Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
April 1971 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 1971
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 1971Complete the word equation for aerobic respiration: glucose + oxygen produces ___ + ___.
- 2nd April 1971State one way that painting a garden gate helps to prevent it from rusting.
- 3rd April 1971The Sun is much larger than the Earth. State what type of object the Sun is, and name the force that keeps the Earth in orbit around it.
- 4th April 1971Name the type of rock formed when layers of sediment, such as sand or mud, are compressed together over a long period of time.
- 5th April 1971Name the organ in the human body that produces insulin.
- 6th April 1971A cylinder of gas is labelled with a diamond-shaped symbol showing a black flame on an orange background. State what hazard this symbol represents.
- 7th April 1971A 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.
- 8th April 1971A poem compares loneliness to 'an empty chair at a crowded table.' Name this technique.
- 9th April 1971Explain why a poet might choose an irregular, unpredictable rhythm to describe a storm, rather than a steady, regular one.
- 10th April 1971Choose the correct homophone: ___ going to be late if the bus does not arrive soon. (Whose / Who's)
- 11th April 1971Identify the subordinate clause in this sentence: Because the fire alarm sounded, everyone left the building calmly.
- 12th April 1971What is the term for a poem that continues a sentence or idea from one line to the next without a pause?
- 13th April 1971What do the letters PAF stand for when analysing a non-fiction text?
- 14th April 1971Find the gradient of the line joining (1, 4) and (5, 16).
- 15th April 1971A phone contract costs 18.50 pounds per month for 24 months, plus an upfront cost of 49 pounds. Work out the total cost of the contract.
- 16th April 1971Find 3/8 of 64.
- 17th April 1971Solve 3(2x - 1) = x + 17.
- 18th April 1971Describe the locus of points that are equidistant from two fixed points, A and B.
- 19th April 1971In a right-angled triangle, the hypotenuse is 13 cm and one other side is 5 cm. Work out the size of the angle opposite the 5 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
- 20th April 1971A triangle has sides 7 cm and 9 cm with an included angle of 50 degrees. Work out its area, to 1 decimal place.
- 21st April 1971Work out the mean of 8, 12, 15, 9 and 11.
- 22nd April 1971Find 25% of 84 pounds.
- 23rd April 1971A doctor records that a foetus is 38 weeks old. Given that human gestation lasts approximately 40 weeks, state approximately how many weeks of pregnancy remain.
- 24th April 1971A student adds a piece of unknown grey solid to dilute acid and no bubbles are produced, even after several minutes. Suggest whether the solid is a metal or a non-metal, and explain your reasoning.
- 25th April 1971A student doubles the frequency of a wave while keeping its speed the same. State what happens to the wavelength.
- 26th April 1971Two identical bulbs are each connected on their own to an identical battery. State how the brightness of a bulb connected on its own compares with an identical bulb connected in series with a second bulb to the same type of battery.
- 27th April 1971State how long it takes, approximately, for the Moon to orbit the Earth once.
- 28th April 1971Name the gas needed by the body for aerobic respiration to take place.
- 29th April 1971A student investigates how the mass of five different metal samples affects their volume, with mass as a continuous numerical variable. State whether a bar chart or a line graph is the more appropriate way to display these results.
- 30th April 1971A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how the writer builds a sense of danger across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?