Daily Practice - Higher Plus
Grades 8-9 - exam-stretch algebra, geometry and reasoning.
30th December 2023
- 13d Pythagoras and Trigonometry3 marks
A cuboid measures 4 cm by 8 cm by 8 cm tall. Work out the angle between its longest internal diagonal and the base, to 1 decimal place.
- 2Conditional Probability3 marks
A bag holds 7 red and 5 blue counters. Two are taken without replacement. Given the first was red, what is the probability the second is blue?
- 3Histograms3 marks
A histogram has two bars: one 20 units wide with frequency density 2.5, one 20 units wide with density 3.5. How many values in total?
- 4Bounds3 marks
A car covers 750 m (to the nearest 10 m) in 2 s (to the nearest second). Work out the lower bound of its speed, to 2 decimal places.
- 5Proof2 marks
In an algebraic proof, how would you write the number two more than an even number in terms of an integer n?
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