Daily Practice - Higher Plus
Grades 8-9 - exam-stretch algebra, geometry and reasoning.
5th January 2017
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 14 cm by 12 cm by 6 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 5-wide bar and a 10-wide bar have the same frequency density of 2. How many more values are in the wider class?
- 4Surds3 marks
Simplify sqrt(50) + sqrt(98), giving your answer in the form a sqrt(b).
- 5Proof2 marks
In an algebraic proof, how would you write three consecutive even numbers in terms of an integer n?
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