Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
July 1975 5-a-day
Every sheet in July 1975
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 1975Simplify 4(2x - 3) + 5.
- 2nd July 1975A stall sells 4 sandwiches at 2.20 pounds each and 3 drinks at 1.10 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.
- 3rd July 1975Write the ratio 16:24 in its simplest form.
- 4th July 1975Work out 8 x 6.
- 5th July 1975Find 3/5 of 45.
- 6th July 1975Work out 15 x 14, using a written method.
- 7th July 1975Find 3/4 of 88.
- 8th July 1975Name the food group that provides the body with the most energy per gram.
- 9th July 1975State the property used to arrange the elements in order in the modern periodic table.
- 10th July 1975State why an astronaut in open space, far from any planet or star, cannot hear an explosion happening nearby.
- 11th July 1975Name the green pigment found in chloroplasts that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
- 12th July 1975Calculate the mean of these three repeat readings of a force: 4.2 N, 4.6 N, 4.4 N.
- 13th July 1975A 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.
- 14th July 1975A character says 'I'm fine' through gritted teeth, then slams the door. Explain what the contrast between the character's words and actions suggests.
- 15th July 1975Correct the spelling error caused by a missing doubled consonant: 'I am hopping to finish my homework before dinner' (meaning expecting, not jumping).
- 16th July 1975Correct the tense error: 'Last week, she swims to the buoy and back without stopping.'
- 17th July 1975A poem has irregular line lengths and no rhyme scheme, but a steady, insistent rhythm created by repeating the same three-syllable phrase. What technique creates this effect?
- 18th July 1975What is the name for a poem with no regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
- 19th July 1975A character 'counted his steps instead of looking down.' What does this suggest about his feelings?
- 20th July 1975Which punctuation mark is missing, and where, from this sentence: Please bring your pencil case ruler and calculator to the exam.
- 21st July 1975A writer describes a current as "dragging greedy fingers along the wreck." Name the technique used here.
- 22nd July 1975The probability that a spinner lands on red is 0.35. Work out the probability that it does not land on red.
- 23rd July 1975A box of 15 chocolates costs 4.50 pounds. Work out the cost of one chocolate.
- 24th July 1975Work out 56 / 7.
- 25th July 1975In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 27 degrees and the opposite side is 6 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse, to 1 decimal place.
- 26th July 1975Work out 3/4 of 148.
- 27th July 1975Share 156 pounds between two people in the ratio 7:6.
- 28th July 1975A 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?
- 29th July 1975Convert 4.2 metres into centimetres.
- 30th July 1975Rearrange the formula P = 2l + 2w to make w the subject.
- 31st July 1975Complete the word equation for aerobic respiration: glucose + oxygen produces ___ + ___.