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December 1963 5-a-day

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December 1963

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st December 1963Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The station was BUSY."
  2. 2nd December 1963Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the fruit stall."
  3. 3rd December 1963Two coins are flipped at the same time. List all the possible outcomes, and find the probability of getting exactly one head.
  4. 4th December 1963A right-angled triangle has shorter sides of 5 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
  5. 5th December 1963The nth term of a sequence is 4n + 3. Work out the 20th term.
  6. 6th December 1963Work out 84 / 12.
  7. 7th December 1963A scatter graph plots the number of hours 10 students spent revising against their test scores. The points show that more hours of revision is generally associated with a higher test score, though not perfectly. Describe the type of correlation shown, and state one thing this correlation does not prove.
  8. 8th December 1963Simplify (3x^2 y^3)^2 divided by 9x^3 y^4, giving your answer as simply as possible.
  9. 9th December 1963p = 5, q = -2. Work out the value of 3p + q.
  10. 10th December 1963A bag has 4 yellow and 6 purple counters. Find the probability of picking a purple counter.
  11. 11th December 1963A 750 gram box of cereal costs 2.40 pounds, and a 500 gram box of the same cereal costs 1.70 pounds. Which box offers better value for money? Show your working.
  12. 12th December 1963Name the specialised cell in humans that is adapted with a long tail and many mitochondria to swim toward an egg cell.
  13. 13th December 1963State what happens to a catalyst during a chemical reaction.
  14. 14th December 1963State whether solar power is a renewable or a non-renewable energy resource.
  15. 15th December 1963A book rests on a table and does not move. Name the force from the table that balances the book's weight.
  16. 16th December 1963A trolley of mass 2 kg is raised to a height of 5 m. Use GPE = mass x gravitational field strength x height (g = 10 N/kg) to calculate its gravitational potential energy.
  17. 17th December 1963Name the planet in our solar system that is closest to the Sun.
  18. 18th December 1963Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? A) The whistle blew; and the players stopped. B) The whistle blew; the players stopped at once.
  19. 19th December 1963In an extract, a character 'set down his tools without a word and walked out into the rain.' What might this action suggest about his state of mind?
  20. 20th December 1963A writer describes a clock as "ticking its patient warning through the empty hall." Name the poetic technique used here.
  21. 21st December 1963Punctuate this exchange, adding inverted commas, capital letters and any other punctuation needed: are you sure about this asked Leo his sister nodded without looking up
  22. 22nd December 1963Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: The funfair was SCARY.
  23. 23rd December 1963A speaker says 'Ninety per cent of our debate club members say it changed how they see arguments.' Name the technique used here.
  24. 24th December 1963A charity advert says: 'You could change a child's life today.' Which word directly addresses the reader, and what effect does this have?
  25. 25th December 1963Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9
  26. 26th December 1963p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 4, p = 15. Work out the value of p when q = 10.
  27. 27th December 1963A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
  28. 28th December 1963p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
  29. 29th December 1963The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
  30. 30th December 1963A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
  31. 31st December 1963A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.