Daily Practice

Higher Plus

15th July 1974

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

1
Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 3 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
2
Histograms3 marks
A histogram has four 10-wide classes from 0, with frequency densities 2, 0.5, 3, 1. Which class contains the median?
3
Bounds3 marks
A block has mass 790 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 10 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
4
Rearranging Harder Formulae3 marks
Make x the subject of 2x + 2 = y(x + 2).
5
Direct and Inverse Proportion Depth3 marks
y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 16, y = 20. Work out y when x = 64.

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