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May 1960 5-a-day

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May 1960

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st May 1960A trapezium has parallel sides of 6 cm and 10 cm, and a height of 5 cm. Calculate its area.
  2. 2nd May 1960Work out -4 - 7.
  3. 3rd May 1960Find the highest common factor of 24 and 36.
  4. 4th May 1960Simplify 6x + 4 - 2x - 9.
  5. 5th May 1960A basket contains 15 lemons and 25 limes. Write the ratio of lemons to limes in its simplest form.
  6. 6th May 1960Calculate 56 + 29.
  7. 7th May 1960Work out 20 - 3 x 4.
  8. 8th May 1960A number is tripled and then 5 is added, giving 32. Form an equation and find the number.
  9. 9th May 1960Simplify the ratio 18:24 to its simplest form.
  10. 10th May 1960Name the food group that provides the body with the most energy per gram.
  11. 11th May 1960State the property used to arrange the elements in order in the modern periodic table.
  12. 12th May 1960A red filter is held in front of a torch shining white light. State which colour of light passes through the filter.
  13. 13th May 1960State whether sound can travel through a vacuum (empty space), and give a reason.
  14. 14th May 1960Calculate the mean of these three repeat readings of a force: 4.2 N, 4.6 N, 4.4 N.
  15. 15th May 1960A circuit has a total resistance of 12 ohm and a current of 0.5 A flowing through it. Use V = I x R to calculate the voltage across the circuit.
  16. 16th May 1960In an extract, a character 'chewed his lip and stared at his shoes.' What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
  17. 17th May 1960Add a colon to this sentence in the correct place: The expedition needed three things warm clothing enough food and a reliable map.
  18. 18th May 1960Choose the correct word: There were ___ people at the concert than last year. (less / fewer)
  19. 19th May 1960Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The branches creaked and clawed at the window'?
  20. 20th May 1960Find and copy one word from 'the anvil's patient, unmoving weight' that gives the anvil a human quality.
  21. 21st May 1960Which word class is 'desperately' in 'He desperately searched for a handhold'?
  22. 22nd May 1960In the sentence 'The overexcited puppy chewed through the new shoe,' what word class is 'chewed'?
  23. 23rd May 1960A question asks you to "find and copy one phrase" meaning "completely dark." Which of these fits: "pitch black", "faintly lit", "clear blue" or "softly glowing"?
  24. 24th May 1960The probability that a spinner lands on red is 0.35. Work out the probability that it does not land on red.
  25. 25th May 1960Convert 2 hours 15 minutes into minutes.
  26. 26th May 1960Find 2/9 of 63.
  27. 27th May 1960Write 5.4 x 10^4 as an ordinary number.
  28. 28th May 1960A recipe needs 250 g of flour to make 8 muffins. Work out how much flour is needed to make 20 muffins at the same recipe strength.
  29. 29th May 1960Write 0.72 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  30. 30th May 1960A cube with side length 4 cm is built from 64 unit cubes, each 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm. The outside of the large cube is painted red, then it is taken apart into the 64 unit cubes again. How many of the unit cubes have exactly two faces painted red?
  31. 31st May 1960A cuboid has dimensions 6 cm by 4 cm by 3 cm. Calculate its volume.