Higher Plus
27th April 1990
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 14 cm by 6 cm by 7 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
- 2Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 3 red and 11 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
- 3Histograms3 marks
A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 20 units wide with density 3. How many values in total?
- 4Surds3 marks
Rationalise the denominator of 6/sqrt(2), giving your answer in its simplest form.
- 5The Nth Term of a Quadratic Sequence3 marks
Work out the nth term of the quadratic sequence 7, 15, 27, 43, ...
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