Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
August 1962 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1962
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1962Using the formula v = u + at, find v when u = 5, a = 3 and t = 4.
- 2nd August 1962Complete the word equation for aerobic respiration: glucose + oxygen produces ___ + ___.
- 3rd August 1962State one way that painting a garden gate helps to prevent it from rusting.
- 4th August 1962A pupil rubs a plastic rod with a cloth, giving the rod a negative electric charge. She then holds the rod near small pieces of paper on a table. State what she would observe, and explain why, in terms of electric charge.
- 5th August 1962In the food chain grass, rabbit, fox, where grass is eaten by rabbits and rabbits are eaten by foxes, name the organism that is the producer.
- 6th August 1962Name the organ in the human body that produces insulin.
- 7th August 1962A thermometer has graduations every 1 degree C. A student takes a single temperature reading of 40 degrees C. Calculate the percentage uncertainty in this reading.
- 8th August 1962A text about coral reefs moves from explaining what coral is, to how reefs form, to why they are under threat. What is this structure called?
- 9th August 1962Explain why a poet might use short, one-word lines to describe a sudden event, such as an accident.
- 10th August 1962A poem compares grief to 'a stone carried in the pocket, never quite forgotten.' Name this technique.
- 11th August 1962Correct the tense error: Last week, the choir practises for two hours every evening.
- 12th August 1962Punctuate this exchange between two speakers, starting a new line for each: are you ready asked sam almost said priya
- 13th August 1962Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The streetlamp's silver stare slid over its fur'?
- 14th August 1962Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 15th August 1962Find the midpoint of the line segment joining (-4, 2) and (6, -8).
- 16th August 1962A phone contract costs 18.50 pounds per month for 24 months, plus an upfront cost of 49 pounds. Work out the total cost of the contract.
- 17th August 1962Find 35% of 180.
- 18th August 1962Solve 3(2x - 1) = x + 17.
- 19th August 1962Describe the locus of points that are equidistant from two fixed points, A and B.
- 20th August 1962Simplify sqrt(45) + sqrt(20), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(5).
- 21st August 1962A chord subtends an angle of 76 degrees at the centre of a circle. Work out the angle it subtends at the circumference, on the major arc.
- 22nd August 1962A journey of 84 km takes 1 hour 45 minutes. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 23rd August 1962A car travels 210 km in 3.5 hours at a constant speed. Calculate how far it would travel in 5 hours at the same speed.
- 24th August 1962A doctor records that a foetus is 38 weeks old. Given that human gestation lasts approximately 40 weeks, state approximately how many weeks of pregnancy remain.
- 25th August 1962A student adds a piece of unknown grey solid to dilute acid and no bubbles are produced, even after several minutes. Suggest whether the solid is a metal or a non-metal, and explain your reasoning.
- 26th August 1962State one way, other than increasing the current, to increase the strength of an electromagnet made from a coil of wire around an iron core.
- 27th August 1962State what happens to the current in a series circuit if an extra identical bulb is added, assuming the battery voltage stays the same.
- 28th August 1962Name the organ system that carries electrical signals around the body to allow a fast reflex reaction, such as pulling a hand away from something hot.
- 29th August 1962Name the gas needed by the body for aerobic respiration to take place.
- 30th August 1962A student investigates how the mass of five different metal samples affects their volume, with mass as a continuous numerical variable. State whether a bar chart or a line graph is the more appropriate way to display these results.
- 31st August 1962A writer describes the wind as "clawing at their jackets, determined to drag them off the mountain." Name the technique used here.