Higher Plus
1st February 1988
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 14 cm by 13 cm by 5 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
- 2Probability Equation Questions3 marks
A bag holds 8 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 8/11. Work out n.
- 3Histograms3 marks
A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 1.2, one 25 units wide with density 3. How many values in total?
- 4Bounds3 marks
A block has mass 860 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 10 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
- 5The Nth Term of a Quadratic Sequence3 marks
Work out the nth term of the quadratic sequence -2, 4, 12, 22, ...
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