Daily Practice · Higher Plus

Daily Practice - Higher Plus

15th March 1997

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

1
3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 15 cm by 8 cm by 3 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
2
Probability Equation Questions3 marks
A bag holds 2 red and n blue counters. The probability of taking a red is 1/3. Work out n.
3
Histograms2 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?
4
Bounds3 marks
A car covers 340 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 8 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.
5
Rearranging Harder Formulae3 marks
Make x the subject of 5x + 4 = y(x + 4).

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