Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
October 1956 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 1956
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1956Two numbers are in the ratio 4 : 7. Their sum is 66. Work out the difference between the two numbers.
- 2nd October 1956A shape is made from a rectangle measuring 12 cm by 8 cm, with a right-angled triangle of base 6 cm and height 8 cm removed from one corner. Work out the area of the remaining shape.
- 3rd October 1956Factorise x^2 - 9x + 20.
- 4th October 1956Expand and simplify (2x - 3)(x + 4).
- 5th October 1956A car's value depreciates from 18,000 pounds to 14,400 pounds in one year. Work out the percentage decrease.
- 6th October 1956Work out 9 x 7.
- 7th October 1956State the name of the structure that allows oxygen and nutrients to pass from a mother's blood to her developing foetus.
- 8th October 1956Name the salt produced when zinc reacts with sulfuric acid.
- 9th October 1956In a series circuit, an ammeter placed before a bulb reads 0.6 A. State the current a second ammeter, placed elsewhere in the same series circuit, would read.
- 10th October 1956Name the enzyme, found in saliva, that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
- 11th October 1956State the standard unit used for density in physics and chemistry.
- 12th October 1956Name the type of teeth used mainly for cutting food.
- 13th October 1956State why it is good practice to run a quick preliminary (trial) experiment before starting the main investigation.
- 14th October 1956Which word means the same as "exhausted" in a sentence describing tired climbers: "drained", "energetic", "cheerful" or "restless"?
- 15th October 1956A biography states that a person 'taught herself to read at six using her grandfather's newspapers, and published her first book by twenty.' What can a reader infer about this person's character from these facts?
- 16th October 1956A travel brochure and a science textbook both describe coral reefs. Which is more likely to use exaggerated, emotive language, and why?
- 17th October 1956A leaflet states 'You could help save a hundred bottles a year.' Which word directly addresses the reader?
- 18th October 1956Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The rain fell steadily.'
- 19th October 1956Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the suitcase on the platform."
- 20th October 1956Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Crates of fruit lined the pavement."
- 21st October 1956A spinner has a probability of 0.3 of landing on red, a probability of 0.45 of landing on blue, and the remaining probability of landing on green. Find the probability of landing on green.
- 22nd October 1956Solve x^2 - 5x + 6 = 0.
- 23rd October 1956A survey asked 25 people how many books they read last month: 6 people read 0, 10 read 1, 6 read 2, 3 read 3. Work out the mean number of books read.
- 24th October 1956Work out 60% of 45.
- 25th October 1956Two hockey teams recorded the number of goals they scored in their last 5 matches. Team A: 2, 3, 2, 4, 4. Team B: 0, 1, 5, 6, 3. Compare the two teams by working out the mean and the range for each.
- 26th October 1956Simplify sqrt(50) - sqrt(8), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(2).
- 27th October 1956Expand 4(3x + 2).
- 28th October 1956Work out 12.6 divided by 0.3.
- 29th October 1956Calculate the simple interest earned on 600 pounds saved for 3 years at an annual rate of 4%.
- 30th October 1956A pupil views onion cells under a microscope after adding a drop of iodine solution to the slide. State why the iodine solution was added.
- 31st October 1956A student dissolves ammonium nitrate in water and the temperature of the solution falls. State whether this process is exothermic or endothermic.