Higher Plus
26th August 1984
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 7 cm by 13 cm by 12 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
- 2Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 4 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
- 3Histograms2 marks
On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 40-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2. How many more values are in the wider class?
- 4Bounds3 marks
x = 60 and y = 37, each correct to the nearest whole number. Work out the upper bound of x - y.
- 5Algebraic Fractions3 marks
Write 4/(x + 3) + 7/(x + 4) as a single fraction.
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