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December 1969 5-a-day

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December 1969

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st December 1969Name the technique used in this line: New worlds. New characters. New ideas, every single time.
  2. 2nd December 1969If a poem starts with long, flowing lines and ends with very short, clipped lines, what effect might this create?
  3. 3rd December 1969Calculate the perimeter of a rectangle measuring 14 cm by 8.5 cm.
  4. 4th December 1969Simplify 6a + 9 - 2a - 4.
  5. 5th December 1969Simplify 4(2x - 3) + 5.
  6. 6th December 1969A stall sells 4 sandwiches at 2.20 pounds each and 3 drinks at 1.10 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.
  7. 7th December 1969Write the ratio 16:24 in its simplest form.
  8. 8th December 1969Work out 8 x 6.
  9. 9th December 1969Find 3/5 of 45.
  10. 10th December 1969Work out 15 x 14, using a written method.
  11. 11th December 1969Find 3/4 of 88.
  12. 12th December 1969In the food chain 'grass, rabbit, fox', name the primary consumer.
  13. 13th December 1969State one physical property that distinguishes a typical non-metal from a typical metal.
  14. 14th December 1969Put these bodies in order of their distance from the Sun, starting with the closest: Mars, Mercury, Earth, Venus.
  15. 15th December 1969State whether elements in the same group of the periodic table have similar or very different chemical properties.
  16. 16th December 1969State one function of the human skeleton, other than support.
  17. 17th December 1969Name the enzyme found in saliva that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
  18. 18th December 1969A character says 'I'm fine' through gritted teeth, then slams the door. Explain what the contrast between the character's words and actions suggests.
  19. 19th December 1969Correct the spelling error caused by a missing doubled consonant: 'I am hopping to finish my homework before dinner' (meaning expecting, not jumping).
  20. 20th December 1969Correct the tense error: 'Last week, she swims to the buoy and back without stopping.'
  21. 21st December 1969A 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?
  22. 22nd December 1969What is the name for a poem with no regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
  23. 23rd December 1969A character 'counted his steps instead of looking down.' What does this suggest about his feelings?
  24. 24th December 1969This sentence contains a comma splice: The rain started early, we cancelled the picnic. Correct it in one way.
  25. 25th December 1969A writer describes a current as "dragging greedy fingers along the wreck." Name the technique used here.
  26. 26th December 1969A cinema charges 6.50 pounds for an adult ticket and 4.20 pounds for a child ticket. A family buys tickets for 2 adults and 3 children. Work out the total cost, without using a calculator.
  27. 27th December 1969A box of 15 chocolates costs 4.50 pounds. Work out the cost of one chocolate.
  28. 28th December 1969Work out 56 / 7.
  29. 29th December 1969In 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.
  30. 30th December 1969Work out 3/4 of 148.
  31. 31st December 1969Share 156 pounds between two people in the ratio 7:6.