Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
February 1954 5-a-day
Every sheet in February 1954
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 1954Find 3/8 of 64.
- 2nd February 1954Write 0.000078 in standard form.
- 3rd February 1954A cylindrical bucket has radius 12 cm and height 25 cm. Work out its volume, to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
- 4th February 1954Work out sqrt(169) + 4^2.
- 5th February 1954Increase 240 pounds by 12%.
- 6th February 1954Work out 312 divided by 8, using a written method.
- 7th February 1954The list shows the number of pets owned by 9 pupils: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 0, 1. Write down the mode.
- 8th February 1954During vigorous exercise, a sprinter's muscles cannot get enough oxygen. Name the substance that builds up in the muscles as a result, and state one effect this has.
- 9th February 1954The density of olive oil is 0.92 g/cm^3. State, with a reason, whether olive oil would float or sink in water (density 1.0 g/cm^3).
- 10th February 1954A parcel of mass 2.5 kg is lifted onto a shelf 2 m above the ground. Take g = 10 N/kg and use GPE = mass x g x height. Calculate the gain in gravitational potential energy.
- 11th February 1954Name the type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart under high pressure.
- 12th February 1954State whether gold is a very reactive or a very unreactive metal, given that it is found in the Earth as the pure metal rather than in a compound.
- 13th February 1954Name the part of a plant cell, not found in an animal cell, that carries out photosynthesis.
- 14th February 1954Before starting a watering investigation, a pupil writes this prediction: a plant given more water each day will grow taller than one given less water. State one piece of scientific reasoning that could support this prediction.
- 15th February 1954Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Dust rose from the floor, and Elias covered his mouth."
- 16th February 1954Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The old house was SCARY.'
- 17th February 1954Which word from 'the tannoy crackled out another indistinct apology' suggests the announcement was hard to understand?
- 18th February 1954A diver 'counted her breaths, trying to make each one last longer than the last.' What does this suggest about her situation?
- 19th February 1954In a poem, the line "Waves gnaw at the cliff's grey chin" contains an example of which technique?
- 20th February 1954An article states 'Pupils who read for pleasure for just ten minutes a day report feeling calmer.' Name the technique used here.
- 21st February 1954A poem describes wind as "howling" and "moaning" through bare branches. Name the technique shown by these two words.
- 22nd February 1954Calculate the circumference of a circle with a radius of 9 cm. Use pi = 3.14.
- 23rd February 1954Round 6.849 to 1 decimal place.
- 24th February 1954A coat costs 80 pounds. Its price increases by 25%. Work out the new price.
- 25th February 1954A prize of 240 pounds is shared between three friends in the ratio 1:2:5. Work out the smallest share.
- 26th February 1954A map has a scale of 1:20000. Two towns are 7cm apart on the map. Work out the real distance between them, in km.
- 27th February 1954Work out 3 + 6 x 2 - 4.
- 28th February 1954A recipe uses 2 eggs for every 150 g of flour. Work out how many grams of flour are needed for 5 eggs, at the same ratio.