Daily Practice · Higher Plus

Daily Practice - Higher Plus

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

24th September 2011

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

1
Histograms3 marks
A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 5 units wide with density 3. How many values in total?
2
Bounds3 marks
A car covers 510 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 4 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.
3
The Nth Term of a Quadratic Sequence3 marks
Work out the nth term of the quadratic sequence 8, 15, 26, 41, ...
4
Velocity Time Graphs2 marks
On a velocity-time graph a car speeds up in a straight line from 8 m/s to 38 m/s over 10 seconds. Work out the acceleration.
5
3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 10 cm by 8 cm by 12 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.

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