Daily Practice - Higher
Grades 6-7 - Higher-tier method and manipulation.
22nd January 2009
- 1Repeated Percentage Change3 marks
A town's population is 4500 and grows by 4% each year. Work out the population after 4 years, to the nearest whole number.
- 2SOHCAHTOA (Trigonometry)3 marks
A right-angled triangle has a hypotenuse of 8 cm and an angle of 33°. Work out the side opposite that angle, to 1 decimal place.
- 3Probability Trees3 marks
5 of 7 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 15 values. Work out the frequency density.
- 5Surds2 marks
Write sqrt(72) in the form a sqrt(b), where b is as small as possible.
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