Daily Practice - Higher Plus
Grades 8-9 - exam-stretch algebra, geometry and reasoning.
1st February 2003
- 1Probability Equation Questions3 marks
The probability of winning a game is 1/2. A player expects 4 wins. How many games did they play?
- 2Histograms3 marks
A histogram has four 10-wide classes from 0, with frequency densities 3, 0.5, 1, 2. Which class contains the median?
- 3Bounds3 marks
A car covers 420 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 6 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.
- 4Quadratic Simultaneous Equations3 marks
Solve x^2 + y^2 = 25 and y = x + 1 simultaneously.
- 5Direct and Inverse Proportion Depth3 marks
y is inversely proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 36. Work out y when x = 3.
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