Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
August 1956 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1956
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1956A sample of matter has particles that are far apart and moving quickly in random directions. State which state of matter this describes.
- 2nd August 1956In a tug of war, Team X pulls with a force of 640 N and Team Y pulls with a force of 590 N in the opposite direction. Calculate the resultant force acting on the rope.
- 3rd August 1956Name the type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart under high pressure.
- 4th August 1956State 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.
- 5th August 1956Name the piece of equipment used to separate an insoluble solid from a liquid.
- 6th August 1956Before 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.
- 7th August 1956Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The map was old and torn."
- 8th August 1956Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the corridor at midnight.'
- 9th August 1956A writer describes a departure board as 'flickering through a list of cancellations like a nervous heartbeat.' Name the technique used.
- 10th August 1956A character 'held his breath without realising it' as he entered a dark passage. What does this suggest about his feelings?
- 11th August 1956A poem has four lines per stanza with the rhyme pattern ABAB. What is this pattern called?
- 12th August 1956Is the claim 'reading is obviously more rewarding than scrolling through a screen' a fact or an opinion?
- 13th August 1956A question asks you to explain "how the poet's feelings towards winter change across the poem." What should your answer focus on?
- 14th August 1956Calculate the circumference of a circle with a radius of 9 cm. Use pi = 3.14.
- 15th August 1956Work out -4 - 7.
- 16th August 1956Find the highest common factor of 24 and 36.
- 17th August 1956Simplify 6x + 4 - 2x - 9.
- 18th August 1956A basket contains 15 lemons and 25 limes. Write the ratio of lemons to limes in its simplest form.
- 19th August 1956Calculate 56 + 29.
- 20th August 1956Work out 20 - 3 x 4.
- 21st August 1956A number is tripled and then 5 is added, giving 32. Form an equation and find the number.
- 22nd August 1956Simplify the ratio 18:24 to its simplest form.
- 23rd August 1956State one way a communicable disease differs from a non-communicable disease.
- 24th August 1956State the name given to a horizontal row of the periodic table.
- 25th August 1956An astronaut has a mass of 70 kg on Earth. State her mass on the Moon, and explain why her weight on the Moon is less than her weight on Earth.
- 26th August 1956Using the periodic table, state whether the element chlorine (Cl) is a metal or a non-metal.
- 27th August 1956A pupil records the mass of a beaker of ice every 2 minutes as it melts. State which variable is the independent variable in this investigation.
- 28th August 1956Name the three states of matter.
- 29th August 1956In an extract, a character 'chewed his lip and stared at his shoes.' What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
- 30th August 1956Add a colon to this sentence in the correct place: The expedition needed three things warm clothing enough food and a reliable map.
- 31st August 1956Choose the correct word: There were ___ people at the concert than last year. (less / fewer)