Daily Practice

Higher Plus

23rd December 1975

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

1
Velocity Time Graphs2 marks
A train slows steadily from 19 m/s to rest in 5 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
2
The Cosine Rule3 marks
A triangle has sides of 14 cm and 9 cm with an angle of 76° between them. Work out the third side, to 1 decimal place.
3
Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 4 red, 6 blue and 6 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?
4
Histograms3 marks
On a histogram the bar for 30 < x <= 40 has a frequency density of 1.5. How many values are in that class?
5
Surds3 marks
Expand and simplify (6 + sqrt(10))(6 - sqrt(10)).

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