Daily Practice

Higher Plus

15th November 1977

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

1
Histograms2 marks
On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 12-wide bar have the same frequency density of 1.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
2
Surds3 marks
Expand and simplify (6 + sqrt(3))(6 - sqrt(3)).
3
Factorising Harder Quadratics3 marks
Solve 15x^2 + 28x + 5 = 0.
4
Velocity Time Graphs3 marks
A cyclist speeds up steadily from 10 m/s to 29 m/s over 12 seconds. Use the area under the velocity-time graph to find the distance travelled.
5
3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 7 cm by 13 cm by 8 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.

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