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Daily Practice - Higher

3rd November 1995

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

1
Pythagoras2 marks
A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 5 cm and one shorter side of 3 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
2
Venn Diagrams3 marks
In a Venn diagram, 6 are in A only, 5 in B only, 5 in both and 7 in neither. Work out the probability a random one is in both.
3
Capture Recapture2 marks
A capture-recapture estimate is made of the fish population of a pond. State one assumption the method relies on.
4
Surds2 marks
Write sqrt(50) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
5
Expanding Triple Brackets3 marks
Expand and simplify (x - 4)(x - 1)(x + 2).

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