Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
February 1975 5-a-day
Every sheet in February 1975
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 1975In the disappearing cross experiment, a student times how long it takes for a cross under the flask to disappear from view. Explain why a shorter time indicates a faster reaction.
- 2nd February 1975State the unit normally used for speed in physics, and name one other unit that speed could also correctly be measured in.
- 3rd February 1975Two forces of 10 N and 10 N act on an object in exactly opposite directions. Calculate the resultant force.
- 4th February 1975A solid is heated until it turns directly into a gas without becoming a liquid first. Name this change of state.
- 5th February 1975State the approximate time it takes for light from the Sun to reach the Earth.
- 6th February 1975Correct the punctuation in this sentence, which reports direct speech: the coach shouted keep going were nearly there
- 7th February 1975In an extract, a character 'set down his tools without a word and walked out into the rain.' What might this action suggest about his state of mind?
- 8th February 1975A writer describes a clock as "ticking its patient warning through the empty hall." Name the poetic technique used here.
- 9th February 1975Punctuate this exchange, adding inverted commas, capital letters and any other punctuation needed: are you sure about this asked Leo his sister nodded without looking up
- 10th February 1975Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: The funfair was SCARY.
- 11th February 1975A speaker says 'Ninety per cent of our debate club members say it changed how they see arguments.' Name the technique used here.
- 12th February 1975Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade readers to support an animal shelter.
- 13th February 1975Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9
- 14th February 1975The three angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. Work out the size of the largest angle.
- 15th February 1975A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
- 16th February 1975p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
- 17th February 1975The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
- 18th February 1975A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
- 19th February 1975A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
- 20th February 1975Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.
- 21st February 1975A box contains 7 yellow pencils, 5 blue pencils and 3 green pencils. A pencil is picked at random. Find the probability that it is not blue.
- 22nd February 1975State one structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
- 23rd February 1975A sample of matter has particles that are far apart and moving quickly in random directions. State which state of matter this describes.
- 24th February 1975In a tug of war, Team X pulls with a force of 640 N and Team Y pulls with a force of 590 N in the opposite direction. Calculate the resultant force acting on the rope.
- 25th February 1975A solution turns universal indicator paper red. State whether the solution is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
- 26th February 1975State one disadvantage of burning coal to generate electricity.
- 27th February 1975State the name of the process by which oxygen moves from the air in the lungs into the blood.
- 28th February 1975In an investigation into reaction time, a pupil's results are 0.18 s, 0.19 s, 0.61 s, 0.18 s and 0.20 s. Identify the anomalous result, and suggest one likely reason it occurred.