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Daily Practice - Higher Plus

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

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3rd May 2006

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

  1. 1
    3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks

    A cuboid measures 7 cm by 12 cm by 5 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.

  2. 2
    Conditional Probability3 marks

    A bag holds 5 red and 6 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?

  3. 3
    Histograms2 marks

    On a histogram, a 10-wide bar and a 30-wide bar have the same frequency density of 1.5. How many more values are in the wider class?

  4. 4
    Bounds3 marks

    A rectangle is 15 cm by 13 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.

  5. 5
    Quadratic Inequalities3 marks

    Solve x^2 + 13x + 42 > 0.

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