Daily Practice · Higher Plus

Daily Practice - Higher Plus

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

18th March 2009

5 questions · 15 marks · Grades 8-9 · 51 question types in this band

1
3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 10 cm by 13 cm by 6 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 3 red and 9 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
3
Histograms3 marks
A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 0.4, one 10 units wide with density 0.6. How many values in total?
4
Bounds3 marks
A rectangle is 26 cm by 18 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
5
Rearranging Harder Formulae3 marks
Make x the subject of 7x + 2 = y(x + 2).

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