Daily Practice - Higher Plus
25th April 1996
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 6 cm by 10 cm by 11 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
- 2Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 8 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 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?
- 4Surds3 marks
Simplify sqrt(18) + sqrt(50), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
- 5Completing the Square3 marks
Work out the coordinates of the turning point of y = x^2 - 2x + 10.
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