Daily Practice · Higher Plus

Daily Practice - Higher Plus

2nd October 1993

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

1
3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 12 cm by 3 cm by 5 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 1/2. Work out n.
3
Histograms2 marks
On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 10-wide bar have the same frequency density of 1.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
4
Bounds3 marks
A car covers 240 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 8 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.
5
The Nth Term of a Quadratic Sequence2 marks
A quadratic sequence starts 6, 19, 38, 63. Work out the second difference, and the coefficient of n^2.

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