Daily Practice - Higher Plus
19th February 1997
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 7 cm by 5 cm by 6 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
- 2Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 5 red and 9 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 10-wide bar and a 40-wide bar have the same frequency density of 3. How many more values are in the wider class?
- 4Bounds3 marks
A rectangle is 30 cm by 18 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
- 5Completing the Square3 marks
Write x^2 + 16x - 1 in the form (x + a)^2 + b.
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