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November 1967 5-a-day

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November 1967

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in November 1967

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

  1. 1st November 1967Write 0.72 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  2. 2nd November 1967A dice has its six faces numbered 1 to 6, arranged so opposite faces always add up to 7. The face showing 2 is on top, and the face showing 3 is facing you. Work out which number is on the bottom face, and which number is on the face directly opposite the one facing you.
  3. 3rd November 1967A cuboid has dimensions 6 cm by 4 cm by 3 cm. Calculate its volume.
  4. 4th November 1967Find the nth term of the sequence 2, 5, 8, 11, ...
  5. 5th November 1967State one way bile helps with the digestion of fats.
  6. 6th November 1967In the reactivity series, state which is more reactive: zinc or copper.
  7. 7th November 1967A results table has columns for 'Time (s)' and 'Temperature (degrees C)'. State which of these two variables would normally be plotted on the x-axis of a line graph.
  8. 8th November 1967State which planet in the Solar System is closest to the Sun.
  9. 9th November 1967Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
  10. 10th November 1967Which piece of apparatus should be used to measure the temperature of a liquid in an experiment?
  11. 11th November 1967In the same text, is the sentence "There is nothing more thrilling than floating silently above the countryside" a fact or an opinion?
  12. 12th November 1967Find and copy one word from 'the tide dragged its heavy silver chain across the sand' that gives the tide a human or animal-like quality.
  13. 13th November 1967Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The wind whispered through the willow'?
  14. 14th November 1967Add the missing apostrophe: The three teachers offices were being redecorated. (There are three teachers, each with their own office.)
  15. 15th November 1967Add a semicolon in the correct place: The bus was late the queue grew longer by the minute.
  16. 16th November 1967Explain why a poet might choose soft, hissing sounds, sibilance, to describe a fox moving at night, rather than harsh, hard sounds.
  17. 17th November 1967A biography states that a person 'left school at fourteen to support her family, and by twenty-one had opened her own shop.' What can a reader infer about this person's character from these facts?
  18. 18th November 1967A line has equation y = 4x - 7. Write down its gradient and its y-intercept.
  19. 19th November 1967Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(-3, 5) and B(7, -1).
  20. 20th November 1967Convert the recurring decimal 0.3636... (where the digits 36 recur) to a fraction in its simplest form.
  21. 21st November 1967A shop increases a price by 25%, then later reduces the new price by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change from the original price.
  22. 22nd November 1967An open-top fish tank, with no lid, is a cuboid with length 50 cm, width 30 cm and height 25 cm. Work out the total area of glass needed to make the tank.
  23. 23rd November 1967Factorise x^2 - 9x + 20.
  24. 24th November 1967Expand and simplify (2x - 3)(x + 4).
  25. 25th November 1967A car's value depreciates from 18,000 pounds to 14,400 pounds in one year. Work out the percentage decrease.
  26. 26th November 1967Work out 9 x 7.
  27. 27th November 1967Name the organelle in a plant cell that contains chlorophyll and is the site of photosynthesis.
  28. 28th November 1967State the colour universal indicator turns in a strong alkali.
  29. 29th November 1967State whether sound is a transverse wave or a longitudinal wave.
  30. 30th November 1967Name the organ that produces bile, which helps to digest fats.