Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
February 1956 5-a-day
Every sheet in February 1956
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 1956The nth term of a sequence is 5n - 2. Find the 12th term.
- 2nd February 1956Complete the word equation for aerobic respiration: glucose + oxygen produces ___ + ___.
- 3rd February 1956State one way that painting a garden gate helps to prevent it from rusting.
- 4th February 1956Name the organs whose main job is to filter waste products out of the blood and produce urine.
- 5th February 1956Name the continuous process by which rocks are broken down, transported, deposited, and can eventually reform into new rock types.
- 6th February 1956Name the organ in the human body that produces insulin.
- 7th February 1956A student reads the volume of liquid in a measuring cylinder. The bottom of the meniscus lines up exactly halfway between the 22 cm^3 and 24 cm^3 graduation marks. State the volume of liquid.
- 8th February 1956A non-fiction text about volcanoes uses the heading "How an Eruption Happens." What is the purpose of this heading?
- 9th February 1956What is the name for a poem written in three-line stanzas?
- 10th February 1956A poem has four-line stanzas with an ABAB rhyme scheme throughout. What effect might this regular structure have on the reader?
- 11th February 1956Insert a colon in the correct place: The kit list included the following items a torch, a compass and a whistle.
- 12th February 1956Correct the subject-verb agreement error: The team of swimmers were training every morning.
- 13th February 1956A poem compares the fox's eyes to 'two small, cold coins.' Name this technique.
- 14th February 1956You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 15th February 1956A conversion graph shows that 5 miles is equivalent to 8 kilometres. Using this scale, convert 20 miles to kilometres.
- 16th February 1956A phone contract costs 18.50 pounds per month for 24 months, plus an upfront cost of 49 pounds. Work out the total cost of the contract.
- 17th February 1956Write 3/5 as a decimal.
- 18th February 1956Solve 3(2x - 1) = x + 17.
- 19th February 1956Describe the locus of points that are equidistant from two fixed points, A and B.
- 20th February 1956Expand and simplify (x + 5)(x - 3).
- 21st February 1956Simplify sqrt(75) - sqrt(12), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(3).
- 22nd February 1956Work out 9.6 divided by 0.4.
- 23rd February 1956Calculate 47 + 36.
- 24th February 1956A doctor records that a foetus is 38 weeks old. Given that human gestation lasts approximately 40 weeks, state approximately how many weeks of pregnancy remain.
- 25th February 1956A student adds a piece of unknown grey solid to dilute acid and no bubbles are produced, even after several minutes. Suggest whether the solid is a metal or a non-metal, and explain your reasoning.
- 26th February 1956Name the circuit component whose symbol is a circle with a cross inside it.
- 27th February 1956Name the process by which digested food molecules pass from the small intestine into the blood.
- 28th February 1956An old-style filament light bulb transfers 100 J of electrical energy. Of this, 20 J is transferred usefully as light, and the rest is wasted as heat. Calculate the energy wasted as heat.
- 29th February 1956Name the gas needed by the body for aerobic respiration to take place.