Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
May 1969 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 1969
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1969In a chromatography experiment, the solvent front travels 10 cm and a dye spot travels 4 cm. Calculate the Rf value of the dye.
- 2nd May 1969State whether the Earth's day (one full rotation on its axis) or the Earth's year (one full orbit of the Sun) takes longer.
- 3rd May 1969A sound wave has a high frequency. State whether this means it has a high pitch or a low pitch.
- 4th May 1969State the name given to a chemical reaction that releases heat energy to the surroundings.
- 5th May 1969State the products formed when a metal reacts with an acid.
- 6th May 1969Which word means the same as 'ancient' in a sentence describing an old, crumbling castle: 'timeworn', 'modern', 'spacious' or 'lively'?
- 7th May 1969Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Regular ___ at the piano will improve your technique. (practice / practise)
- 8th May 1969Identify and correct the pronoun error: 'The dog wagged their tail happily.'
- 9th May 1969A poem compares old age to 'a candle guttering low, still giving light.' Name this technique.
- 10th May 1969Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The fire hissed and spat its sparks'?
- 11th May 1969Find and copy one word from 'the mist swallowed the path ahead of him' that gives the mist a human or animal-like quality.
- 12th May 1969Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? A) I like tennis; and swimming. B) I like tennis; my sister prefers swimming.
- 13th May 1969A diver signals "all clear" with a steady hand, but his eyes keep darting towards the wreck's dark entrance. Explain what the contrast between his signal and his eyes suggests.
- 14th May 1969A rectangle has length 9 cm and width 6 cm. Work out its area and its perimeter.
- 15th May 1969Find 1/3 of 96.
- 16th May 1969Work out -12 + 4 x 3.
- 17th May 1969Solve x^2 - 2x - 24 = 0.
- 18th May 1969Work out 207 divided by 9, showing your written method.
- 19th May 1969Work out 143 divided by 11.
- 20th May 1969A floor is tiled with a repeating pattern of identical regular hexagonal tiles, with no gaps or overlaps. State the size of each interior angle of a regular hexagon, and explain why regular hexagons can tile a flat floor exactly.
- 21st May 1969A right-angled triangle has hypotenuse 17 cm and one leg of 8 cm. Calculate the length of the other leg.
- 22nd May 1969Write the first four terms of the sequence with nth term 2n^2.
- 23rd May 1969State one way the alveoli are adapted for efficient gas exchange.
- 24th May 1969Explain why attaching a block of zinc to the hull of a steel ship helps to protect the ship from rusting.
- 25th May 1969A pupil measures a length as 250 mm. State this length in metres.
- 26th May 1969State how many natural moons orbit the Earth.
- 27th May 1969Name the gas that makes up approximately 78% of the Earth's atmosphere.
- 28th May 1969A cylinder of gas is labelled with a diamond-shaped symbol showing a black flame on an orange background. State what hazard this symbol represents.
- 29th May 1969A writer describes rising ocean temperatures as "a slow-burning threat to one of the planet's most colourful ecosystems." Explain what effect the phrase "slow-burning" has on the reader.
- 30th May 1969A poem compares loneliness to 'an empty chair at a crowded table.' Name this technique.
- 31st May 1969Explain why a poet might choose an irregular, unpredictable rhythm to describe a storm, rather than a steady, regular one.