Daily Practice

Higher

22nd October 1956

5 questions · 12 marks · Grades 6-7 · 61 question types in this band

1
Pythagoras2 marks
A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 17 cm and one shorter side of 15 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
2
Venn Diagrams3 marks
In a Venn diagram, 16 are in A only, 9 in B only, 11 in both and 10 in neither. Work out the probability a random one is in both.
3
Cumulative Frequency2 marks
A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 236 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
4
Surds2 marks
Write sqrt(75) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
5
Expanding Triple Brackets3 marks
Expand and simplify (x + 4)(x - 2)(x - 5).

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