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July 1972 5-a-day

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July 1972

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st July 1972A student measures the length of a metal rod five times: 62.1 cm, 62.4 cm, 62.0 cm, 62.5 cm, 62.2 cm. Calculate the mean length of the rod.
  2. 2nd July 1972Which word means the same as "ascend" in a sentence about a balloon rising into the sky: "climb", "sink", "hover" or "spin"?
  3. 3rd July 1972Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The waves whispered along the shingle shore'?
  4. 4th July 1972What is the name for a poem written without a regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
  5. 5th July 1972Choose the correct homophone: You should always ___ your times tables before a test. (practice / practise)
  6. 6th July 1972Choose the correct word: ___ leaving their bags by the door. (Their / There / They're)
  7. 7th July 1972Find and copy one word from 'the fox paused, listening to the city's held breath' that gives the city a human quality.
  8. 8th July 1972Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
  9. 9th July 1972Find the midpoint of the line segment joining (-4, 2) and (6, -8).
  10. 10th July 1972A bag contains 12 red counters, 15 blue counters and 9 green counters only. A counter is picked at random. Work out the probability that it is blue, giving your answer as a decimal to 3 significant figures.
  11. 11th July 1972Work out 3/4 + 1/6, giving your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
  12. 12th July 1972Two joggers start together at a park gate. One returns to the gate every 18 minutes, the other every 24 minutes. After how many minutes will they next be at the gate together?
  13. 13th July 1972Two parallel lines are cut by a transversal. One of the angles formed is 63 degrees. State the size of the co-interior (allied) angle on the same side of the transversal, and explain why.
  14. 14th July 1972Solve x^2 = 7x - 12.
  15. 15th July 1972Solve x^2 + 3x - 18 = 0.
  16. 16th July 1972Find 3^3 + sqrt(64).
  17. 17th July 1972120 pounds is shared between Leo and Maya in the ratio 3:5. Work out how much Maya receives.
  18. 18th July 1972Explain why muscles must work in antagonistic pairs rather than alone.
  19. 19th July 1972State whether a solution with pH 3 is acidic, neutral, or alkaline.
  20. 20th July 1972State one way, other than increasing the current, to increase the strength of an electromagnet made from a coil of wire around an iron core.
  21. 21st July 1972State what happens to the current in a series circuit if an extra identical bulb is added, assuming the battery voltage stays the same.
  22. 22nd July 1972Name the organ system that carries electrical signals around the body to allow a fast reflex reaction, such as pulling a hand away from something hot.
  23. 23rd July 1972Name the force that pulls all objects with mass towards each other, keeping planets in orbit.
  24. 24th July 1972On a graph of temperature (y-axis) against time (x-axis), a straight line rises from (0 s, 20 degrees C) to (40 s, 60 degrees C). Calculate the gradient of this line, and state what it represents.
  25. 25th July 1972In an extract, a climber "kept checking the rope, tugging it twice before every step." What does this suggest about the climber?
  26. 26th July 1972In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The team faced constant setbacks - equipment failure, bad weather and dwindling supplies chipped away at morale.' What does 'dwindling' mean here?
  27. 27th July 1972A biography states that a scientist 'spent every evening after his factory shift teaching himself chemistry from borrowed textbooks.' What can a reader infer about this person from these facts?
  28. 28th July 1972An article opens with a short story about one seabird found tangled in plastic, before giving any wider statistics. What is this technique called?
  29. 29th July 1972Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: watch your step said the warden the path is icy
  30. 30th July 1972Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the platform was crowded, Amara found a seat by the window."
  31. 31st July 1972Identify the fronted adverbial in this sentence: "Slowly, the shutters were raised one by one."