Higher Plus
25th April 1979
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 6 cm by 12 cm by 8 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
- 2Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 7 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
- 3Histograms3 marks
A histogram has two bars: one 20 units wide with frequency density 2, one 5 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?
- 4Bounds3 marks
A rectangle is 28 cm by 9 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
- 5Proof2 marks
In an algebraic proof, how would you write the next odd number after 2n + 1 in terms of an integer n?
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