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June 1971 5-a-day

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June 1971

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

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The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st June 1971p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
  2. 2nd June 1971The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
  3. 3rd June 1971A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
  4. 4th June 1971A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
  5. 5th June 1971Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.
  6. 6th June 1971A box contains 7 yellow pencils, 5 blue pencils and 3 green pencils. A pencil is picked at random. Find the probability that it is not blue.
  7. 7th June 1971State one structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
  8. 8th June 1971A sample of matter has particles that are far apart and moving quickly in random directions. State which state of matter this describes.
  9. 9th June 1971In a tug of war, Team X pulls with a force of 640 N and Team Y pulls with a force of 590 N in the opposite direction. Calculate the resultant force acting on the rope.
  10. 10th June 1971Name the type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart under high pressure.
  11. 11th June 1971State whether gold is a very reactive or a very unreactive metal, given that it is found in the Earth as the pure metal rather than in a compound.
  12. 12th June 1971Name the part of a plant cell, not found in an animal cell, that carries out photosynthesis.
  13. 13th June 1971Before starting a watering investigation, a pupil writes this prediction: a plant given more water each day will grow taller than one given less water. State one piece of scientific reasoning that could support this prediction.
  14. 14th June 1971Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The map was old and torn."
  15. 15th June 1971Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the corridor at midnight.'
  16. 16th June 1971A writer describes a departure board as 'flickering through a list of cancellations like a nervous heartbeat.' Name the technique used.
  17. 17th June 1971A character 'held his breath without realising it' as he entered a dark passage. What does this suggest about his feelings?
  18. 18th June 1971A poem has four lines per stanza with the rhyme pattern ABAB. What is this pattern called?
  19. 19th June 1971Is the claim 'reading is obviously more rewarding than scrolling through a screen' a fact or an opinion?
  20. 20th June 1971A question asks you to explain "how the poet's feelings towards winter change across the poem." What should your answer focus on?
  21. 21st June 1971Calculate the circumference of a circle with a radius of 9 cm. Use pi = 3.14.
  22. 22nd June 1971Work out -4 - 7.
  23. 23rd June 1971Find the highest common factor of 24 and 36.
  24. 24th June 1971Simplify 6x + 4 - 2x - 9.
  25. 25th June 1971A basket contains 15 lemons and 25 limes. Write the ratio of lemons to limes in its simplest form.
  26. 26th June 1971Calculate 56 + 29.
  27. 27th June 1971Work out 20 - 3 x 4.
  28. 28th June 1971A number is tripled and then 5 is added, giving 32. Form an equation and find the number.
  29. 29th June 1971Simplify the ratio 18:24 to its simplest form.
  30. 30th June 1971State one way the xylem is adapted for transporting water up a plant.