Daily Practice

Higher Plus

17th December 1990

5 questions · 13 marks · Grades 8-9 · 51 question types in this band

1
3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 13 cm by 9 cm by 3 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
2
Probability Equation Questions3 marks
A bag holds 6 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 6/11. Work out n.
3
Histograms2 marks
On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 8-wide bar have the same frequency density of 1.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
4
Bounds3 marks
A block has mass 490 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 3 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
5
The Nth Term of a Quadratic Sequence2 marks
A quadratic sequence starts 12, 19, 28, 39. Work out the second difference, and the coefficient of n^2.

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