Daily Practice - Higher Plus
Grades 8-9 - exam-stretch algebra, geometry and reasoning.
27th February 2021
- 1Histograms3 marks
A histogram has two bars: one 5 units wide with frequency density 2, one 10 units wide with density 3. How many values in total?
- 2Bounds3 marks
A car covers 570 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 3 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.
- 3Factorising Harder Quadratics3 marks
Solve 3x^2 - 7x - 20 = 0.
- 4Direct and Inverse Proportion Depth3 marks
y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 45. Work out the positive value of x when y = 245.
- 53d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 6 cm by 15 cm by 14 cm. Work out the length of the longest diagonal inside it, to 1 decimal place.
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