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August 1972 5-a-day

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August 1972

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st August 1972A fair six-sided dice is rolled once. Find the probability of rolling a number greater than 4.
  2. 2nd August 1972Write 3.6 x 10^-3 as an ordinary number.
  3. 3rd August 1972A laptop valued at 900 pounds depreciates by 12% in its first year. Work out its value at the end of the first year.
  4. 4th August 1972Work out -15 + 4 x (-2).
  5. 5th August 1972A scatter graph plots the number of hours 10 students spent revising against their test scores. The points show that more hours of revision is generally associated with a higher test score, though not perfectly. Describe the type of correlation shown, and state one thing this correlation does not prove.
  6. 6th August 1972Simplify (3x^2 y^3)^2 divided by 9x^3 y^4, giving your answer as simply as possible.
  7. 7th August 1972Here are the first four terms of a sequence: 7, 11, 15, 19. Find an expression for the nth term.
  8. 8th August 1972Find the mean of 14, 18, 22, 16 and 20.
  9. 9th August 1972A jacket priced at 84 pounds is increased by 25% for the winter season. Calculate the new price.
  10. 10th August 1972Name the specialised cell in humans that is adapted with a long tail and many mitochondria to swim toward an egg cell.
  11. 11th August 1972State what happens to a catalyst during a chemical reaction.
  12. 12th August 1972State the unit normally used for speed in physics, and name one other unit that speed could also correctly be measured in.
  13. 13th August 1972Two forces of 10 N and 10 N act on an object in exactly opposite directions. Calculate the resultant force.
  14. 14th August 1972A trolley of mass 2 kg is raised to a height of 5 m. Use GPE = mass x gravitational field strength x height (g = 10 N/kg) to calculate its gravitational potential energy.
  15. 15th August 1972Name the planet in our solar system that is closest to the Sun.
  16. 16th August 1972Correct the punctuation in this sentence, which reports direct speech: the coach shouted keep going were nearly there
  17. 17th August 1972A question asks you to 'find and copy one word which shows that the workshop was untidy.' What kind of question is this, and how should you answer it?
  18. 18th August 1972A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how a writer builds atmosphere across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
  19. 19th August 1972Which of these would best speed up the pace of an action scene: a long sentence with several clauses, or a short, three-word sentence?
  20. 20th August 1972Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the funfair at midnight.'
  21. 21st August 1972Is the claim 'debating is clearly the single best way to build confidence' a fact or an opinion?
  22. 22nd August 1972Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade readers to support an animal shelter.
  23. 23rd August 1972Work out (-5) + (-8) - (-6).
  24. 24th August 1972p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 4, p = 15. Work out the value of p when q = 10.
  25. 25th August 1972Find 3/8 of 64.
  26. 26th August 1972Write 0.000078 in standard form.
  27. 27th August 1972A cylindrical bucket has radius 12 cm and height 25 cm. Work out its volume, to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
  28. 28th August 1972Work out sqrt(169) + 4^2.
  29. 29th August 1972Increase 240 pounds by 12%.
  30. 30th August 1972Work out 312 divided by 8, using a written method.
  31. 31st August 1972The list shows the number of pets owned by 9 pupils: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 0, 1. Write down the mode.