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September 1962 5-a-day

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September 1962

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st September 1962What do the letters PAF stand for when analysing a non-fiction text?
  2. 2nd September 1962A newspaper report about a restored pier states: 'Engineers replaced over eleven thousand individual timbers during the two-year project.' What retrieval detail answers the question, how many timbers were replaced?
  3. 3rd September 1962Give one example of a statistic a writer might use to persuade readers to use fewer plastic bags.
  4. 4th September 1962Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The wind howled, and the shutters rattled.'
  5. 5th September 1962Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The train arrived late."
  6. 6th September 1962Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: fresh bread the baker called still warm from the oven
  7. 7th September 1962A fair six-sided dice is rolled once. Find the probability of rolling a number greater than 4.
  8. 8th September 1962In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 32 degrees and the adjacent side is 9 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse, to 1 decimal place.
  9. 9th September 1962A cylindrical tin has radius 4 cm and height 15 cm. Work out its volume, to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
  10. 10th September 1962Simplify the ratio 32:12.
  11. 11th September 1962A drawer contains 4 black socks and 6 white socks only. Two socks are taken out at random, one after another, without replacement. Work out the probability that both socks are white.
  12. 12th September 1962A two-digit number is 7 times the sum of its digits. The digit in the tens place is one more than the digit in the units place. Find the two-digit number.
  13. 13th September 1962Factorise fully 10x + 15.
  14. 14th September 1962Work out 2^5 - 3^3.
  15. 15th September 1962A jacket priced at 84 pounds is increased by 25% for the winter season. Calculate the new price.
  16. 16th September 1962State one way a red blood cell is adapted to carry oxygen efficiently.
  17. 17th September 1962A reaction between magnesium ribbon and hydrochloric acid gives off heat, and the temperature of the acid rises from 20 degrees C to 35 degrees C. State whether this reaction is exothermic or endothermic, and explain how you know.
  18. 18th September 1962State the unit normally used for speed in physics, and name one other unit that speed could also correctly be measured in.
  19. 19th September 1962Two forces of 10 N and 10 N act on an object in exactly opposite directions. Calculate the resultant force.
  20. 20th September 1962State whether respiration in muscle cells during hard exercise, when oxygen supply cannot keep up with demand, is aerobic or anaerobic.
  21. 21st September 1962Name the layer of gases surrounding the Earth that contains the oxygen needed for respiration.
  22. 22nd September 1962Correct the punctuation in this sentence, which reports direct speech: the coach shouted keep going were nearly there
  23. 23rd September 1962A writer describes sawdust as 'settling like a light snowfall over every surface.' Name the technique used.
  24. 24th September 1962In an extract, a character "kept glancing at the door and twisting the strap of her bag." What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
  25. 25th September 1962Write one short sentence (no more than five words) suitable for a moment of sudden shock in a story.
  26. 26th September 1962Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The gates creaked open.
  27. 27th September 1962What is the effect of directly addressing an audience as 'you' in a speech?
  28. 28th September 1962Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade readers to support an animal shelter.
  29. 29th September 1962Express 60 as a product of its prime factors, then use this to find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 60 and 24.
  30. 30th September 1962In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 40 degrees and the side opposite A is 8 cm. Use trigonometry to find the length of the hypotenuse, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.