Daily Practice - Higher Plus
Grades 8-9 - exam-stretch algebra, geometry and reasoning.
23rd September 2013
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 13 cm by 4 cm by 12 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
- 2Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 7 red and 5 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 4-wide bar and a 8-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
- 4Bounds3 marks
A block has mass 430 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 24 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
- 5Inverse and Composite Functions3 marks
f(x) = 6x + 8. Work out the inverse function f^-1(x).
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