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April 1958

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st April 1958A right-angled triangle has hypotenuse 17 cm and one leg of 8 cm. Calculate the length of the other leg.
  2. 2nd April 1958Rearrange the formula P = 2l + 2w to make w the subject.
  3. 3rd April 1958Complete the word equation for aerobic respiration: glucose + oxygen produces ___ + ___.
  4. 4th April 1958State one way that painting a garden gate helps to prevent it from rusting.
  5. 5th April 1958Define the terms 'solute' and 'solvent'.
  6. 6th April 1958Name the force that causes objects to fall towards the ground when dropped.
  7. 7th April 1958Name the organ in the human body that produces insulin.
  8. 8th April 1958A cylinder of gas is labelled with a diamond-shaped symbol showing a black flame on an orange background. State what hazard this symbol represents.
  9. 9th April 1958A 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.
  10. 10th April 1958A poem compares loneliness to 'an empty chair at a crowded table.' Name this technique.
  11. 11th April 1958Explain why a poet might choose an irregular, unpredictable rhythm to describe a storm, rather than a steady, regular one.
  12. 12th April 1958Choose the correct homophone: ___ going to be late if the bus does not arrive soon. (Whose / Who's)
  13. 13th April 1958Identify the subordinate clause in this sentence: Because the fire alarm sounded, everyone left the building calmly.
  14. 14th April 1958What is the term for a poem that continues a sentence or idea from one line to the next without a pause?
  15. 15th April 1958A travel article is written for a general newspaper audience rather than for expert climbers. How might its vocabulary and level of detail differ from a specialist mountaineering magazine?
  16. 16th April 1958On a distance-time graph, a cyclist's journey is shown as a horizontal line for 15 minutes. What does this tell you about the cyclist during this time?
  17. 17th April 1958A phone contract costs 18.50 pounds per month for 24 months, plus an upfront cost of 49 pounds. Work out the total cost of the contract.
  18. 18th April 1958Find 3/8 of 64.
  19. 19th April 1958Solve 3(2x - 1) = x + 17.
  20. 20th April 1958Describe the locus of points that are equidistant from two fixed points, A and B.
  21. 21st April 1958In a right-angled triangle, the hypotenuse is 13 cm and one other side is 5 cm. Work out the size of the angle opposite the 5 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  22. 22nd April 1958A triangle has sides 7 cm and 9 cm with an included angle of 50 degrees. Work out its area, to 1 decimal place.
  23. 23rd April 1958Work out the mean of 8, 12, 15, 9 and 11.
  24. 24th April 1958Find 25% of 84 pounds.
  25. 25th April 1958A doctor records that a foetus is 38 weeks old. Given that human gestation lasts approximately 40 weeks, state approximately how many weeks of pregnancy remain.
  26. 26th April 1958A student adds a piece of unknown grey solid to dilute acid and no bubbles are produced, even after several minutes. Suggest whether the solid is a metal or a non-metal, and explain your reasoning.
  27. 27th April 1958A torch bulb has a resistance of 15 ohms and a current of 0.2 A flows through it. Use V = I x R to calculate the voltage across the bulb.
  28. 28th April 1958Name the salt formed when hydrochloric acid reacts with sodium hydroxide.
  29. 29th April 1958A pupil wants to measure the current flowing through a lamp in a circuit. Name the piece of apparatus she needs, and state whether it should be connected in series or in parallel with the lamp.
  30. 30th April 1958Name the gas needed by the body for aerobic respiration to take place.