Daily Practice · Higher Plus

Daily Practice - Higher Plus

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

20th February 2014

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

1
3d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 14 cm by 4 cm by 10 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 8 red and 3 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
3
Histograms3 marks
A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 2, one 20 units wide with density 3.5. How many values in total?
4
Surds3 marks
Simplify sqrt(32) + sqrt(18), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
5
The Nth Term of a Quadratic Sequence2 marks
A quadratic sequence starts 9, 23, 43, 69. Work out the second difference, and the coefficient of n^2.

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