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December 1986 5-a-day

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December 1986

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

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  1. 1st December 1986Explain why a specific example is more persuasive than a vague general statement.
  2. 2nd December 1986'The lighthouse stands watch over the sleeping bay.' Explain what is being compared to what in this personification.
  3. 3rd December 1986Which sentence uses a colon correctly? A) We need: eggs, milk and flour. B) We need three things: eggs, milk and flour.
  4. 4th December 1986Which genre is being described: 'A short piece that presents facts, uses headings, and aims to inform the reader about a topic'?
  5. 5th December 1986'The wasps hovered like tiny golden thieves.' Name the simile in this line.
  6. 6th December 1986Choose the correct pronoun: 'The teacher gave the prize to Sam and (I / me).'
  7. 7th December 1986Name two features you would expect to see in a formal report but would not usually see in a persuasive letter.
  8. 8th December 1986Why might a mixed-genre paper pair a personal story about swifts with a factual passage about swifts, rather than about two unrelated topics?
  9. 9th December 1986Complete the gap: 'The path grew steadily (1)_______ as they climbed higher up the hillside.'
  10. 10th December 1986A town's population of 8000 increases by 5%. Work out the new population.
  11. 11th December 1986A bag contains 60 marbles. 1/4 of them are red, and the rest are shared between blue and green marbles in the ratio 2 : 3. How many green marbles are there?
  12. 12th December 1986A rectangle has length 7 cm and width 5 cm. Calculate its perimeter.
  13. 13th December 1986The difference between two people's ages is 6 years. In 10 years' time, what will the difference between their ages be?
  14. 14th December 1986Point D is at (1, 4). Translate D by 2 right and 3 down. Write down the new coordinates.
  15. 15th December 1986Three buses depart Sycamore Road at 08:10, 08:35 and 09:00. Which is the latest one that Priya can catch if she must depart by 08:40 at the latest?
  16. 16th December 1986Team A's scores have a range of 12. Team B's scores have a range of 5. Which team's scores are more consistent?
  17. 17th December 1986Find the next two terms of the sequence 6, 11, 16, 21, ...
  18. 18th December 1986In a multiple-choice question with 5 options, you can immediately rule out 2 as clearly too large. If you then had to guess, has your chance of guessing correctly gone up or down, and to what fraction?
  19. 19th December 1986A sequence is formed by doubling the previous term, starting at 3: 3, 6, 12, 24, ... Find the 6th term.
  20. 20th December 1986A graph shows a plant grows 4cm in week 1, 7cm in week 2 and 5cm in week 3. What is the total growth over the three weeks?
  21. 21st December 1986A sequence starts at 50, and each term is 6 less than the one before. Find the 4th term.
  22. 22nd December 1986A class of 32 pupils is split into equal groups of 4 for a project. How many groups are there?
  23. 23rd December 1986Calculate: 504 divided by 8.
  24. 24th December 1986What is 12 x 12?
  25. 25th December 1986A class of 30 pupils is split into groups of 5. How many groups are there?
  26. 26th December 1986Three angles on a straight line are 55 degrees, 65 degrees and x. What is the value of x?
  27. 27th December 1986Work out 3/8 + 1/8, giving your answer in its simplest form.
  28. 28th December 1986Divide 108 by 9.
  29. 29th December 1986Solve for x: x - 7 = 15.
  30. 30th December 1986A box of 144 pencils is shared equally between 6 classes, and each class then gives away 4 pencils. How many pencils does each class have left?
  31. 31st December 1986Work out 2/9 + 4/9, giving your answer in its simplest form.