Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
January 1970 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 1970
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1970A dice has its six faces numbered 1 to 6, arranged so opposite faces always add up to 7. The face showing 2 is on top, and the face showing 3 is facing you. Work out which number is on the bottom face, and which number is on the face directly opposite the one facing you.
- 2nd January 1970Convert 4.2 metres into centimetres.
- 3rd January 1970Using the formula v = u + at, find v when u = 5, a = 3 and t = 4.
- 4th January 1970State one way bile helps with the digestion of fats.
- 5th January 1970In the reactivity series, state which is more reactive: zinc or copper.
- 6th January 1970A pupil rubs a plastic rod with a cloth, giving the rod a negative electric charge. She then holds the rod near small pieces of paper on a table. State what she would observe, and explain why, in terms of electric charge.
- 7th January 1970In the food chain grass, rabbit, fox, where grass is eaten by rabbits and rabbits are eaten by foxes, name the organism that is the producer.
- 8th January 1970Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
- 9th January 1970A thermometer has graduations every 1 degree C. A student takes a single temperature reading of 40 degrees C. Calculate the percentage uncertainty in this reading.
- 10th January 1970A text about coral reefs moves from explaining what coral is, to how reefs form, to why they are under threat. What is this structure called?
- 11th January 1970Explain why a poet might use short, one-word lines to describe a sudden event, such as an accident.
- 12th January 1970A poem compares grief to 'a stone carried in the pocket, never quite forgotten.' Name this technique.
- 13th January 1970Correct the tense error: Last week, the choir practises for two hours every evening.
- 14th January 1970Punctuate this exchange between two speakers, starting a new line for each: are you ready asked sam almost said priya
- 15th January 1970Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The streetlamp's silver stare slid over its fur'?
- 16th January 1970Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 17th January 1970Find the midpoint of the line segment joining (-4, 2) and (6, -8).
- 18th January 1970Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(-3, 5) and B(7, -1).
- 19th January 1970Find 35% of 180.
- 20th January 1970A shop increases a price by 25%, then later reduces the new price by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change from the original price.
- 21st January 1970An open-top fish tank, with no lid, is a cuboid with length 50 cm, width 30 cm and height 25 cm. Work out the total area of glass needed to make the tank.
- 22nd January 1970Simplify sqrt(45) + sqrt(20), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(5).
- 23rd January 1970A chord subtends an angle of 76 degrees at the centre of a circle. Work out the angle it subtends at the circumference, on the major arc.
- 24th January 1970A journey of 84 km takes 1 hour 45 minutes. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 25th January 1970A car travels 210 km in 3.5 hours at a constant speed. Calculate how far it would travel in 5 hours at the same speed.
- 26th January 1970Name the organelle in a plant cell that contains chlorophyll and is the site of photosynthesis.
- 27th January 1970State the colour universal indicator turns in a strong alkali.
- 28th January 1970State one way, other than increasing the current, to increase the strength of an electromagnet made from a coil of wire around an iron core.
- 29th January 1970State what happens to the current in a series circuit if an extra identical bulb is added, assuming the battery voltage stays the same.
- 30th January 1970Name the organ system that carries electrical signals around the body to allow a fast reflex reaction, such as pulling a hand away from something hot.
- 31st January 1970State the word equation for aerobic respiration.