Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
March 1972 5-a-day
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.
- 1st March 1972Work out 8.4 x 6, using a written method.
- 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.
- 3rd March 1972State the order of rotational symmetry and the number of lines of symmetry of a regular pentagon.
- 4th March 1972Write the next two terms of the sequence: 3, 7, 11, 15, ...
- 5th March 1972State one way bile helps with the digestion of fats.
- 6th March 1972In the reactivity series, state which is more reactive: zinc or copper.
- 7th March 1972Write the number 0.048706 to 2 significant figures.
- 8th March 1972State the name of the rock type formed when magma cools and solidifies underground.
- 9th March 1972Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
- 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.
- 11th March 1972In a factual text, is the sentence "Hot air balloons were first flown in France in 1783" a fact or an opinion?
- 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?
- 13th March 1972Find and copy one word from the phrase 'the old clock ticked its patient rhythm' that gives the clock a human quality.
- 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.'?
- 15th March 1972Choose the correct word: I'm not sure ___ my umbrella is. (where / were / we're)
- 16th March 1972A poem is written in a single, unbroken stanza with no rhyme. What effect might this create?
- 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?
- 18th March 1972Write down the coordinates of the point 3 units to the left of the origin and 5 units up.
- 19th March 1972Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(-3, 5) and B(7, -1).
- 20th March 1972Write 0.72 as a percentage.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 24th March 1972Factorise 2x^2 + 7x + 3.
- 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.
- 26th March 1972Work out 5 + 4 x 3 - 2.
- 27th March 1972Name the organelle in a plant cell that contains chlorophyll and is the site of photosynthesis.
- 28th March 1972State the colour universal indicator turns in a strong alkali.
- 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.
- 30th March 1972A solution has pH 10. State whether it is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
- 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.