Daily Practice - Higher Plus
15th July 1992
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 14 cm by 5 cm by 5 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
- 2Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 4 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
- 3Histograms2 marks
On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 12-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2. How many more values are in the wider class?
- 4Bounds3 marks
A rectangle is 11 cm by 15 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
- 5Iteration3 marks
Use the iteration x(n+1) = cube root of (6x(n) + 2) with x(0) = 4. Work out x(1) to 3 decimal places.
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