Daily Practice · Higher Plus

Daily Practice - Higher Plus

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

20th November 2002

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

1
3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 7 cm by 14 cm by 13 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
2
Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 7 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
3
Histograms2 marks
On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 40-wide bar have the same frequency density of 1.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
4
Bounds3 marks
A rectangle is 18 cm by 28 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
5
The Nth Term of a Quadratic Sequence3 marks
Work out the nth term of the quadratic sequence -1, 3, 9, 17, ...

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