Daily Practice · Higher Plus

Daily Practice - Higher Plus

1st December 1996

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

1
The Nth Term of a Quadratic Sequence2 marks
A quadratic sequence starts 8, 13, 24, 41. Work out the second difference, and the coefficient of n^2.
2
Velocity Time Graphs3 marks
A tram runs at 17 m/s for 20 s, then slows steadily to rest over 6 s. Work out its average speed for the whole journey, to 2 decimal places.
3
3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 14 cm by 13 cm by 5 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
4
Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 3 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
5
Histograms2 marks
On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 20-wide bar have the same frequency density of 3. How many more values are in the wider class?

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