Daily Practice - Higher Plus
Grades 8-9 - exam-stretch algebra, geometry and reasoning.
2nd March 2012
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 7 cm by 5 cm by 8 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
- 2Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 4 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
- 3Histograms3 marks
A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 2, one 10 units wide with density 3.5. How many values in total?
- 4Surds3 marks
Rationalise the denominator of 16/sqrt(2), giving your answer in its simplest form.
- 5Trigonometric and Exponential Graphs2 marks
The curve y = sin x° is drawn for 0 <= x <= 360. Write down the value of y when x = 90.
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