Daily Practice

Higher Plus

27th October 1978

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

1
3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 7 cm by 9 cm by 5 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
2
Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 6 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
3
Histograms3 marks
A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 2, one 5 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
4
Surds3 marks
Rationalise the denominator of 33/sqrt(3), giving your answer in its simplest form.
5
Inverse and Composite Functions3 marks
f(x) = 4x - 3. Work out the inverse function f^-1(x).

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