Daily Practice

Higher Plus

30th November 1976

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

1
3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 5 cm by 4 cm by 6 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
2
Probability Equation Questions3 marks
A bag holds 4 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 1/2. Work out n.
3
Histograms3 marks
A histogram has two bars: one 20 units wide with frequency density 1.5, one 25 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?
4
Surds3 marks
Expand and simplify (4 + sqrt(10))(4 - sqrt(10)).
5
The Nth Term of a Quadratic Sequence3 marks
Work out the nth term of the quadratic sequence 7, 18, 35, 58, ...

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