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December 1964 5-a-day

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December 1964

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in December 1964

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st December 1964In 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.
  2. 2nd December 1964Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(-5, -2) and B(9, 6).
  3. 3rd December 1964A rectangle has an area of 84 cm^2 and a length of 9.6 cm. Work out its width, to 1 decimal place.
  4. 4th December 1964Decrease 350 pounds by 18%.
  5. 5th December 1964Work out 2/5 of 65.
  6. 6th December 1964Five pupils recorded the number of minutes they spent reading yesterday: 9, 13, 20, 11, 17. Find the mean number of minutes.
  7. 7th December 1964Name the organelle found in both plant and animal cells that is the site of aerobic respiration.
  8. 8th December 1964A block of wood has a mass of 60 g and a volume of 80 cm^3. Calculate its density.
  9. 9th December 1964A 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.
  10. 10th December 1964A ray of light travels from air into a glass block and bends towards the normal at the boundary. Name this effect.
  11. 11th December 1964Name one structure found in a plant cell that is not found in an animal cell.
  12. 12th December 1964Name the part of a plant cell, not found in an animal cell, that carries out photosynthesis.
  13. 13th December 1964A pupil's results table is missing units for one column, headed only 'Volume'. State why it is important to always include a unit in a column heading or with a numerical answer.
  14. 14th December 1964Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the handle was rusted solid, the door creaked open at last."
  15. 15th December 1964Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: hurry up whispered Kofi we havent got much time
  16. 16th December 1964A question asks you to 'state one reason why the train was delayed, using evidence from the text.' What kind of answer is required?
  17. 17th December 1964A diver notices 'a single brass buckle winking in the torchlight.' Which word suggests the buckle is briefly catching and reflecting the light?
  18. 18th December 1964In the phrase "silent, secret snow", which technique is being used?
  19. 19th December 1964What is a counter-argument, and why might a writer include one?
  20. 20th December 1964In the phrase "silent, snow-hushed streets", which technique is being used?
  21. 21st December 1964Calculate the perimeter of a rectangle measuring 14 cm by 8.5 cm.
  22. 22nd December 1964A pack of 24 pencils costs 3.60 pounds. Work out the cost of one pencil.
  23. 23rd December 1964Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  24. 24th December 1964A parallelogram has base 12 cm and perpendicular height 5 cm. Work out its area.
  25. 25th December 19643 workers can paint a fence in 8 hours, working at the same constant rate. How long would it take 4 workers to paint the same fence?
  26. 26th December 1964Find 10% of 95 pounds.
  27. 27th December 1964Work out 9 x 8.
  28. 28th December 1964A coat costs 80 pounds. It is reduced by 35% in a sale. Work out the sale price.
  29. 29th December 1964Work out 15% of 60.
  30. 30th December 1964State one way the xylem is adapted for transporting water up a plant.
  31. 31st December 1964In a chromatography experiment, the solvent front travels 10 cm and a dye spot travels 4 cm. Calculate the Rf value of the dye.