Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
September 1959 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 1959
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1959Increase 240 pounds by 12%.
- 2nd September 1959Work out 312 divided by 8, using a written method.
- 3rd September 1959The list shows the number of pets owned by 9 pupils: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 0, 1. Write down the mode.
- 4th September 1959During 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.
- 5th September 1959The 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).
- 6th September 1959A 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.
- 7th September 1959Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves through tiny pores called stomata.
- 8th September 1959Name the structure inside a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
- 9th September 1959Name the process of cell division that produces two genetically identical daughter cells for growth and repair.
- 10th September 1959A pupil is choosing between two thermometers to measure a temperature change of about 5 degrees C: one has markings every 2 degrees C, and the other has markings every 0.2 degrees C. State which thermometer would give the more precise reading, and explain why.
- 11th September 1959Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Dust rose from the floor, and Elias covered his mouth."
- 12th September 1959Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The old house was SCARY.'
- 13th September 1959Which word from 'the tannoy crackled out another indistinct apology' suggests the announcement was hard to understand?
- 14th September 1959A diver 'counted her breaths, trying to make each one last longer than the last.' What does this suggest about her situation?
- 15th September 1959In a poem, the line "Waves gnaw at the cliff's grey chin" contains an example of which technique?
- 16th September 1959An article states 'Pupils who read for pleasure for just ten minutes a day report feeling calmer.' Name the technique used here.
- 17th September 1959A poem describes wind as "howling" and "moaning" through bare branches. Name the technique shown by these two words.
- 18th September 1959A triangular prism has a cross-sectional area of 15 cm^2 and a length of 12 cm. Calculate its volume.
- 19th September 1959Round 6.849 to 1 decimal place.
- 20th September 1959A coat costs 80 pounds. Its price increases by 25%. Work out the new price.
- 21st September 1959A prize of 240 pounds is shared between three friends in the ratio 1:2:5. Work out the smallest share.
- 22nd September 1959A map has a scale of 1:20000. Two towns are 7cm apart on the map. Work out the real distance between them, in km.
- 23rd September 1959Work out 3 + 6 x 2 - 4.
- 24th September 1959A recipe uses 2 eggs for every 150 g of flour. Work out how many grams of flour are needed for 5 eggs, at the same ratio.
- 25th September 1959Work out -3 - 6.
- 26th September 1959Work out -9 + 15.
- 27th September 1959A polar bear has thick white fur. State whether this is a structural or a behavioural adaptation, and explain why.
- 28th September 1959State whether reactivity increases or decreases going down Group 1, the alkali metals.
- 29th September 1959State the law of reflection.
- 30th September 1959A student shouts and hears an echo 0.6 s later off a distant wall. Given the speed of sound in air is 340 m/s, calculate the total distance travelled by the sound (there and back).