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July 1959 5-a-day

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July 1959

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st July 1959A pupil measures a length as 250 mm. State this length in metres.
  2. 2nd July 1959State how many natural moons orbit the Earth.
  3. 3rd July 1959State the pH value of a neutral solution, such as pure water.
  4. 4th July 1959A student measures the length of a metal rod five times: 62.1 cm, 62.4 cm, 62.0 cm, 62.5 cm, 62.2 cm. Calculate the mean length of the rod.
  5. 5th July 1959Which word means the same as "ascend" in a sentence about a balloon rising into the sky: "climb", "sink", "hover" or "spin"?
  6. 6th July 1959Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The waves whispered along the shingle shore'?
  7. 7th July 1959What is the name for a poem written without a regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
  8. 8th July 1959Choose the correct homophone: You should always ___ your times tables before a test. (practice / practise)
  9. 9th July 1959Choose the correct word: ___ leaving their bags by the door. (Their / There / They're)
  10. 10th July 1959Find and copy one word from 'the fox paused, listening to the city's held breath' that gives the city a human quality.
  11. 11th July 1959In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The expedition team faced constant attrition - illness, injury and exhaustion wore down their numbers day by day.' What does 'attrition' mean here?
  12. 12th July 1959A train travels 90 km in 1.5 hours at a constant speed, shown as a straight line on a distance-time graph. Calculate the gradient of this line, and state what it represents.
  13. 13th July 1959A bag contains 12 red counters, 15 blue counters and 9 green counters only. A counter is picked at random. Work out the probability that it is blue, giving your answer as a decimal to 3 significant figures.
  14. 14th July 1959Work out 3/4 + 1/6, giving your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
  15. 15th July 1959Two joggers start together at a park gate. One returns to the gate every 18 minutes, the other every 24 minutes. After how many minutes will they next be at the gate together?
  16. 16th July 1959Two parallel lines are cut by a transversal. One of the angles formed is 63 degrees. State the size of the co-interior (allied) angle on the same side of the transversal, and explain why.
  17. 17th July 1959Solve x^2 = 7x - 12.
  18. 18th July 1959Solve x^2 + 3x - 18 = 0.
  19. 19th July 1959Find 3^3 + sqrt(64).
  20. 20th July 1959120 pounds is shared between Leo and Maya in the ratio 3:5. Work out how much Maya receives.
  21. 21st July 1959Explain why muscles must work in antagonistic pairs rather than alone.
  22. 22nd July 1959State whether a solution with pH 3 is acidic, neutral, or alkaline.
  23. 23rd July 1959A wave has a frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 4 m. Use wave speed = frequency x wavelength to calculate its speed.
  24. 24th July 1959State the pH of a neutral solution such as pure water.
  25. 25th July 1959State whether the Earth casting a shadow that blocks sunlight from reaching the Moon is called a solar eclipse or a lunar eclipse.
  26. 26th July 1959Name the force that pulls all objects with mass towards each other, keeping planets in orbit.
  27. 27th July 1959On a graph of temperature (y-axis) against time (x-axis), a straight line rises from (0 s, 20 degrees C) to (40 s, 60 degrees C). Calculate the gradient of this line, and state what it represents.
  28. 28th July 1959In an extract, a climber "kept checking the rope, tugging it twice before every step." What does this suggest about the climber?
  29. 29th July 1959In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The team faced constant setbacks - equipment failure, bad weather and dwindling supplies chipped away at morale.' What does 'dwindling' mean here?
  30. 30th July 1959A biography states that a scientist 'spent every evening after his factory shift teaching himself chemistry from borrowed textbooks.' What can a reader infer about this person from these facts?
  31. 31st July 1959An article opens with a short story about one seabird found tangled in plastic, before giving any wider statistics. What is this technique called?