Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
July 1970 5-a-day
Every sheet in July 1970
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 1970Work out 2/5 of 65.
- 2nd July 1970Five pupils recorded the number of minutes they spent reading yesterday: 9, 13, 20, 11, 17. Find the mean number of minutes.
- 3rd July 1970Name the organelle found in both plant and animal cells that is the site of aerobic respiration.
- 4th July 1970A block of wood has a mass of 60 g and a volume of 80 cm^3. Calculate its density.
- 5th July 1970A farmer weighing 900 N stands on the ground. Her boots have a total sole area of 0.03 m^2. Use pressure = force / area to calculate the pressure she exerts on the ground, giving your answer in Pa.
- 6th July 1970State the name given to a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being permanently used up itself.
- 7th July 1970State one advantage of using solar power to generate electricity, compared with burning fossil fuels.
- 8th July 1970Name the process of cell division that produces two genetically identical daughter cells for growth and repair.
- 9th July 1970A pupil wants to find out whether increasing the concentration of a salt solution affects the boiling point of water. Suggest one variable, other than salt concentration, that should be kept the same for this to be a fair test.
- 10th July 1970Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the handle was rusted solid, the door creaked open at last."
- 11th July 1970Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: hurry up whispered Kofi we havent got much time
- 12th July 1970A question asks you to 'state one reason why the train was delayed, using evidence from the text.' What kind of answer is required?
- 13th July 1970A diver notices 'a single brass buckle winking in the torchlight.' Which word suggests the buckle is briefly catching and reflecting the light?
- 14th July 1970In the phrase "silent, secret snow", which technique is being used?
- 15th July 1970What is a counter-argument, and why might a writer include one?
- 16th July 1970In the phrase "silent, snow-hushed streets", which technique is being used?
- 17th July 1970Calculate the area of a circle with a diameter of 20 cm. Use pi = 3.14.
- 18th July 1970A pack of 24 pencils costs 3.60 pounds. Work out the cost of one pencil.
- 19th July 1970Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 20th July 1970A parallelogram has base 12 cm and perpendicular height 5 cm. Work out its area.
- 21st July 19703 workers can paint a fence in 8 hours, working at the same constant rate. How long would it take 4 workers to paint the same fence?
- 22nd July 1970Find 10% of 95 pounds.
- 23rd July 1970Work out 9 x 8.
- 24th July 1970A coat costs 80 pounds. It is reduced by 35% in a sale. Work out the sale price.
- 25th July 1970Work out 15% of 60.
- 26th July 1970A polar bear has thick white fur. State whether this is a structural or a behavioural adaptation, and explain why.
- 27th July 1970State whether reactivity increases or decreases going down Group 1, the alkali metals.
- 28th July 1970State why an astronaut in open space, far from any planet or star, cannot hear an explosion happening nearby.
- 29th July 1970Name the green pigment found in chloroplasts that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
- 30th July 1970A ball is dropped from a height and falls freely towards the ground. State the type of energy the ball gains as it speeds up.
- 31st July 1970A pupil applies a force of 8 N to a spring and it extends by 4 cm. Use spring constant = force / extension to calculate the spring constant, in N/cm.