Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
February 1969 5-a-day
Every sheet in February 1969
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 1969Explain how a person is able to see a book resting on a table in a well-lit room, in terms of light rays.
- 2nd February 1969Explain one way in which a polar bear's thick white fur helps it survive in the Arctic.
- 3rd February 1969Name the organ in the human body that produces insulin.
- 4th February 1969A student reads the volume of liquid in a measuring cylinder. The bottom of the meniscus lines up exactly halfway between the 22 cm^3 and 24 cm^3 graduation marks. State the volume of liquid.
- 5th February 1969A non-fiction text about volcanoes uses the heading "How an Eruption Happens." What is the purpose of this heading?
- 6th February 1969What is the name for a poem written in three-line stanzas?
- 7th February 1969A poem has four-line stanzas with an ABAB rhyme scheme throughout. What effect might this regular structure have on the reader?
- 8th February 1969Insert a colon in the correct place: The kit list included the following items a torch, a compass and a whistle.
- 9th February 1969Correct the subject-verb agreement error: The team of swimmers were training every morning.
- 10th February 1969A poem compares the fox's eyes to 'two small, cold coins.' Name this technique.
- 11th February 1969A newspaper report about a school's new library states: 'The library, funded entirely by a single anonymous donation, opened its doors last Tuesday.' What retrieval detail answers the question, how was the library funded?
- 12th February 1969A straight line passes through (0, 5) and has a gradient of -2. Write down its equation.
- 13th February 1969A phone contract costs 18.50 pounds per month for 24 months, plus an upfront cost of 49 pounds. Work out the total cost of the contract.
- 14th February 1969Write 3/5 as a decimal.
- 15th February 1969Solve 3(2x - 1) = x + 17.
- 16th February 1969Describe the locus of points that are equidistant from two fixed points, A and B.
- 17th February 1969Expand and simplify (x + 5)(x - 3).
- 18th February 1969Simplify sqrt(75) - sqrt(12), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(3).
- 19th February 1969Work out 9.6 divided by 0.4.
- 20th February 1969Calculate 47 + 36.
- 21st February 1969A doctor records that a foetus is 38 weeks old. Given that human gestation lasts approximately 40 weeks, state approximately how many weeks of pregnancy remain.
- 22nd February 1969A student adds a piece of unknown grey solid to dilute acid and no bubbles are produced, even after several minutes. Suggest whether the solid is a metal or a non-metal, and explain your reasoning.
- 23rd February 1969In a series circuit, an ammeter placed before a bulb reads 0.6 A. State the current a second ammeter, placed elsewhere in the same series circuit, would read.
- 24th February 1969Name the enzyme, found in saliva, that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
- 25th February 1969State the standard unit used for density in physics and chemistry.
- 26th February 1969Name the gas needed by the body for aerobic respiration to take place.
- 27th February 1969A student investigates how the mass of five different metal samples affects their volume, with mass as a continuous numerical variable. State whether a bar chart or a line graph is the more appropriate way to display these results.
- 28th February 1969A guide tells the group "we're nearly there" in a steady voice, but keeps glancing anxiously at the darkening sky. Explain what the contrast between his words and his glances suggests.