Daily Practice · Higher Plus

Daily Practice - Higher Plus

21st March 1996

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

1
Conditional 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?
2
Histograms3 marks
A histogram has four 20-wide classes from 0, with frequency densities 2, 1, 0.5, 3. Which class contains the median?
3
Surds3 marks
Simplify sqrt(80) + sqrt(125), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
4
The Nth Term of a Quadratic Sequence2 marks
A quadratic sequence starts 8, 19, 40, 71. Work out the second difference, and the coefficient of n^2.
5
Direct and Inverse Proportion Depth3 marks
y is directly proportional to sqrt(x). When x = 9, y = 15. Work out y when x = 16.

You are looking at an earlier sheet. Today's sheet is the one that adds a day.

Your run is kept in this browser only, and there is no account.

Any date always gives the same five questions, so a sheet can be set again or shared. All of March 1996, including the monthly compilation PDF.