Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
July 1974 5-a-day
Every sheet in July 1974
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 1974A campaign letter opens with a short, true story about one family affected by flooding, before giving any statistics. What is this technique called, and why might a writer use it first?
- 2nd July 1974Work out (-5) + (-8) - (-6).
- 3rd July 1974Write 0.00042 in standard form.
- 4th July 1974Find 3/8 of 64.
- 5th July 1974Write 0.000078 in standard form.
- 6th July 1974A cylindrical bucket has radius 12 cm and height 25 cm. Work out its volume, to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
- 7th July 1974Work out sqrt(169) + 4^2.
- 8th July 1974Increase 240 pounds by 12%.
- 9th July 1974Work out 312 divided by 8, using a written method.
- 10th July 1974The list shows the number of pets owned by 9 pupils: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 0, 1. Write down the mode.
- 11th July 1974During vigorous exercise, a sprinter's muscles cannot get enough oxygen. Name the substance that builds up in the muscles as a result, and state one effect this has.
- 12th July 1974The density of olive oil is 0.92 g/cm^3. State, with a reason, whether olive oil would float or sink in water (density 1.0 g/cm^3).
- 13th July 1974A parcel of mass 2.5 kg is lifted onto a shelf 2 m above the ground. Take g = 10 N/kg and use GPE = mass x g x height. Calculate the gain in gravitational potential energy.
- 14th July 1974Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves through tiny pores called stomata.
- 15th July 1974Name the structure inside a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
- 16th July 1974A wave has a wavelength of 2 m and a frequency of 5 Hz. Use wave speed = frequency x wavelength to calculate its speed.
- 17th July 1974A pupil is choosing between two thermometers to measure a temperature change of about 5 degrees C: one has markings every 2 degrees C, and the other has markings every 0.2 degrees C. State which thermometer would give the more precise reading, and explain why.
- 18th July 1974Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Dust rose from the floor, and Elias covered his mouth."
- 19th July 1974Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The old house was SCARY.'
- 20th July 1974Which word from 'the tannoy crackled out another indistinct apology' suggests the announcement was hard to understand?
- 21st July 1974A diver 'counted her breaths, trying to make each one last longer than the last.' What does this suggest about her situation?
- 22nd July 1974In a poem, the line "Waves gnaw at the cliff's grey chin" contains an example of which technique?
- 23rd July 1974An article states 'Pupils who read for pleasure for just ten minutes a day report feeling calmer.' Name the technique used here.
- 24th July 1974A poem describes wind as "howling" and "moaning" through bare branches. Name the technique shown by these two words.
- 25th July 1974A triangular prism has a cross-sectional area of 15 cm^2 and a length of 12 cm. Calculate its volume.
- 26th July 1974Round 6.849 to 1 decimal place.
- 27th July 1974A coat costs 80 pounds. Its price increases by 25%. Work out the new price.
- 28th July 1974A prize of 240 pounds is shared between three friends in the ratio 1:2:5. Work out the smallest share.
- 29th July 1974A map has a scale of 1:20000. Two towns are 7cm apart on the map. Work out the real distance between them, in km.
- 30th July 1974Work out 3 + 6 x 2 - 4.
- 31st July 1974A recipe uses 2 eggs for every 150 g of flour. Work out how many grams of flour are needed for 5 eggs, at the same ratio.