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January 1969 5-a-day

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January 1969

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st January 1969A prize of 240 pounds is shared between three friends in the ratio 1:2:5. Work out the smallest share.
  2. 2nd January 1969A map has a scale of 1:20000. Two towns are 7cm apart on the map. Work out the real distance between them, in km.
  3. 3rd January 1969Work out 3 + 6 x 2 - 4.
  4. 4th January 1969A recipe uses 2 eggs for every 150 g of flour. Work out how many grams of flour are needed for 5 eggs, at the same ratio.
  5. 5th January 1969Work out -3 - 6.
  6. 6th January 1969Work out -9 + 15.
  7. 7th January 1969Name the food group that provides the body with the most energy per gram.
  8. 8th January 1969State the property used to arrange the elements in order in the modern periodic table.
  9. 9th January 1969An astronaut has a mass of 70 kg on Earth. State her mass on the Moon, and explain why her weight on the Moon is less than her weight on Earth.
  10. 10th January 1969Using the periodic table, state whether the element chlorine (Cl) is a metal or a non-metal.
  11. 11th January 1969Calculate the mean of these three repeat readings of a force: 4.2 N, 4.6 N, 4.4 N.
  12. 12th January 1969A circuit has a total resistance of 12 ohm and a current of 0.5 A flowing through it. Use V = I x R to calculate the voltage across the circuit.
  13. 13th January 1969A writer describes a bell as 'clanging its complaint into the empty square.' Name the poetic or literary technique used here.
  14. 14th January 1969Add the correct negative prefix to make this word mean 'not legal': legal.
  15. 15th January 1969Choose the correct word: We had ___ time to finish the test than we expected. (less / fewer)
  16. 16th January 1969What is the name for a poem written in stanzas of two lines each?
  17. 17th January 1969Explain why a poet might choose short, one-syllable words to describe the strike of a hammer, rather than longer, softer words.
  18. 18th January 1969A climber notices 'his fingers had gone from cold to strangely warm.' What might this detail suggest to an alert reader?
  19. 19th January 1969Choose the correct homophone to complete the sentence: The dog wagged ___ tail happily. (its / it's)
  20. 20th January 1969A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how a writer builds a sense of danger across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
  21. 21st January 1969The probability that a spinner lands on red is 0.35. Work out the probability that it does not land on red.
  22. 22nd January 1969Work out 40% of 65.
  23. 23rd January 1969A jacket costs 65 pounds. Work out the cost after a 20% discount.
  24. 24th January 1969p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 8, p = 9. Work out p when q = 6.
  25. 25th January 1969Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  26. 26th January 1969Work out 5/6 of 90.
  27. 27th January 1969A cube with side length 4 cm is built from 64 unit cubes, each 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm. The outside of the large cube is painted red, then it is taken apart into the 64 unit cubes again. How many of the unit cubes have exactly two faces painted red?
  28. 28th January 1969A rectangle has length 9.2 cm and width 6.8 cm. Calculate its perimeter.
  29. 29th January 1969A pattern of dots grows so that pattern 1 has 4 dots, pattern 2 has 7 dots, and pattern 3 has 10 dots. How many dots will pattern 6 have?
  30. 30th January 1969Complete the word equation for aerobic respiration: glucose + oxygen produces ___ + ___.
  31. 31st January 1969State one way that painting a garden gate helps to prevent it from rusting.