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Daily Practice - Higher Plus

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

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7th May 2011

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

  1. 1
    3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks

    A cuboid measures 13 cm by 13 cm by 9 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 5 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 5 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 5 units wide with density 0.8. How many values in total?

  4. 4
    Bounds3 marks

    A car covers 690 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 3 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.

  5. 5
    The Nth Term of a Quadratic Sequence2 marks

    A quadratic sequence starts 5, 12, 21, 32. Work out the second difference, and the coefficient of n^2.

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