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January 1967 5-a-day

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January 1967

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st January 1967A 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?
  2. 2nd January 1967An article opens with a short story about one seabird found tangled in plastic, before giving any wider statistics. What is this technique called?
  3. 3rd January 1967Punctuate 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
  4. 4th January 1967Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the platform was crowded, Amara found a seat by the window."
  5. 5th January 1967Identify the fronted adverbial in this sentence: "Slowly, the shutters were raised one by one."
  6. 6th January 1967A coin is flipped 200 times and lands on heads 118 times. Calculate the relative frequency of landing on heads.
  7. 7th January 1967Write 3.6 x 10^-3 as an ordinary number.
  8. 8th January 1967A laptop valued at 900 pounds depreciates by 12% in its first year. Work out its value at the end of the first year.
  9. 9th January 1967Work out -15 + 4 x (-2).
  10. 10th January 1967A drawer contains 4 black socks and 6 white socks only. Two socks are taken out at random, one after another, without replacement. Work out the probability that both socks are white.
  11. 11th January 1967A two-digit number is 7 times the sum of its digits. The digit in the tens place is one more than the digit in the units place. Find the two-digit number.
  12. 12th January 1967Here are the first four terms of a sequence: 7, 11, 15, 19. Find an expression for the nth term.
  13. 13th January 1967Find the mean of 14, 18, 22, 16 and 20.
  14. 14th January 1967Write 3/8 as a percentage.
  15. 15th January 1967State one way a red blood cell is adapted to carry oxygen efficiently.
  16. 16th January 1967A reaction between magnesium ribbon and hydrochloric acid gives off heat, and the temperature of the acid rises from 20 degrees C to 35 degrees C. State whether this reaction is exothermic or endothermic, and explain how you know.
  17. 17th January 1967State one reason, other than cost, why a country might want to reduce its reliance on non-renewable energy resources such as coal and oil.
  18. 18th January 1967State whether a frog is classified as a vertebrate or an invertebrate, and give a reason.
  19. 19th January 1967State whether respiration in muscle cells during hard exercise, when oxygen supply cannot keep up with demand, is aerobic or anaerobic.
  20. 20th January 1967Name the layer of gases surrounding the Earth that contains the oxygen needed for respiration.
  21. 21st January 1967This sentence contains a comma splice: The match ended in a draw, both teams were happy. Correct it in one way.
  22. 22nd January 1967A question asks you to 'find and copy one word which shows that the workshop was untidy.' What kind of question is this, and how should you answer it?
  23. 23rd January 1967A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how a writer builds atmosphere across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
  24. 24th January 1967Which of these would best speed up the pace of an action scene: a long sentence with several clauses, or a short, three-word sentence?
  25. 25th January 1967Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the funfair at midnight.'
  26. 26th January 1967Is the claim 'debating is clearly the single best way to build confidence' a fact or an opinion?
  27. 27th January 1967A campaign letter opens with a short, true story about one family affected by flooding, before giving any statistics. What is this technique called, and why might a writer use it first?
  28. 28th January 1967Work out (-5) + (-8) - (-6).
  29. 29th January 1967In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 40 degrees and the side opposite A is 8 cm. Use trigonometry to find the length of the hypotenuse, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
  30. 30th January 1967Find 3/8 of 64.
  31. 31st January 1967Write 0.000078 in standard form.