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Daily Practice - Higher Plus

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

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12th May 2010

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

  1. 1
    3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks

    A cuboid measures 8 cm by 6 cm by 11 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 9 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?

  3. 3
    Histograms3 marks

    A histogram has two bars: one 20 units wide with frequency density 1.5, one 25 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?

  4. 4
    Bounds3 marks

    A rectangle is 6 cm by 11 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.

  5. 5
    Factorising Harder Quadratics3 marks

    Solve 20x^2 + 39x + 18 = 0.

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