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February 1976 5-a-day

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February 1976

29 sheets · 145 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in February 1976

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st February 1976Name the piece of equipment used to separate an insoluble solid from a liquid.
  2. 2nd February 1976A pupil's teacher suggests using a data logger to measure temperature every second during an experiment, instead of a pupil reading a thermometer every minute. Suggest one advantage of using a data logger in this experiment.
  3. 3rd February 1976Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the handle was rusted solid, the door creaked open at last."
  4. 4th February 1976Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: hurry up whispered Kofi we havent got much time
  5. 5th February 1976A question asks you to 'state one reason why the train was delayed, using evidence from the text.' What kind of answer is required?
  6. 6th February 1976A diver notices 'a single brass buckle winking in the torchlight.' Which word suggests the buckle is briefly catching and reflecting the light?
  7. 7th February 1976In the phrase "silent, secret snow", which technique is being used?
  8. 8th February 1976What is a counter-argument, and why might a writer include one?
  9. 9th February 1976In the phrase "silent, snow-hushed streets", which technique is being used?
  10. 10th February 1976Calculate the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 9 cm.
  11. 11th February 1976A pack of 24 pencils costs 3.60 pounds. Work out the cost of one pencil.
  12. 12th February 1976Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  13. 13th February 1976A parallelogram has base 12 cm and perpendicular height 5 cm. Work out its area.
  14. 14th February 19763 workers can paint a fence in 8 hours, working at the same constant rate. How long would it take 4 workers to paint the same fence?
  15. 15th February 1976Find 10% of 95 pounds.
  16. 16th February 1976Work out 9 x 8.
  17. 17th February 1976A coat costs 80 pounds. It is reduced by 35% in a sale. Work out the sale price.
  18. 18th February 1976Work out 15% of 60.
  19. 19th February 1976State one way a communicable disease differs from a non-communicable disease.
  20. 20th February 1976State the name given to a horizontal row of the periodic table.
  21. 21st February 1976A ray of light travels from air into a glass block. State whether the ray bends towards the normal or away from the normal as it enters the glass.
  22. 22nd February 1976Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
  23. 23rd February 1976A pupil records the mass of a beaker of ice every 2 minutes as it melts. State which variable is the independent variable in this investigation.
  24. 24th February 1976Name the three states of matter.
  25. 25th February 1976A question asks you to 'summarise the passage in your own words.' What must you avoid doing when answering it?
  26. 26th February 1976Is the relative clause in this sentence defining or non-defining, and should it have commas: 'The teacher who marked our essays gave detailed feedback' (assume there are several teachers)?
  27. 27th February 1976Which sentence is correct if you mean you carried your umbrella with you: 'I brought my umbrella yesterday' or 'I bought my umbrella yesterday'?
  28. 28th February 1976Find and copy one word from 'the wind stripped the last brave leaves from the oak' that suggests the leaves were trying to resist the wind.
  29. 29th February 1976A poem compares old age to 'a coat grown heavy with wear.' Name this technique.