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February 1962

28 sheets · 140 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in February 1962

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st February 1962Write 3/8 as a percentage.
  2. 2nd February 1962On a microscope, the eyepiece lens has a magnification of x10 and the objective lens in use has a magnification of x40. Calculate the total magnification.
  3. 3rd February 1962In the disappearing cross experiment, a student times how long it takes for a cross under the flask to disappear from view. Explain why a shorter time indicates a faster reaction.
  4. 4th February 1962State one reason, other than cost, why a country might want to reduce its reliance on non-renewable energy resources such as coal and oil.
  5. 5th February 1962State whether a frog is classified as a vertebrate or an invertebrate, and give a reason.
  6. 6th February 1962A solid is heated until it turns directly into a gas without becoming a liquid first. Name this change of state.
  7. 7th February 1962State the approximate time it takes for light from the Sun to reach the Earth.
  8. 8th February 1962This sentence contains a comma splice: The match ended in a draw, both teams were happy. Correct it in one way.
  9. 9th February 1962In an extract, a character 'set down his tools without a word and walked out into the rain.' What might this action suggest about his state of mind?
  10. 10th February 1962A writer describes a clock as "ticking its patient warning through the empty hall." Name the poetic technique used here.
  11. 11th February 1962Punctuate this exchange, adding inverted commas, capital letters and any other punctuation needed: are you sure about this asked Leo his sister nodded without looking up
  12. 12th February 1962Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: The funfair was SCARY.
  13. 13th February 1962A speaker says 'Ninety per cent of our debate club members say it changed how they see arguments.' Name the technique used here.
  14. 14th February 1962A campaign letter opens with a short, true story about one family affected by flooding, before giving any statistics. What is this technique called, and why might a writer use it first?
  15. 15th February 1962Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9
  16. 16th February 1962The three angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. Work out the size of the largest angle.
  17. 17th February 1962A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
  18. 18th February 1962p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
  19. 19th February 1962The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
  20. 20th February 1962A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
  21. 21st February 1962A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
  22. 22nd February 1962Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.
  23. 23rd February 1962A box contains 7 yellow pencils, 5 blue pencils and 3 green pencils. A pencil is picked at random. Find the probability that it is not blue.
  24. 24th February 1962State one structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
  25. 25th February 1962A sample of matter has particles that are far apart and moving quickly in random directions. State which state of matter this describes.
  26. 26th February 1962In a tug of war, Team X pulls with a force of 640 N and Team Y pulls with a force of 590 N in the opposite direction. Calculate the resultant force acting on the rope.
  27. 27th February 1962Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves through tiny pores called stomata.
  28. 28th February 1962Name the structure inside a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.