Inequalities3 marks
Solve x^2 + 6x + 5 < 0.
5
Direct and Inverse Proportion Depth3 marks
y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 4. Work out y when x = 2.

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