Daily Practice

Higher Plus

23rd May 1985

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

1
3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 9 cm by 11 cm by 6 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 9 red and 5 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 1.2, one 5 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?
4
Surds3 marks
Simplify sqrt(12) + sqrt(147), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
5
Quadratic Inequalities3 marks
Solve x^2 - 4x > 0.

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