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June 1976 5-a-day

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June 1976

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st June 1976A poem describes wind as "howling" and "moaning" through bare branches. Name the technique shown by these two words.
  2. 2nd June 1976Calculate the circumference of a circle with a radius of 9 cm. Use pi = 3.14.
  3. 3rd June 1976Round 6.849 to 1 decimal place.
  4. 4th June 1976A coat costs 80 pounds. Its price increases by 25%. Work out the new price.
  5. 5th June 1976A prize of 240 pounds is shared between three friends in the ratio 1:2:5. Work out the smallest share.
  6. 6th June 1976A map has a scale of 1:20000. Two towns are 7cm apart on the map. Work out the real distance between them, in km.
  7. 7th June 1976Work out 3 + 6 x 2 - 4.
  8. 8th June 1976A 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.
  9. 9th June 1976Work out -3 - 6.
  10. 10th June 1976Work out -9 + 15.
  11. 11th June 1976In the food chain 'grass, rabbit, fox', name the primary consumer.
  12. 12th June 1976State one physical property that distinguishes a typical non-metal from a typical metal.
  13. 13th June 1976An astronaut has a mass of 70 kg on Earth. State her mass on the Moon, and explain why her weight on the Moon is less than her weight on Earth.
  14. 14th June 1976Using the periodic table, state whether the element chlorine (Cl) is a metal or a non-metal.
  15. 15th June 1976State one function of the human skeleton, other than support.
  16. 16th June 1976Name the enzyme found in saliva that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
  17. 17th June 1976A writer describes a bell as 'clanging its complaint into the empty square.' Name the poetic or literary technique used here.
  18. 18th June 1976Add the correct negative prefix to make this word mean 'not legal': legal.
  19. 19th June 1976Choose the correct word: We had ___ time to finish the test than we expected. (less / fewer)
  20. 20th June 1976What is the name for a poem written in stanzas of two lines each?
  21. 21st June 1976Explain why a poet might choose short, one-syllable words to describe the strike of a hammer, rather than longer, softer words.
  22. 22nd June 1976A climber notices 'his fingers had gone from cold to strangely warm.' What might this detail suggest to an alert reader?
  23. 23rd June 1976Choose the correct homophone to complete the sentence: The dog wagged ___ tail happily. (its / it's)
  24. 24th June 1976A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how a writer builds a sense of danger across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
  25. 25th June 1976A cinema charges 6.50 pounds for an adult ticket and 4.20 pounds for a child ticket. A family buys tickets for 2 adults and 3 children. Work out the total cost, without using a calculator.
  26. 26th June 1976Work out 40% of 65.
  27. 27th June 1976A jacket costs 65 pounds. Work out the cost after a 20% discount.
  28. 28th June 1976p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 8, p = 9. Work out p when q = 6.
  29. 29th June 1976Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  30. 30th June 1976Work out 5/6 of 90.