Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
January 1971 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 1971
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1971Name the acid that produces nitrate salts.
- 2nd January 1971Name the circuit component whose symbol is a circle with a cross inside it.
- 3rd January 1971Name the process by which digested food molecules pass from the small intestine into the blood.
- 4th January 1971An old-style filament light bulb transfers 100 J of electrical energy. Of this, 20 J is transferred usefully as light, and the rest is wasted as heat. Calculate the energy wasted as heat.
- 5th January 1971A pupil applies a force of 10 N to move an object 2 m in the direction of the force. Use work done = force x distance to calculate the work done.
- 6th January 1971A student wears safety goggles when heating a test tube of liquid over a Bunsen burner. State the hazard that the goggles help protect against.
- 7th January 1971A 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.
- 8th January 1971You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 9th January 1971Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 10th January 1971What is emotive language, and why might a writer use it in a leaflet about ocean pollution?
- 11th January 1971Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The storm was BIG.'
- 12th January 1971Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The doors opened, and passengers spilled onto the platform."
- 13th January 1971Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The market was NOISY."
- 14th January 1971Find the mean of these test scores: 14, 18, 12, 20, 16.
- 15th January 1971y is directly proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 15. Work out y when x = 10.
- 16th January 1971A bag contains 8 red, 9 blue and 7 green counters only. A counter is picked at random. Work out the probability it is red, giving your answer as a decimal to 3 significant figures.
- 17th January 1971Find 3/5 of 120.
- 18th January 1971A fair coin is flipped and a fair six-sided dice is rolled at the same time. Work out the probability of getting heads on the coin and a number greater than 4 on the dice.
- 19th January 1971Femi can complete a job alone in 2 hours, Grace can complete the same job alone in 3 hours, and Hassan can complete it alone in 6 hours. Working together at these constant rates, how long will it take them to complete the job?
- 20th January 1971Solve 5x - 4 = 21.
- 21st January 1971A train travels 245 km in 3.5 hours. Work out its average speed.
- 22nd January 1971Find 35% of 160 pounds.
- 23rd January 1971State whether human eye colour is an example of inherited variation, environmental variation, or both.
- 24th January 1971State whether an exothermic reaction transfers energy to, or takes in energy from, the surroundings.
- 25th January 1971A runner covers 400 m in 50 seconds at a constant speed. Use speed = distance / time to calculate her speed.
- 26th January 1971Some endothermic reactions cause the temperature of their surroundings to fall. Explain, in terms of energy, why this happens.
- 27th January 1971State the unit used to measure electric current.
- 28th January 1971State the name of the force that acts to slow down a moving object due to contact between two surfaces.
- 29th January 1971Choose the correct homophone to complete the sentence: The team celebrated ___ victory together. (their / there / they're)
- 30th January 1971A four-mark question asks you to explain the effect of the writer's language in one paragraph. Roughly how many separate points should your answer include?
- 31st January 1971A question asks you to "find and copy one word" meaning "silent." Which of these fits: "hushed", "loud", "busy" or "bright"?