Daily Practice

Higher

4th January 1972

5 questions · 13 marks · Grades 6-7 · 61 question types in this band

1
Capture Recapture3 marks
40 fish are marked and released. Later 24 are caught, of which 6 are marked. Estimate the population.
2
Recurring Decimals to Fractions3 marks
Write the recurring decimal 0.5252... as a fraction in its simplest form.
3
Expanding Triple Brackets3 marks
Expand and simplify (x + 1)(x - 3)(x + 2).
4
Writing a Ratio as a Fraction or Linear Function2 marks
x : y = 2 : 7. Write y in terms of x.
5
Pythagoras2 marks
A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 26 cm and one shorter side of 24 cm. Work out the other shorter side.

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