Daily Practice

Higher

19th March 1979

5 questions · 14 marks · Grades 6-7 · 61 question types in this band

1
Repeated Percentage Change3 marks
A price rises by 10% and then falls by 10%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
2
Similar Shapes (Area and Volume)3 marks
Two similar shapes have lengths in the ratio 1 : 2. The smaller has an area of 8 cm^2. Work out the area of the larger.
3
Conditional Probability3 marks
27 students study Spanish and 9 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
4
Cumulative Frequency2 marks
A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 136 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
5
Recurring Decimals to Fractions3 marks
Write the recurring decimal 0.888... as a fraction in its simplest form.

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