Daily Practice

Higher Plus

31st May 1972

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

1
3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 14 cm by 8 cm by 4 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
2
Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 9 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
3
Histograms3 marks
A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 10 units wide with density 0.6. How many values in total?
4
Bounds3 marks
A rectangle is 24 cm by 28 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
5
Quadratic Simultaneous Equations3 marks
Solve x^2 + y^2 = 625 and y = x - 17 simultaneously.

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