Daily Practice · Higher Plus

Daily Practice - Higher Plus

3rd August 1993

5 questions · 14 marks · Grades 8-9 · 51 question types in this band

1
3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 6 cm by 12 cm by 9 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
2
Probability Equation Questions3 marks
A bag holds 5 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 5/12. Work out n.
3
Histograms2 marks
On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 20-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
4
Surds3 marks
Expand and simplify (6 + sqrt(5))(6 - sqrt(5)).
5
Algebraic Fractions3 marks
Write 6/(x + 2) + 7/(x + 5) as a single fraction.

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