Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
September 1958 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 1958
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1958A 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.
- 2nd September 1958Work out 60% of 45.
- 3rd September 1958A class recorded how many books each of 25 students read in a month: 5 students read 0-2 books, 12 students read 3-5 books, and 8 students read 6-8 books. Using midpoints 1, 4 and 7, estimate the mean number of books read.
- 4th September 1958Prove that the sum of any three consecutive integers is always a multiple of 3.
- 5th September 1958Expand 4(3x + 2).
- 6th September 1958Work out 12.6 divided by 0.3.
- 7th September 1958Find 35% of 160 pounds.
- 8th September 1958In pea plants, the allele for tall (T) is dominant over the allele for short (t). State the possible genotype(s) of a tall pea plant.
- 9th September 1958State two factors, other than using a catalyst, that increase the rate of a reaction between a solid and a solution.
- 10th September 1958A runner covers 400 m in 50 seconds at a constant speed. Use speed = distance / time to calculate her speed.
- 11th September 1958Some endothermic reactions cause the temperature of their surroundings to fall. Explain, in terms of energy, why this happens.
- 12th September 1958Name the two products of photosynthesis.
- 13th September 1958A pupil adds universal indicator to a solution and it turns red. State whether the solution is acidic, alkaline or neutral.
- 14th September 1958Choose the correct homophone to complete the sentence: The team celebrated ___ victory together. (their / there / they're)
- 15th September 1958In the sentence 'The old clock in the hallway ticked with the patience of a watchman,' which word gives the clock a human quality?
- 16th September 1958A character mutters "It's nothing" while quickly hiding a letter in his pocket. Explain what the contrast between his words and actions suggests.
- 17th September 1958Explain one way an ending can 'connect back' to the opening of a story.
- 18th September 1958Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: Although the fair had closed years ago, the carousel still turned.
- 19th September 1958Give one example of emotive language a speaker might use to persuade pupils that public speaking is worth the risk.
- 20th September 1958What is a rhetorical question, and why do persuasive writers use them?
- 21st September 1958Round 4826 to the nearest hundred.
- 22nd September 1958Solve x^2 + 3x - 10 = 0.
- 23rd September 1958Without a calculator, work out 35% of 220.
- 24th September 1958Solve x^2 + 4x - 21 = 0.
- 25th September 1958A motorbike valued at 5,500 pounds depreciates by 18% in its first year. Work out its value at the end of the first year.
- 26th September 1958Work out 4.7 x 3.6, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
- 27th September 1958A car travels 189 miles using 7 gallons of fuel. Work out the miles per gallon.
- 28th September 1958A pair of trainers costs 45 pounds. The price increases by 20%. Work out the new price.
- 29th September 1958A bag contains 5 red counters and 7 blue counters. Two counters are taken from the bag at random, one after the other, without replacement. Find the probability that both counters are the same colour.
- 30th September 1958Put these organs in the order food passes through them during digestion: large intestine, mouth, stomach, small intestine, oesophagus.