Daily Practice - Higher Plus
Grades 8-9 - exam-stretch algebra, geometry and reasoning.
14th April 2021
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 4 cm by 14 cm by 13 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
- 2Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 4 red and 5 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 1.5. How many more values are in the wider class?
- 4Bounds3 marks
A rectangle is 14 cm by 10 cm, each correct to the nearest cm. Work out the upper bound of its area.
- 5Quadratic Simultaneous Equations3 marks
Solve x^2 + y^2 = 225 and y = x - 3 simultaneously.
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