Daily Practice - Higher Plus
14th October 1991
- 1Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 3 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
- 2Histograms3 marks
A histogram has four 10-wide classes from 0, with frequency densities 0.5, 2, 3, 1. Which class contains the median?
- 3Bounds3 marks
A block has mass 560 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 20 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
- 4Completing the Square3 marks
Write x^2 + 2x + 13 in the form (x + a)^2 + b.
- 5Direct and Inverse Proportion Depth3 marks
y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 27. Work out y when x = 3.
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