Daily Practice

Higher Plus

11th March 1975

5 questions · 14 marks · Grades 8-9 · 51 question types in this band

1
3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 12 cm by 11 cm by 10 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
2
Probability Equation Questions3 marks
A bag holds 8 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 4/5. Work out n.
3
Histograms2 marks
On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 8-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2. How many more values are in the wider class?
4
Surds3 marks
Expand and simplify (7 + sqrt(11))(7 - sqrt(11)).
5
Inverse and Composite Functions3 marks
f(x) = 8x - 4. Work out the inverse function f^-1(x).

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