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Daily Practice - Higher Plus

Grades 8-9 - exam-stretch algebra, geometry and reasoning.

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10th May 2002

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

  1. 1
    Factorising Harder Quadratics3 marks

    Solve 4x^2 + 16x + 15 = 0.

  2. 2
    Velocity Time Graphs2 marks

    On a velocity-time graph a car speeds up in a straight line from 8 m/s to 68 m/s over 20 seconds. Work out the acceleration.

  3. 3
    Perpendicular Lines and the equation of a tangent3 marks

    The point (20, 21) lies on the circle x^2 + y^2 = 841. Work out the gradient of the tangent to the circle at that point.

  4. 4
    Conditional Probability3 marks

    A bag holds 3 red, 4 blue and 2 green counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given neither is green, what is the probability both are red?

  5. 5
    Histograms3 marks

    A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 0.4, one 5 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?

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