Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
October 1957 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 1957
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1957Here are the first four terms of a sequence: 7, 11, 15, 19. Find an expression for the nth term.
- 2nd October 1957Find the mean of 14, 18, 22, 16 and 20.
- 3rd October 1957A jacket priced at 84 pounds is increased by 25% for the winter season. Calculate the new price.
- 4th October 1957On a microscope, the eyepiece lens has a magnification of x10 and the objective lens in use has a magnification of x40. Calculate the total magnification.
- 5th October 1957In the disappearing cross experiment, a student times how long it takes for a cross under the flask to disappear from view. Explain why a shorter time indicates a faster reaction.
- 6th October 1957State the unit normally used for speed in physics, and name one other unit that speed could also correctly be measured in.
- 7th October 1957Two forces of 10 N and 10 N act on an object in exactly opposite directions. Calculate the resultant force.
- 8th October 1957A solid is heated until it turns directly into a gas without becoming a liquid first. Name this change of state.
- 9th October 1957State the approximate time it takes for light from the Sun to reach the Earth.
- 10th October 1957Correct the punctuation in this sentence, which reports direct speech: the coach shouted keep going were nearly there
- 11th October 1957A question asks you to 'find and copy one word which shows that the workshop was untidy.' What kind of question is this, and how should you answer it?
- 12th October 1957A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how a writer builds atmosphere across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
- 13th October 1957Which of these would best speed up the pace of an action scene: a long sentence with several clauses, or a short, three-word sentence?
- 14th October 1957Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the funfair at midnight.'
- 15th October 1957Is the claim 'debating is clearly the single best way to build confidence' a fact or an opinion?
- 16th October 1957Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade readers to support an animal shelter.
- 17th October 1957Work out (-5) + (-8) - (-6).
- 18th October 1957The three angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. Work out the size of the largest angle.
- 19th October 1957Find 3/8 of 64.
- 20th October 1957Write 0.000078 in standard form.
- 21st October 1957A cylindrical bucket has radius 12 cm and height 25 cm. Work out its volume, to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
- 22nd October 1957Work out sqrt(169) + 4^2.
- 23rd October 1957Increase 240 pounds by 12%.
- 24th October 1957Work out 312 divided by 8, using a written method.
- 25th October 1957The list shows the number of pets owned by 9 pupils: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 0, 1. Write down the mode.
- 26th October 1957During vigorous exercise, a sprinter's muscles cannot get enough oxygen. Name the substance that builds up in the muscles as a result, and state one effect this has.
- 27th October 1957The density of olive oil is 0.92 g/cm^3. State, with a reason, whether olive oil would float or sink in water (density 1.0 g/cm^3).
- 28th October 1957A parcel of mass 2.5 kg is lifted onto a shelf 2 m above the ground. Take g = 10 N/kg and use GPE = mass x g x height. Calculate the gain in gravitational potential energy.
- 29th October 1957A solution turns universal indicator paper red. State whether the solution is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
- 30th October 1957State one disadvantage of burning coal to generate electricity.
- 31st October 1957State the name of the process by which oxygen moves from the air in the lungs into the blood.