Daily Practice - Higher
17th August 1996
- 1Pythagoras2 marks
A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 17 cm and one shorter side of 15 cm. Work out the other shorter side.
- 2Venn Diagrams3 marks
In a Venn diagram, 15 are in A only, 6 in B only, 8 in both and 7 in neither. Work out the probability a random one is in both.
- 3Box Plots2 marks
A box plot has minimum 6, lower quartile 15, median 20, upper quartile 28 and maximum 31. Work out the interquartile range.
- 4Standard Form2 marks
Work out (3 x 10^5) x (6 x 10^6). Give your answer in standard form.
- 5Expanding Triple Brackets3 marks
Expand and simplify (x + 1)(x - 2)(x + 5).
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