Daily Practice · Higher Plus

Daily Practice - Higher Plus

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

28th September 2012

5 questions · 13 marks · Grades 8-9 · 51 question types in this band

1
3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 12 cm by 9 cm by 14 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
2
Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 3 red and 8 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
3
Histograms2 marks
On a histogram, a 4-wide bar and a 12-wide bar have the same frequency density of 3. How many more values are in the wider class?
4
Surds3 marks
Rationalise the denominator of 22/sqrt(11), giving your answer in its simplest form.
5
The Nth Term of a Quadratic Sequence2 marks
A quadratic sequence starts -4, 2, 14, 32. Work out the second difference, and the coefficient of n^2.

You are looking at an earlier sheet. Today's sheet is the one that adds a day.

Your run is kept in this browser only, and there is no account.

Every sheet is deterministic: the same date always regenerates the same five questions. All of September 2012, including the monthly compilation PDF.