Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
February 1962 5-a-day
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.
- 1st February 1962Write 3/8 as a percentage.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 5th February 1962State whether a frog is classified as a vertebrate or an invertebrate, and give a reason.
- 6th February 1962A solid is heated until it turns directly into a gas without becoming a liquid first. Name this change of state.
- 7th February 1962State the approximate time it takes for light from the Sun to reach the Earth.
- 8th February 1962This sentence contains a comma splice: The match ended in a draw, both teams were happy. Correct it in one way.
- 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?
- 10th February 1962A writer describes a clock as "ticking its patient warning through the empty hall." Name the poetic technique used here.
- 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
- 12th February 1962Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: The funfair was SCARY.
- 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.
- 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?
- 15th February 1962Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9
- 16th February 1962The three angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. Work out the size of the largest angle.
- 17th February 1962A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
- 18th February 1962p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
- 19th February 1962The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
- 20th February 1962A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
- 21st February 1962A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
- 22nd February 1962Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.
- 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.
- 24th February 1962State one structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
- 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.
- 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.
- 27th February 1962Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves through tiny pores called stomata.
- 28th February 1962Name the structure inside a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.