Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
May 1956 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 1956
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1956Work out 7 x 9 - 4 x 5.
- 2nd May 1956State one way the xylem is adapted for transporting water up a plant.
- 3rd May 1956In a chromatography experiment, the solvent front travels 10 cm and a dye spot travels 4 cm. Calculate the Rf value of the dye.
- 4th May 1956A ray of light travels from air into a glass block. State whether the ray bends towards the normal or away from the normal as it enters the glass.
- 5th May 1956Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
- 6th May 1956State the name given to a chemical reaction that releases heat energy to the surroundings.
- 7th May 1956State the products formed when a metal reacts with an acid.
- 8th May 1956Which word means the same as 'ancient' in a sentence describing an old, crumbling castle: 'timeworn', 'modern', 'spacious' or 'lively'?
- 9th May 1956Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Regular ___ at the piano will improve your technique. (practice / practise)
- 10th May 1956Identify and correct the pronoun error: 'The dog wagged their tail happily.'
- 11th May 1956A poem compares old age to 'a candle guttering low, still giving light.' Name this technique.
- 12th May 1956Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The fire hissed and spat its sparks'?
- 13th May 1956Find and copy one word from 'the mist swallowed the path ahead of him' that gives the mist a human or animal-like quality.
- 14th May 1956Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Yesterday, Priya walks to school and meets her friend Tom.
- 15th May 1956A diver signals "all clear" with a steady hand, but his eyes keep darting towards the wreck's dark entrance. Explain what the contrast between his signal and his eyes suggests.
- 16th May 1956A rectangle has length 9 cm and width 6 cm. Work out its area and its perimeter.
- 17th May 1956Find 1/3 of 96.
- 18th May 1956Work out -12 + 4 x 3.
- 19th May 1956Solve x^2 - 2x - 24 = 0.
- 20th May 1956Work out 207 divided by 9, showing your written method.
- 21st May 1956Work out 143 divided by 11.
- 22nd May 1956A floor is tiled with a repeating pattern of identical regular hexagonal tiles, with no gaps or overlaps. State the size of each interior angle of a regular hexagon, and explain why regular hexagons can tile a flat floor exactly.
- 23rd May 1956A right-angled triangle has hypotenuse 17 cm and one leg of 8 cm. Calculate the length of the other leg.
- 24th May 1956The first three terms of the triangular numbers are 1, 3, 6. If the pattern continues in the same way, what is the next term after 6?
- 25th May 1956State one way the alveoli are adapted for efficient gas exchange.
- 26th May 1956Explain why attaching a block of zinc to the hull of a steel ship helps to protect the ship from rusting.
- 27th May 1956The Sun is much larger than the Earth. State what type of object the Sun is, and name the force that keeps the Earth in orbit around it.
- 28th May 1956Name the type of rock formed when layers of sediment, such as sand or mud, are compressed together over a long period of time.
- 29th May 1956Name the gas that makes up approximately 78% of the Earth's atmosphere.
- 30th May 1956A cylinder of gas is labelled with a diamond-shaped symbol showing a black flame on an orange background. State what hazard this symbol represents.
- 31st May 1956A writer describes rising ocean temperatures as "a slow-burning threat to one of the planet's most colourful ecosystems." Explain what effect the phrase "slow-burning" has on the reader.