Daily Practice - Higher Plus
Grades 8-9 - exam-stretch algebra, geometry and reasoning.
30th July 2012
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 12 cm by 4 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 8 red and 4 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
- 3Histograms2 marks
On a histogram, a 5-wide bar and a 20-wide bar have the same frequency density of 3. How many more values are in the wider class?
- 4Bounds3 marks
A block has mass 780 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 8 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
- 5Algebraic Fractions3 marks
Write 6/(x - 3) + 3/(x + 6) as a single fraction.
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