Daily Practice

Higher Plus

19th December 1985

5 questions · 14 marks · Grades 8-9 · 51 question types in this band

1
3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 11 cm by 10 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 6 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
3
Histograms2 marks
On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 20-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2. How many more values are in the wider class?
4
Surds3 marks
Simplify sqrt(8) + sqrt(32), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
5
Completing the Square3 marks
Write x^2 - 4x - 6 in the form (x + a)^2 + b.

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