Daily Practice - Higher
Grades 6-7 - Higher-tier method and manipulation.
30th June 1997
- 1Repeated Percentage Change3 marks
A price rises by 10% and then falls by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change, to 2 decimal places.
- 2SOHCAHTOA (Trigonometry)3 marks
A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 8 cm and an angle of 53°. Work out the side opposite that angle, to 1 decimal place.
- 3Probability Trees3 marks
3 of 5 bulbs in a box are faulty. Two are taken with replacement. Work out the probability at least one is faulty.
- 4Cumulative Frequency2 marks
A cumulative frequency graph is drawn for 240 values. What cumulative frequency do you read across from to estimate the lower quartile?
- 5Surds2 marks
Write sqrt(12) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
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