Daily Practice - Higher
Grades 6-7 - Higher-tier method and manipulation.
21st February 2008
- 1Repeated Percentage Change3 marks
A town's population is 21000 and grows by 4% each year. Work out the population after 6 years, to the nearest whole number.
- 2SOHCAHTOA (Trigonometry)3 marks
A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 24 cm and an angle of 48°. 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.
- 4Histograms2 marks
A histogram class is 5 units wide and contains 2.5 values. Work out the frequency density.
- 5Fractional and Negative Indices3 marks
Work out 16^(3/2).
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