Daily Practice - Higher Plus
Grades 8-9 - exam-stretch algebra, geometry and reasoning.
11th January 2016
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 9 cm by 10 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 3 red and 7 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 10-wide bar and a 30-wide bar have the same frequency density of 1.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
- 4Bounds3 marks
A block has mass 830 g (to the nearest 10 g) and volume 9 cm^3 (to the nearest cm^3). Work out the upper bound of its density, to 2 decimal places.
- 5Transforming Graphs y=f(x)3 marks
The point (5, -6) lies on y = f(x). Write down its image on y = f(x) - 2.
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