Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
March 1957 5-a-day
Every sheet in March 1957
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 1957Write one short sentence (no more than five words) suitable for a moment of sudden shock in a story.
- 2nd March 1957Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The gates creaked open.
- 3rd March 1957What is the effect of directly addressing an audience as 'you' in a speech?
- 4th March 1957A campaign letter opens with a short, true story about one family affected by flooding, before giving any statistics. What is this technique called, and why might a writer use it first?
- 5th March 1957Express 60 as a product of its prime factors, then use this to find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 60 and 24.
- 6th March 1957Write 0.00042 in standard form.
- 7th March 1957A 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.
- 8th March 1957y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 45. Work out y when x = 5.
- 9th March 1957A survey asked 30 people how many siblings they have: 9 have 0, 12 have 1, 6 have 2, 3 have 3. Work out the mean number of siblings.
- 10th March 1957A machine produces 480 items in a day that lasts 7.5 hours. Work out the number of items produced per hour.
- 11th March 1957Work out 6^2 - sqrt(49).
- 12th March 1957Write 0.6 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 13th March 1957Two fair coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting at least one tail.
- 14th March 1957Which of the seven life processes describes an organism getting rid of waste products made inside its body?
- 15th March 1957State the name of the change of state when a solid changes directly into a liquid.
- 16th March 1957A trolley of mass 20 kg is pushed with a resultant force of 60 N. Use force = mass x acceleration to calculate its acceleration.
- 17th March 1957Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves through tiny pores called stomata.
- 18th March 1957Name the structure inside a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
- 19th March 1957A wave has a wavelength of 2 m and a frequency of 5 Hz. Use wave speed = frequency x wavelength to calculate its speed.
- 20th March 1957A pupil is choosing between two thermometers to measure a temperature change of about 5 degrees C: one has markings every 2 degrees C, and the other has markings every 0.2 degrees C. State which thermometer would give the more precise reading, and explain why.
- 21st March 1957Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the map in the drawer."
- 22nd March 1957Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The fog rolled in from the sea.'
- 23rd March 1957A character 'checked her watch for the third time in a minute and sighed.' What does this suggest about how she is feeling?
- 24th March 1957Which word class is 'cautiously' in the sentence 'She cautiously ran her glove along the rusted rail'?
- 25th March 1957A question asks you to "compare how the two poets present the sea." What is the best way to structure your answer?
- 26th March 1957Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade pupils that reading is enjoyable rather than a chore.
- 27th March 1957In the line "Icicles hang like daggers from the eaves", which technique is used?
- 28th March 1957A triangular prism has a cross-sectional area of 15 cm^2 and a length of 12 cm. Calculate its volume.
- 29th March 1957Find 30% of 150.
- 30th March 1957Work out 13^2.
- 31st March 1957Find 5/6 of 72.