Daily Practice - Higher Plus
Grades 8-9 - exam-stretch algebra, geometry and reasoning.
23rd July 2016
- 1Histograms3 marks
A histogram has two bars: one 10 units wide with frequency density 1.2, one 10 units wide with density 1.4. How many values in total?
- 2Bounds3 marks
A car covers 230 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 5 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.
- 3The Nth Term of a Quadratic Sequence2 marks
A quadratic sequence starts 8, 16, 26, 38. Work out the second difference, and the coefficient of n^2.
- 4Direct and Inverse Proportion Depth3 marks
y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 5, y = 225. Work out the positive value of x when y = 36.
- 53d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 14 cm by 5 cm by 10 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
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