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May 1989 5-a-day

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May 1989

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

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  1. 1st May 1989Explain what 'direct address' means in persuasive writing, and give a short example.
  2. 2nd May 1989'Every night I feed the light its steady diet of flame.' Which word is the key metaphor, borrowed from looking after a living creature?
  3. 3rd May 1989Correct the punctuation and capitalisation in this line of speech: can you help me asked leo
  4. 4th May 1989Give one typical feature of a non-fiction informational extract that would not usually appear in a fiction extract.
  5. 5th May 1989How many lines are quoted in 'The apple tree empties its pockets of red and gold, / tired now, having given everything it had'?
  6. 6th May 1989Choose the correct word: 'There were (fewer / less) students in the class today.'
  7. 7th May 1989Give the correct sign-off for a formal letter that began "Dear Sir/Madam,".
  8. 8th May 1989True or False: Extract B includes a character whose feelings the reader must infer.
  9. 9th May 1989Complete the gap with your own suitable word: 'The wind had (1)_______ overnight, leaving the streets scattered with broken branches.'
  10. 10th May 1989A car worth 12,000 pounds decreases in value by 25%. Work out its new value.
  11. 11th May 1989A recipe makes 900 g of dough, split in the ratio 5 : 4 between a loaf and a batch of rolls. The rolls are then divided into pieces, each weighing 1/8 of the rolls' total dough. How many roll pieces are made?
  12. 12th May 1989A rectangle has length 9 cm and width 6 cm. Calculate its area.
  13. 13th May 1989The sum of two people's ages is 30 and their difference is 4. Find the two ages.
  14. 14th May 1989Point E is at (-2, -5). Translate E by 4 right and 6 up. Write down the new coordinates.
  15. 15th May 1989A ferry departs 21:50 and arrives 00:15 the next day. How long is the crossing?
  16. 16th May 1989A frequency table shows: value 2, frequency 5; value 4, frequency 3; value 6, frequency 2. Find the mode.
  17. 17th May 1989Find the nth term rule for the sequence 7, 10, 13, 16, ...
  18. 18th May 1989A GL-style paper has 50 questions to answer in 45 minutes. Roughly how many seconds does this give, on average, per question?
  19. 19th May 1989Find the nth term of the decreasing sequence 20, 17, 14, 11, ...
  20. 20th May 1989A factory makes 480 toys on Monday and 25% more on Tuesday. How many toys does it make on Tuesday?
  21. 21st May 1989Solve: x + 12 = 30.
  22. 22nd May 1989A car travels 180 miles using 6 gallons of fuel. How many miles does it travel per gallon?
  23. 23rd May 1989Share 84 pounds in the ratio 3:4.
  24. 24th May 1989What is 88 / 11?
  25. 25th May 1989Layla saves 3 pounds a week. How much has she saved after 8 weeks?
  26. 26th May 1989A triangle has angles of 90 degrees and 35 degrees. What is the third angle?
  27. 27th May 1989Simplify 10/15 fully.
  28. 28th May 1989What is 15 more than 39?
  29. 29th May 1989Find the missing term in this sequence: 3, 7, 13, 21, [], 43.
  30. 30th May 1989A car travels 45 miles in the first hour and 38 miles in the second hour. It then has 150 miles left to travel. What is the total length of the journey?
  31. 31st May 1989Simplify 18/24 fully.