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March 1972 5-a-day

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March 1972

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in March 1972

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

  1. 1st March 1972Work out 8.4 x 6, using a written method.
  2. 2nd March 1972A 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.
  3. 3rd March 1972State the order of rotational symmetry and the number of lines of symmetry of a regular pentagon.
  4. 4th March 1972Write the next two terms of the sequence: 3, 7, 11, 15, ...
  5. 5th March 1972State one way bile helps with the digestion of fats.
  6. 6th March 1972In the reactivity series, state which is more reactive: zinc or copper.
  7. 7th March 1972Write the number 0.048706 to 2 significant figures.
  8. 8th March 1972State the name of the rock type formed when magma cools and solidifies underground.
  9. 9th March 1972Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
  10. 10th March 1972Amara is investigating how the mass of a paper cone affects how long it takes to fall from a fixed height. State the independent variable and the dependent variable in this investigation.
  11. 11th March 1972In a factual text, is the sentence "Hot air balloons were first flown in France in 1783" a fact or an opinion?
  12. 12th March 1972A poem repeats the phrase 'and still it climbed' at the end of every stanza. What is this technique called, and what might its effect be?
  13. 13th March 1972Find and copy one word from the phrase 'the old clock ticked its patient rhythm' that gives the clock a human quality.
  14. 14th March 1972Which punctuation mark correctly joins these two sentences without adding a joining word: 'The coach was late the pupils waited in the hall.'?
  15. 15th March 1972Choose the correct word: I'm not sure ___ my umbrella is. (where / were / we're)
  16. 16th March 1972A poem is written in a single, unbroken stanza with no rhyme. What effect might this create?
  17. 17th March 1972A magazine article about volcanoes is broken into sections titled 'How volcanoes form', 'Famous eruptions' and 'Living near a volcano'. What are these called, and what is their purpose?
  18. 18th March 1972Write down the coordinates of the point 3 units to the left of the origin and 5 units up.
  19. 19th March 1972Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(-3, 5) and B(7, -1).
  20. 20th March 1972Write 0.72 as a percentage.
  21. 21st March 1972A shop increases a price by 25%, then later reduces the new price by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change from the original price.
  22. 22nd March 1972An 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.
  23. 23rd March 1972A chord divides a circle so that the angle at the centre is 130 degrees. Work out the angle at the circumference subtended by the same chord, on the major arc.
  24. 24th March 1972Factorise 2x^2 + 7x + 3.
  25. 25th March 1972A recipe uses 3 eggs for every 240 g of flour. Work out how many grams of flour are needed for 7 eggs, at the same ratio.
  26. 26th March 1972Work out 5 + 4 x 3 - 2.
  27. 27th March 1972Name the organelle in a plant cell that contains chlorophyll and is the site of photosynthesis.
  28. 28th March 1972State the colour universal indicator turns in a strong alkali.
  29. 29th March 1972State whether the north pole of one bar magnet placed near the north pole of a second bar magnet will attract or repel.
  30. 30th March 1972A solution has pH 10. State whether it is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
  31. 31st March 1972A diver swims from the surface down to a depth of 10 m in a swimming pool. State how the water pressure on her body changes as she swims deeper, and give a reason.