Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
September 1961 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 1961
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1961State the pH value of a neutral solution, such as pure water.
- 2nd September 1961A student reads the volume of liquid in a measuring cylinder. The bottom of the meniscus lines up exactly halfway between the 22 cm^3 and 24 cm^3 graduation marks. State the volume of liquid.
- 3rd September 1961A non-fiction text about volcanoes uses the heading "How an Eruption Happens." What is the purpose of this heading?
- 4th September 1961What is the name for a poem written in three-line stanzas?
- 5th September 1961A poem has four-line stanzas with an ABAB rhyme scheme throughout. What effect might this regular structure have on the reader?
- 6th September 1961Insert a colon in the correct place: The kit list included the following items a torch, a compass and a whistle.
- 7th September 1961Correct the subject-verb agreement error: The team of swimmers were training every morning.
- 8th September 1961A poem compares the fox's eyes to 'two small, cold coins.' Name this technique.
- 9th September 1961A newspaper report about a school's new library states: 'The library, funded entirely by a single anonymous donation, opened its doors last Tuesday.' What retrieval detail answers the question, how was the library funded?
- 10th September 1961A straight line passes through (0, 5) and has a gradient of -2. Write down its equation.
- 11th September 1961A 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.
- 12th September 1961Write 3/5 as a decimal.
- 13th September 1961Two 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?
- 14th September 1961Two 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.
- 15th September 1961Expand and simplify (x + 5)(x - 3).
- 16th September 1961Simplify sqrt(75) - sqrt(12), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(3).
- 17th September 1961Work out 9.6 divided by 0.4.
- 18th September 1961Calculate 47 + 36.
- 19th September 1961Explain why muscles must work in antagonistic pairs rather than alone.
- 20th September 1961State whether a solution with pH 3 is acidic, neutral, or alkaline.
- 21st September 1961In a series circuit, an ammeter placed before a bulb reads 0.6 A. State the current a second ammeter, placed elsewhere in the same series circuit, would read.
- 22nd September 1961Name the enzyme, found in saliva, that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
- 23rd September 1961State the standard unit used for density in physics and chemistry.
- 24th September 1961Name the force that pulls all objects with mass towards each other, keeping planets in orbit.
- 25th September 1961On 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.
- 26th September 1961A guide tells the group "we're nearly there" in a steady voice, but keeps glancing anxiously at the darkening sky. Explain what the contrast between his words and his glances suggests.
- 27th September 1961You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 28th September 1961Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 29th September 1961What is emotive language, and why might a writer use it in a leaflet about ocean pollution?
- 30th September 1961Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The storm was BIG.'