Daily Practice

Higher

22nd August 1966

5 questions · 15 marks · Grades 6-7 · 61 question types in this band

1
Fractional and Negative Indices3 marks
Work out 100^(3/2).
2
Quadratic Formula3 marks
Use the quadratic formula to solve 2x^2 + 7x + 6 = 0, to 2 decimal places.
3
Repeated Percentage Change3 marks
A price rises by 25% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
4
Similar Shapes (Area and Volume)3 marks
Two similar shapes have lengths in the ratio 1 : 2. The smaller has an area of 16 cm^2. Work out the area of the larger.
5
Conditional Probability3 marks
16 students study Spanish and 11 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.

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