Daily Practice

Higher Plus

19th August 1976

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

1
Velocity Time Graphs2 marks
A train slows steadily from 35 m/s to rest in 8 seconds. Work out its deceleration.
2
The Cosine Rule3 marks
A triangle has sides of 10 cm and 16 cm with an angle of 121° between them. Work out the third side, to 1 decimal place.
3
Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 6 red, 3 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 60 < x <= 70 has a frequency density of 0.4. How many values are in that class?
5
Surds3 marks
Simplify sqrt(12) + sqrt(27), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).

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