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August 1967 5-a-day

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August 1967

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st August 1967A shape is made from a rectangle measuring 12 cm by 8 cm, with a right-angled triangle of base 6 cm and height 8 cm removed from one corner. Work out the area of the remaining shape.
  2. 2nd August 1967In a right-angled triangle, the hypotenuse is 13 cm and one other side is 5 cm. Work out the size of the angle opposite the 5 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  3. 3rd August 1967A triangle has sides 7 cm and 9 cm with an included angle of 50 degrees. Work out its area, to 1 decimal place.
  4. 4th August 1967Work out the mean of 8, 12, 15, 9 and 11.
  5. 5th August 1967Find 25% of 84 pounds.
  6. 6th August 1967State the name of the structure that allows oxygen and nutrients to pass from a mother's blood to her developing foetus.
  7. 7th August 1967Name the salt produced when zinc reacts with sulfuric acid.
  8. 8th August 1967State one way, other than increasing the current, to increase the strength of an electromagnet made from a coil of wire around an iron core.
  9. 9th August 1967State what happens to the current in a series circuit if an extra identical bulb is added, assuming the battery voltage stays the same.
  10. 10th August 1967Name 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.
  11. 11th August 1967Name the type of teeth used mainly for cutting food.
  12. 12th August 1967State why it is good practice to run a quick preliminary (trial) experiment before starting the main investigation.
  13. 13th August 1967A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how the writer builds a sense of danger across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
  14. 14th August 1967A travel article is written for a general newspaper audience rather than for expert climbers. How might its vocabulary and level of detail differ from a specialist mountaineering magazine?
  15. 15th August 1967In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The submersible's hull must withstand immense pressure at such depths, where a single flaw could prove catastrophic.' What does 'catastrophic' mean here?
  16. 16th August 1967Name the technique used in this slogan: Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
  17. 17th August 1967Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the alleyway at dusk.'
  18. 18th August 1967Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The station was BUSY."
  19. 19th August 1967Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the fruit stall."
  20. 20th August 1967A fair six-sided dice is rolled once. Find the probability of rolling a number greater than 4.
  21. 21st August 1967A right-angled triangle has shorter sides of 5 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
  22. 22nd August 1967The nth term of a sequence is 4n + 3. Work out the 20th term.
  23. 23rd August 1967Work out 84 / 12.
  24. 24th August 1967Two hockey teams recorded the number of goals they scored in their last 5 matches. Team A: 2, 3, 2, 4, 4. Team B: 0, 1, 5, 6, 3. Compare the two teams by working out the mean and the range for each.
  25. 25th August 1967Simplify sqrt(50) - sqrt(8), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(2).
  26. 26th August 1967p = 5, q = -2. Work out the value of 3p + q.
  27. 27th August 1967A bag has 4 yellow and 6 purple counters. Find the probability of picking a purple counter.
  28. 28th August 1967A jacket priced at 84 pounds is increased by 25% for the winter season. Calculate the new price.
  29. 29th August 1967A pupil views onion cells under a microscope after adding a drop of iodine solution to the slide. State why the iodine solution was added.
  30. 30th August 1967A student dissolves ammonium nitrate in water and the temperature of the solution falls. State whether this process is exothermic or endothermic.
  31. 31st August 1967State the unit normally used for speed in physics, and name one other unit that speed could also correctly be measured in.