Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
June 1966 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1966
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1966Work out 2^5 - 3^3.
- 2nd June 1966A 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.
- 3rd June 1966On a microscope, the eyepiece lens has a magnification of x10 and the objective lens in use has a magnification of x40. Calculate the total magnification.
- 4th June 1966In the disappearing cross experiment, a student times how long it takes for a cross under the flask to disappear from view. Explain why a shorter time indicates a faster reaction.
- 5th June 1966State whether solar power is a renewable or a non-renewable energy resource.
- 6th June 1966A book rests on a table and does not move. Name the force from the table that balances the book's weight.
- 7th June 1966A solid is heated until it turns directly into a gas without becoming a liquid first. Name this change of state.
- 8th June 1966State the approximate time it takes for light from the Sun to reach the Earth.
- 9th June 1966Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? A) The whistle blew; and the players stopped. B) The whistle blew; the players stopped at once.
- 10th June 1966A writer describes sawdust as 'settling like a light snowfall over every surface.' Name the technique used.
- 11th June 1966In an extract, a character "kept glancing at the door and twisting the strap of her bag." What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
- 12th June 1966Write one short sentence (no more than five words) suitable for a moment of sudden shock in a story.
- 13th June 1966Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The gates creaked open.
- 14th June 1966What is the effect of directly addressing an audience as 'you' in a speech?
- 15th June 1966A charity advert says: 'You could change a child's life today.' Which word directly addresses the reader, and what effect does this have?
- 16th June 1966Express 60 as a product of its prime factors, then use this to find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 60 and 24.
- 17th June 1966The three angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. Work out the size of the largest angle.
- 18th June 1966A cafe sells 3 coffees at 2.40 pounds each and 2 teas at 1.60 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.
- 19th June 1966y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 45. Work out y when x = 5.
- 20th June 1966A survey asked 30 people how many siblings they have: 9 have 0, 12 have 1, 6 have 2, 3 have 3. Work out the mean number of siblings.
- 21st June 1966A machine produces 480 items in a day that lasts 7.5 hours. Work out the number of items produced per hour.
- 22nd June 1966Work out 6^2 - sqrt(49).
- 23rd June 1966Write 0.6 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 24th June 1966Two fair coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting at least one tail.
- 25th June 1966Which of the seven life processes describes an organism getting rid of waste products made inside its body?
- 26th June 1966State the name of the change of state when a solid changes directly into a liquid.
- 27th June 1966A trolley of mass 20 kg is pushed with a resultant force of 60 N. Use force = mass x acceleration to calculate its acceleration.
- 28th June 1966Name the type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart under high pressure.
- 29th June 1966State whether gold is a very reactive or a very unreactive metal, given that it is found in the Earth as the pure metal rather than in a compound.
- 30th June 1966State the name of the process by which oxygen moves from the air in the lungs into the blood.