Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
February 1965 5-a-day
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.
- 1st February 1965Choose the correct word: ___ leaving their bags by the door. (Their / There / They're)
- 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.
- 3rd February 1965Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 4th February 1965Find the midpoint of the line segment joining (-4, 2) and (6, -8).
- 5th February 1965The nth term of a sequence is 5n - 2. Work out the 15th term.
- 6th February 1965Work out 3/4 + 1/6, giving your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 7th February 19653/4 of a number is 54. Work out 5/6 of the same number.
- 8th February 1965Work out the size of each interior angle of a regular decagon (10 sides).
- 9th February 1965Solve x^2 = 7x - 12.
- 10th February 1965Solve x^2 + 3x - 18 = 0.
- 11th February 1965Find 3^3 + sqrt(64).
- 12th February 1965120 pounds is shared between Leo and Maya in the ratio 3:5. Work out how much Maya receives.
- 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.
- 14th February 1965Complete the word equation: hydrochloric acid + sodium hydroxide produces ___ + ___.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 18th February 1965State whether an acid has a pH value above or below 7.
- 19th February 1965A hazard symbol shows a skull and crossbones on an orange background. State what hazard this represents.
- 20th February 1965In an extract, a climber "kept checking the rope, tugging it twice before every step." What does this suggest about the climber?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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
- 25th February 1965Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the platform was crowded, Amara found a seat by the window."
- 26th February 1965Identify the fronted adverbial in this sentence: "Slowly, the shutters were raised one by one."
- 27th February 1965A fair six-sided dice is rolled once. Find the probability of rolling a number greater than 4.
- 28th February 1965Write 3.6 x 10^-3 as an ordinary number.