Daily Practice - Higher Plus
17th August 1996
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 5 cm by 11 cm by 12 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
- 2Probability Equation Questions3 marks
A bag holds 3 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 3/8. Work out n.
- 3Histograms3 marks
A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 1.2, one 5 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
- 4Bounds3 marks
A car covers 880 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 6 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.
- 5Proof2 marks
In an algebraic proof, how would you write two consecutive odd numbers in terms of an integer n?
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