Daily Practice

Higher Plus

23rd August 1979

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

1
3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 6 cm by 11 cm by 12 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 5 red and 6 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 5 units wide with frequency density 1.2, one 5 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
4
Surds3 marks
Simplify sqrt(18) + sqrt(8), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
5
Factorising Harder Quadratics3 marks
Solve 20x^2 - 19x - 6 = 0.

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