Daily Practice · Higher Plus

Daily Practice - Higher Plus

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

18th January 2005

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

1
Completing the Square3 marks
Write x^2 - 16x + 4 in the form (x + a)^2 + b.
2
Velocity Time Graphs2 marks
On a velocity-time graph a car speeds up in a straight line from 6 m/s to 22 m/s over 8 seconds. Work out the acceleration.
3
3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 10 cm by 8 cm by 11 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
4
Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 4 red and 9 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
5
Histograms3 marks
A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 2, one 5 units wide with density 3. How many values in total?

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