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October 1963 5-a-day

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October 1963

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st October 1963108 pounds is shared between Amir and Bea in the ratio 4:5.
  2. 2nd October 1963Write 0.4 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  3. 3rd October 1963Write 5/8 as a decimal.
  4. 4th October 1963Work out 7 x 9 - 4 x 5.
  5. 5th October 1963Complete the word equation for photosynthesis: carbon dioxide + water produces ___ + ___.
  6. 6th October 1963Explain why a pencil, not a pen, must be used to draw the baseline on chromatography paper.
  7. 7th October 1963A ray of light travels from air into a glass block. State whether the ray bends towards the normal or away from the normal as it enters the glass.
  8. 8th October 1963Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
  9. 9th October 1963Give the chemical symbol for the element sodium.
  10. 10th October 1963State the name of a reaction in which a more reactive metal displaces a less reactive metal from a compound.
  11. 11th October 1963Which word means the same as 'ancient' in a sentence describing an old, crumbling castle: 'timeworn', 'modern', 'spacious' or 'lively'?
  12. 12th October 1963Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Regular ___ at the piano will improve your technique. (practice / practise)
  13. 13th October 1963Identify and correct the pronoun error: 'The dog wagged their tail happily.'
  14. 14th October 1963A poem compares old age to 'a candle guttering low, still giving light.' Name this technique.
  15. 15th October 1963Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The fire hissed and spat its sparks'?
  16. 16th October 1963Find and copy one word from 'the mist swallowed the path ahead of him' that gives the mist a human or animal-like quality.
  17. 17th October 1963Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Yesterday, Priya walks to school and meets her friend Tom.
  18. 18th October 1963A diver signals "all clear" with a steady hand, but his eyes keep darting towards the wreck's dark entrance. Explain what the contrast between his signal and his eyes suggests.
  19. 19th October 1963Without a calculator, work out 15% of 180.
  20. 20th October 1963Find 1/3 of 96.
  21. 21st October 1963Work out -12 + 4 x 3.
  22. 22nd October 1963Solve x^2 - 2x - 24 = 0.
  23. 23rd October 1963Work out 207 divided by 9, showing your written method.
  24. 24th October 1963Work out 143 divided by 11.
  25. 25th October 1963A rectangular field measuring 60 m by 40 m is to be divided into identical square plots, as large as possible, with no land left over. Work out the side length of each square plot, and the total number of plots.
  26. 26th October 1963A right-angled triangle has hypotenuse 17 cm and one leg of 8 cm. Calculate the length of the other leg.
  27. 27th October 1963The first three terms of the triangular numbers are 1, 3, 6. If the pattern continues in the same way, what is the next term after 6?
  28. 28th October 1963Put these structures in the order air passes through them when breathing in, starting from the windpipe: alveoli, bronchi, trachea, bronchioles.
  29. 29th October 1963A piece of magnesium ribbon is added to silver nitrate solution. State whether a displacement reaction would occur, and explain why.
  30. 30th October 1963The Sun is much larger than the Earth. State what type of object the Sun is, and name the force that keeps the Earth in orbit around it.
  31. 31st October 1963Name the type of rock formed when layers of sediment, such as sand or mud, are compressed together over a long period of time.