Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
January 1963 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 1963
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1963A train journey of 175 km takes 2.5 hours at a constant speed. Work out the speed in km/h.
- 2nd January 1963A class recorded how many books each of 25 students read in a month: 5 students read 0-2 books, 12 students read 3-5 books, and 8 students read 6-8 books. Using midpoints 1, 4 and 7, estimate the mean number of books read.
- 3rd January 1963Prove that the sum of any three consecutive integers is always a multiple of 3.
- 4th January 1963Simplify 6a + 4b - 2a + 5b.
- 5th January 1963A car depreciates by 15% each year. It is worth 20,000 pounds now. Work out its value after 1 year.
- 6th January 1963A laptop is on sale for 340 pounds after a 15% reduction. Calculate its original price.
- 7th January 1963In pea plants, the allele for tall (T) is dominant over the allele for short (t). State the possible genotype(s) of a tall pea plant.
- 8th January 1963State two factors, other than using a catalyst, that increase the rate of a reaction between a solid and a solution.
- 9th January 1963A car's velocity increases from 5 m/s to 17 m/s in 4 seconds. Use acceleration = change in velocity / time taken to calculate its acceleration.
- 10th January 1963Name the reaction type in which a fuel reacts with oxygen, releasing energy as heat and light.
- 11th January 1963Name the two products of photosynthesis.
- 12th January 1963A pupil adds universal indicator to a solution and it turns red. State whether the solution is acidic, alkaline or neutral.
- 13th January 1963Which punctuation mark is missing, and where, from this sentence: Bring your boots shin pads and water bottle to training.
- 14th January 1963An apprentice is described as 'chewing the inside of his cheek and avoiding his master's eye.' What does this suggest about how he feels?
- 15th January 1963Which word means the same as "cluttered" in a sentence describing a messy attic: "crammed", "empty", "tidy" or "spacious"?
- 16th January 1963Rewrite this line of dialogue to remove the overused adverb, showing the emotion instead: 'I'm not scared,' she said bravely.
- 17th January 1963Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The lights flickered, and the music started on its own.
- 18th January 1963Name the technique used in this line: New voices. New ideas. New confidence.
- 19th January 1963Name the persuasive technique used in this slogan: 'Save money. Save time. Save the planet.'
- 20th January 1963Calculate the value of 7 + 2 x (6 - 3) x 2, showing your method.
- 21st January 1963Solve x^2 + 3x - 10 = 0.
- 22nd January 1963A prize fund of 150 pounds is shared between two clubs in the ratio 2:3. Work out the larger share.
- 23rd January 1963In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 50 degrees and the hypotenuse is 14 cm. Work out the length of the side opposite angle A, to 1 decimal place.
- 24th January 1963Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(-5, -2) and B(9, 6).
- 25th January 1963A rectangle has an area of 84 cm^2 and a length of 9.6 cm. Work out its width, to 1 decimal place.
- 26th January 1963Decrease 350 pounds by 18%.
- 27th January 1963Work out 2/5 of 65.
- 28th January 1963Five pupils recorded the number of minutes they spent reading yesterday: 9, 13, 20, 11, 17. Find the mean number of minutes.
- 29th January 1963Name the organelle found in both plant and animal cells that is the site of aerobic respiration.
- 30th January 1963A block of wood has a mass of 60 g and a volume of 80 cm^3. Calculate its density.
- 31st January 1963A farmer weighing 900 N stands on the ground. Her boots have a total sole area of 0.03 m^2. Use pressure = force / area to calculate the pressure she exerts on the ground, giving your answer in Pa.