Daily Practice · Higher

Daily Practice - Higher

4th November 1993

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

1
Recurring Decimals to Fractions3 marks
Write the recurring decimal 0.8888... as a fraction in its simplest form.
2
Quadratic Formula3 marks
Use the quadratic formula to solve 3x^2 + 10x + 6 = 0, to 2 decimal places.
3
Repeated Percentage Change3 marks
A town's population is 39000 and grows by 5% each year. Work out the population after 5 years, to the nearest whole number.
4
Similar Shapes (Area and Volume)3 marks
Two similar shapes have lengths in the ratio 1 : 2. The smaller has an area of 29 cm^2. Work out the area of the larger.
5
Conditional Probability3 marks
13 students study Spanish and 3 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.

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