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February 1968 5-a-day

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February 1968

29 sheets · 145 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in February 1968

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

  1. 1st February 1968Work out 15 x 14, using a written method.
  2. 2nd February 1968Find 3/4 of 88.
  3. 3rd February 1968Complete the word equation for photosynthesis: carbon dioxide + water produces ___ + ___.
  4. 4th February 1968Explain why a pencil, not a pen, must be used to draw the baseline on chromatography paper.
  5. 5th February 1968State why an astronaut in open space, far from any planet or star, cannot hear an explosion happening nearby.
  6. 6th February 1968Name the green pigment found in chloroplasts that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
  7. 7th February 1968Give the chemical symbol for the element sodium.
  8. 8th February 1968State the name of a reaction in which a more reactive metal displaces a less reactive metal from a compound.
  9. 9th February 1968A character says 'I'm fine' through gritted teeth, then slams the door. Explain what the contrast between the character's words and actions suggests.
  10. 10th February 1968Correct the spelling error caused by a missing doubled consonant: 'I am hopping to finish my homework before dinner' (meaning expecting, not jumping).
  11. 11th February 1968Correct the tense error: 'Last week, she swims to the buoy and back without stopping.'
  12. 12th February 1968A poem has irregular line lengths and no rhyme scheme, but a steady, insistent rhythm created by repeating the same three-syllable phrase. What technique creates this effect?
  13. 13th February 1968What is the name for a poem with no regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
  14. 14th February 1968A character 'counted his steps instead of looking down.' What does this suggest about his feelings?
  15. 15th February 1968Which punctuation mark is missing, and where, from this sentence: Please bring your pencil case ruler and calculator to the exam.
  16. 16th February 1968A writer describes a current as "dragging greedy fingers along the wreck." Name the technique used here.
  17. 17th February 1968Without a calculator, work out 15% of 180.
  18. 18th February 1968A box of 15 chocolates costs 4.50 pounds. Work out the cost of one chocolate.
  19. 19th February 1968Work out 56 / 7.
  20. 20th February 1968In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 27 degrees and the opposite side is 6 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse, to 1 decimal place.
  21. 21st February 1968Work out 3/4 of 148.
  22. 22nd February 1968Share 156 pounds between two people in the ratio 7:6.
  23. 23rd February 1968A rectangular field measuring 60 m by 40 m is to be divided into identical square plots, as large as possible, with no land left over. Work out the side length of each square plot, and the total number of plots.
  24. 24th February 1968Convert 4.2 metres into centimetres.
  25. 25th February 1968Rearrange the formula P = 2l + 2w to make w the subject.
  26. 26th February 1968Put these structures in the order air passes through them when breathing in, starting from the windpipe: alveoli, bronchi, trachea, bronchioles.
  27. 27th February 1968A piece of magnesium ribbon is added to silver nitrate solution. State whether a displacement reaction would occur, and explain why.
  28. 28th February 1968Define the terms 'solute' and 'solvent'.
  29. 29th February 1968Name the force that causes objects to fall towards the ground when dropped.