Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
August 1963 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1963
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1963Name the process by which digested food molecules pass from the small intestine into the blood.
- 2nd August 1963An old-style filament light bulb transfers 100 J of electrical energy. Of this, 20 J is transferred usefully as light, and the rest is wasted as heat. Calculate the energy wasted as heat.
- 3rd August 1963State the word equation for aerobic respiration.
- 4th August 1963State the name given to a value read from a graph beyond the range of the data that was actually measured.
- 5th August 1963A guide tells the group "we're nearly there" in a steady voice, but keeps glancing anxiously at the darkening sky. Explain what the contrast between his words and his glances suggests.
- 6th August 1963You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 7th August 1963Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 8th August 1963What is emotive language, and why might a writer use it in a leaflet about ocean pollution?
- 9th August 1963Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The storm was BIG.'
- 10th August 1963Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The doors opened, and passengers spilled onto the platform."
- 11th August 1963Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The market was NOISY."
- 12th August 1963Find the mean of these test scores: 14, 18, 12, 20, 16.
- 13th August 1963y is directly proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 15. Work out y when x = 10.
- 14th August 1963A bag contains 8 red, 9 blue and 7 green counters only. A counter is picked at random. Work out the probability it is red, giving your answer as a decimal to 3 significant figures.
- 15th August 1963Find 3/5 of 120.
- 16th August 1963A spinner can land on red, blue, green or yellow only. P(red) = 0.3, P(blue) = 0.25, P(green) = 0.2. Work out P(yellow).
- 17th August 1963The product of two consecutive positive integers is 132. Find the two integers.
- 18th August 1963Solve 5x - 4 = 21.
- 19th August 1963A train travels 245 km in 3.5 hours. Work out its average speed.
- 20th August 1963Find 35% of 160 pounds.
- 21st August 1963A cell has a real width of 0.02 mm. In a drawing, the same cell is shown 4 mm wide. Calculate the magnification of the drawing.
- 22nd August 1963Explain, using collision theory, why crushing a solid into a powder increases the rate of reaction.
- 23rd August 1963A runner covers 400 m in 50 seconds at a constant speed. Use speed = distance / time to calculate her speed.
- 24th August 1963Some endothermic reactions cause the temperature of their surroundings to fall. Explain, in terms of energy, why this happens.
- 25th August 1963Name the group in the periodic table that contains helium, neon and argon.
- 26th August 1963A pupil measures a mass of 3.5 kg on a set of scales. Convert this mass to grams.
- 27th August 1963Choose the correct homophone to complete the sentence: The team celebrated ___ victory together. (their / there / they're)
- 28th August 1963A four-mark question asks you to explain the effect of the writer's language in one paragraph. Roughly how many separate points should your answer include?
- 29th August 1963A question asks you to "find and copy one word" meaning "silent." Which of these fits: "hushed", "loud", "busy" or "bright"?
- 30th August 1963Identify the four stages of a well-structured short narrative.
- 31st August 1963Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: dont go near the big wheel warned tom its not safe