Daily Practice - Higher
Grades 6-7 - Higher-tier method and manipulation.
25th December 1997
- 1Standard Form2 marks
Work out (7 x 10^4) x (2 x 10^5). Give your answer in standard form.
- 2Solving Quadratics3 marks
Solve x^2 + 8x + 15 = 0.
- 3Repeated Percentage Change3 marks
A town's population is 31000 and grows by 5% each year. Work out the population after 6 years, to the nearest whole number.
- 4Perpendicular Lines and the equation of a tangent2 marks
A line has gradient 4. Work out the gradient of a line perpendicular to it.
- 5Conditional Probability3 marks
19 students study Spanish and 7 of those also study Art. One Spanish student is picked at random. Work out the probability they study Art.
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