Revision Library
/Subjects/13+/Daily Practice
Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance

May 1958 5-a-day

← Today's 13+ Common Entrance sheet

May 1958

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

May 1958 compilationAll answers

Every sheet in May 1958

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st May 1958A student investigates how the mass of five different metal samples affects their volume, with mass as a continuous numerical variable. State whether a bar chart or a line graph is the more appropriate way to display these results.
  2. 2nd May 1958A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how the writer builds a sense of danger across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
  3. 3rd May 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?
  4. 4th May 1958In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The submersible's hull must withstand immense pressure at such depths, where a single flaw could prove catastrophic.' What does 'catastrophic' mean here?
  5. 5th May 1958Name the technique used in this slogan: Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
  6. 6th May 1958Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the alleyway at dusk.'
  7. 7th May 1958Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The station was BUSY."
  8. 8th May 1958Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the fruit stall."
  9. 9th May 1958Find the median and the range of this data set: 7, 3, 9, 3, 12, 5.
  10. 10th May 1958A right-angled triangle has shorter sides of 5 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
  11. 11th May 1958The nth term of a sequence is 4n + 3. Work out the 20th term.
  12. 12th May 1958Work out 84 / 12.
  13. 13th May 1958A drawer contains 4 black socks and 6 white socks only. Two socks are taken out at random, one after another, without replacement. Work out the probability that both socks are white.
  14. 14th May 1958A two-digit number is 7 times the sum of its digits. The digit in the tens place is one more than the digit in the units place. Find the two-digit number.
  15. 15th May 1958p = 5, q = -2. Work out the value of 3p + q.
  16. 16th May 1958A bag has 4 yellow and 6 purple counters. Find the probability of picking a purple counter.
  17. 17th May 1958A meal out costs 68 pounds before a 12.5% service charge is added. Calculate the total cost including the service charge.
  18. 18th May 1958State one way a red blood cell is adapted to carry oxygen efficiently.
  19. 19th May 1958A reaction between magnesium ribbon and hydrochloric acid gives off heat, and the temperature of the acid rises from 20 degrees C to 35 degrees C. State whether this reaction is exothermic or endothermic, and explain how you know.
  20. 20th May 1958A skateboarder travels at a constant speed of 4 m/s for 6 seconds. Use acceleration = change in velocity / time taken to state his acceleration during this time, and explain what an acceleration of zero means about his motion.
  21. 21st May 1958A hand warmer gets hot when a chemical reaction inside it takes place. State whether this reaction is exothermic or endothermic.
  22. 22nd May 1958State whether respiration in muscle cells during hard exercise, when oxygen supply cannot keep up with demand, is aerobic or anaerobic.
  23. 23rd May 1958Name the layer of gases surrounding the Earth that contains the oxygen needed for respiration.
  24. 24th May 1958In the sentence "The exhausted runner collapsed across the finish line," what word class is "exhausted"?
  25. 25th May 1958In an extract, a character 'set down his tools without a word and walked out into the rain.' What might this action suggest about his state of mind?
  26. 26th May 1958A writer describes a clock as "ticking its patient warning through the empty hall." Name the poetic technique used here.
  27. 27th May 1958Punctuate this exchange, adding inverted commas, capital letters and any other punctuation needed: are you sure about this asked Leo his sister nodded without looking up
  28. 28th May 1958Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: The funfair was SCARY.
  29. 29th May 1958A speaker says 'Ninety per cent of our debate club members say it changed how they see arguments.' Name the technique used here.
  30. 30th May 1958Is the claim 'this is the most dangerous road crossing in the whole town' a fact or an opinion? Explain your answer.
  31. 31st May 1958Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9