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February 1965 5-a-day

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February 1965

28 sheets · 140 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in February 1965

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

  1. 1st February 1965Choose the correct word: ___ leaving their bags by the door. (Their / There / They're)
  2. 2nd February 1965Find and copy one word from 'the fox paused, listening to the city's held breath' that gives the city a human quality.
  3. 3rd February 1965Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
  4. 4th February 1965Find the midpoint of the line segment joining (-4, 2) and (6, -8).
  5. 5th February 1965The nth term of a sequence is 5n - 2. Work out the 15th term.
  6. 6th February 1965Work out 3/4 + 1/6, giving your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
  7. 7th February 19653/4 of a number is 54. Work out 5/6 of the same number.
  8. 8th February 1965Work out the size of each interior angle of a regular decagon (10 sides).
  9. 9th February 1965Solve x^2 = 7x - 12.
  10. 10th February 1965Solve x^2 + 3x - 18 = 0.
  11. 11th February 1965Find 3^3 + sqrt(64).
  12. 12th February 1965120 pounds is shared between Leo and Maya in the ratio 3:5. Work out how much Maya receives.
  13. 13th February 1965Name the joint type found in the hip, and state one other place in the body where this same joint type is found.
  14. 14th February 1965Complete the word equation: hydrochloric acid + sodium hydroxide produces ___ + ___.
  15. 15th February 1965State one way, other than increasing the current, to increase the strength of an electromagnet made from a coil of wire around an iron core.
  16. 16th February 1965State what happens to the current in a series circuit if an extra identical bulb is added, assuming the battery voltage stays the same.
  17. 17th February 1965Name the organ system that carries electrical signals around the body to allow a fast reflex reaction, such as pulling a hand away from something hot.
  18. 18th February 1965State whether an acid has a pH value above or below 7.
  19. 19th February 1965A hazard symbol shows a skull and crossbones on an orange background. State what hazard this represents.
  20. 20th February 1965In an extract, a climber "kept checking the rope, tugging it twice before every step." What does this suggest about the climber?
  21. 21st February 1965In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The team faced constant setbacks - equipment failure, bad weather and dwindling supplies chipped away at morale.' What does 'dwindling' mean here?
  22. 22nd February 1965A biography states that a scientist 'spent every evening after his factory shift teaching himself chemistry from borrowed textbooks.' What can a reader infer about this person from these facts?
  23. 23rd February 1965An article opens with a short story about one seabird found tangled in plastic, before giving any wider statistics. What is this technique called?
  24. 24th February 1965Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: watch your step said the warden the path is icy
  25. 25th February 1965Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the platform was crowded, Amara found a seat by the window."
  26. 26th February 1965Identify the fronted adverbial in this sentence: "Slowly, the shutters were raised one by one."
  27. 27th February 1965A fair six-sided dice is rolled once. Find the probability of rolling a number greater than 4.
  28. 28th February 1965Write 3.6 x 10^-3 as an ordinary number.