Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
April 1955 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 1955
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 1955Give one example of a statistic a writer might use to persuade readers to use fewer plastic bags.
- 2nd April 1955Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The wind howled, and the shutters rattled.'
- 3rd April 1955Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The train arrived late."
- 4th April 1955Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: fresh bread the baker called still warm from the oven
- 5th April 1955A fair six-sided dice is rolled once. Find the probability of rolling a number greater than 4.
- 6th April 1955In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 32 degrees and the adjacent side is 9 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse, to 1 decimal place.
- 7th April 1955A cylindrical tin has radius 4 cm and height 15 cm. Work out its volume, to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
- 8th April 1955Simplify the ratio 32:12.
- 9th April 1955A scatter graph plots the number of hours 10 students spent revising against their test scores. The points show that more hours of revision is generally associated with a higher test score, though not perfectly. Describe the type of correlation shown, and state one thing this correlation does not prove.
- 10th April 1955Simplify (3x^2 y^3)^2 divided by 9x^3 y^4, giving your answer as simply as possible.
- 11th April 1955Factorise fully 10x + 15.
- 12th April 1955Work out 2^5 - 3^3.
- 13th April 1955A jacket priced at 84 pounds is increased by 25% for the winter season. Calculate the new price.
- 14th April 1955Name the specialised cell in humans that is adapted with a long tail and many mitochondria to swim toward an egg cell.
- 15th April 1955State what happens to a catalyst during a chemical reaction.
- 16th April 1955State the unit normally used for speed in physics, and name one other unit that speed could also correctly be measured in.
- 17th April 1955Two forces of 10 N and 10 N act on an object in exactly opposite directions. Calculate the resultant force.
- 18th April 1955A trolley of mass 2 kg is raised to a height of 5 m. Use GPE = mass x gravitational field strength x height (g = 10 N/kg) to calculate its gravitational potential energy.
- 19th April 1955Name the planet in our solar system that is closest to the Sun.
- 20th April 1955Correct the punctuation in this sentence, which reports direct speech: the coach shouted keep going were nearly there
- 21st April 1955A writer describes sawdust as 'settling like a light snowfall over every surface.' Name the technique used.
- 22nd April 1955In an extract, a character "kept glancing at the door and twisting the strap of her bag." What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
- 23rd April 1955Write one short sentence (no more than five words) suitable for a moment of sudden shock in a story.
- 24th April 1955Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The gates creaked open.
- 25th April 1955What is the effect of directly addressing an audience as 'you' in a speech?
- 26th April 1955Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade readers to support an animal shelter.
- 27th April 1955Express 60 as a product of its prime factors, then use this to find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 60 and 24.
- 28th April 1955p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 4, p = 15. Work out the value of p when q = 10.
- 29th April 1955A cafe sells 3 coffees at 2.40 pounds each and 2 teas at 1.60 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.
- 30th April 1955y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 45. Work out y when x = 5.