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May 1973 5-a-day

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May 1973

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st May 1973Find the highest common factor of 24 and 36.
  2. 2nd May 1973Simplify 6x + 4 - 2x - 9.
  3. 3rd May 1973A basket contains 15 lemons and 25 limes. Write the ratio of lemons to limes in its simplest form.
  4. 4th May 1973Calculate 56 + 29.
  5. 5th May 1973Work out 20 - 3 x 4.
  6. 6th May 1973A number is tripled and then 5 is added, giving 32. Form an equation and find the number.
  7. 7th May 1973Simplify the ratio 18:24 to its simplest form.
  8. 8th May 1973Name the food group that provides the body with the most energy per gram.
  9. 9th May 1973State the property used to arrange the elements in order in the modern periodic table.
  10. 10th May 1973A cliff is 170 m from a person who claps and hears the echo. Use distance = speed x time and a speed of sound of 340 m/s to calculate how long after the clap the echo is heard.
  11. 11th May 1973State the number of protons found in an atom of oxygen, given that oxygen's atomic number is 8.
  12. 12th May 1973Calculate the mean of these three repeat readings of a force: 4.2 N, 4.6 N, 4.4 N.
  13. 13th May 1973A circuit has a total resistance of 12 ohm and a current of 0.5 A flowing through it. Use V = I x R to calculate the voltage across the circuit.
  14. 14th May 1973In an extract, a character 'chewed his lip and stared at his shoes.' What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
  15. 15th May 1973Add a colon to this sentence in the correct place: The expedition needed three things warm clothing enough food and a reliable map.
  16. 16th May 1973Choose the correct word: There were ___ people at the concert than last year. (less / fewer)
  17. 17th May 1973Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The branches creaked and clawed at the window'?
  18. 18th May 1973Find and copy one word from 'the anvil's patient, unmoving weight' that gives the anvil a human quality.
  19. 19th May 1973Which word class is 'desperately' in 'He desperately searched for a handhold'?
  20. 20th May 1973Correct the punctuation in this sentence, which reports direct speech: she shouted watch out and pulled her brother back from the road
  21. 21st May 1973A question asks you to "find and copy one phrase" meaning "completely dark." Which of these fits: "pitch black", "faintly lit", "clear blue" or "softly glowing"?
  22. 22nd May 1973The probability that a spinner lands on red is 0.35. Work out the probability that it does not land on red.
  23. 23rd May 1973Convert 2 hours 15 minutes into minutes.
  24. 24th May 1973Find 2/9 of 63.
  25. 25th May 1973Write 5.4 x 10^4 as an ordinary number.
  26. 26th May 1973A recipe needs 250 g of flour to make 8 muffins. Work out how much flour is needed to make 20 muffins at the same recipe strength.
  27. 27th May 1973Write 0.72 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  28. 28th May 1973A cube with side length 4 cm is built from 64 unit cubes, each 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm. The outside of the large cube is painted red, then it is taken apart into the 64 unit cubes again. How many of the unit cubes have exactly two faces painted red?
  29. 29th May 1973A cuboid has dimensions 6 cm by 4 cm by 3 cm. Calculate its volume.
  30. 30th May 1973The nth term of a sequence is 5n - 2. Find the 12th term.
  31. 31st May 1973Complete the word equation for aerobic respiration: glucose + oxygen produces ___ + ___.