Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
May 1962 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 1962
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1962A car's value depreciates from 18,000 pounds to 14,400 pounds in one year. Work out the percentage decrease.
- 2nd May 1962Work out 9 x 7.
- 3rd May 1962Name the male gamete and the female gamete involved in human reproduction.
- 4th May 1962Name the acid that produces nitrate salts.
- 5th May 1962State whether the north pole of one bar magnet placed near the north pole of a second bar magnet will attract or repel.
- 6th May 1962A solution has pH 10. State whether it is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
- 7th May 1962A diver swims from the surface down to a depth of 10 m in a swimming pool. State how the water pressure on her body changes as she swims deeper, and give a reason.
- 8th May 1962A pupil applies a force of 10 N to move an object 2 m in the direction of the force. Use work done = force x distance to calculate the work done.
- 9th May 1962A student wears safety goggles when heating a test tube of liquid over a Bunsen burner. State the hazard that the goggles help protect against.
- 10th May 1962Which word means the same as "exhausted" in a sentence describing tired climbers: "drained", "energetic", "cheerful" or "restless"?
- 11th May 1962A biography states that a person 'taught herself to read at six using her grandfather's newspapers, and published her first book by twenty.' What can a reader infer about this person's character from these facts?
- 12th May 1962A travel brochure and a science textbook both describe coral reefs. Which is more likely to use exaggerated, emotive language, and why?
- 13th May 1962A leaflet states 'You could help save a hundred bottles a year.' Which word directly addresses the reader?
- 14th May 1962Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The rain fell steadily.'
- 15th May 1962Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the suitcase on the platform."
- 16th May 1962Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Crates of fruit lined the pavement."
- 17th May 1962A survey of 40 students' favourite sport is shown in a pie chart. If football takes up a sector of 90 degrees, what percentage of students chose football?
- 18th May 1962Solve x^2 - 5x + 6 = 0.
- 19th May 1962A survey asked 25 people how many books they read last month: 6 people read 0, 10 read 1, 6 read 2, 3 read 3. Work out the mean number of books read.
- 20th May 1962Work out 60% of 45.
- 21st May 1962A fair coin is flipped and a fair six-sided dice is rolled at the same time. Work out the probability of getting heads on the coin and a number greater than 4 on the dice.
- 22nd May 1962Femi can complete a job alone in 2 hours, Grace can complete the same job alone in 3 hours, and Hassan can complete it alone in 6 hours. Working together at these constant rates, how long will it take them to complete the job?
- 23rd May 1962Expand 4(3x + 2).
- 24th May 1962Work out 12.6 divided by 0.3.
- 25th May 1962Fatima earns 1800 pounds a month and saves 12% of her earnings. Calculate how much she saves each month.
- 26th May 1962State whether human eye colour is an example of inherited variation, environmental variation, or both.
- 27th May 1962State whether an exothermic reaction transfers energy to, or takes in energy from, the surroundings.
- 28th May 1962Name one non-renewable energy resource used to generate electricity, other than coal.
- 29th May 1962Name the five main kingdoms into which living things can be classified.
- 30th May 1962State the unit used to measure electric current.
- 31st May 1962State the name of the force that acts to slow down a moving object due to contact between two surfaces.