Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
January 1977 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 1977
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1977A sample of matter has particles that are far apart and moving quickly in random directions. State which state of matter this describes.
- 2nd January 1977In 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.
- 3rd January 1977Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves through tiny pores called stomata.
- 4th January 1977Name the structure inside a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
- 5th January 1977Name the process of cell division that produces two genetically identical daughter cells for growth and repair.
- 6th January 1977A 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.
- 7th January 1977Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The map was old and torn."
- 8th January 1977Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the corridor at midnight.'
- 9th January 1977A writer describes a departure board as 'flickering through a list of cancellations like a nervous heartbeat.' Name the technique used.
- 10th January 1977A character 'held his breath without realising it' as he entered a dark passage. What does this suggest about his feelings?
- 11th January 1977A poem has four lines per stanza with the rhyme pattern ABAB. What is this pattern called?
- 12th January 1977Is the claim 'reading is obviously more rewarding than scrolling through a screen' a fact or an opinion?
- 13th January 1977A question asks you to explain "how the poet's feelings towards winter change across the poem." What should your answer focus on?
- 14th January 1977A triangular prism has a cross-sectional area of 15 cm^2 and a length of 12 cm. Calculate its volume.
- 15th January 1977Work out -4 - 7.
- 16th January 1977Find the highest common factor of 24 and 36.
- 17th January 1977Simplify 6x + 4 - 2x - 9.
- 18th January 1977A basket contains 15 lemons and 25 limes. Write the ratio of lemons to limes in its simplest form.
- 19th January 1977Calculate 56 + 29.
- 20th January 1977Work out 20 - 3 x 4.
- 21st January 1977A number is tripled and then 5 is added, giving 32. Form an equation and find the number.
- 22nd January 1977Simplify the ratio 18:24 to its simplest form.
- 23rd January 1977A polar bear has thick white fur. State whether this is a structural or a behavioural adaptation, and explain why.
- 24th January 1977State whether reactivity increases or decreases going down Group 1, the alkali metals.
- 25th January 1977State the law of reflection.
- 26th January 1977A student shouts and hears an echo 0.6 s later off a distant wall. Given the speed of sound in air is 340 m/s, calculate the total distance travelled by the sound (there and back).
- 27th January 1977A ball is dropped from a height and falls freely towards the ground. State the type of energy the ball gains as it speeds up.
- 28th January 1977A pupil applies a force of 8 N to a spring and it extends by 4 cm. Use spring constant = force / extension to calculate the spring constant, in N/cm.
- 29th January 1977In an extract, a character 'chewed his lip and stared at his shoes.' What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
- 30th January 1977Add a colon to this sentence in the correct place: The expedition needed three things warm clothing enough food and a reliable map.
- 31st January 1977Choose the correct word: There were ___ people at the concert than last year. (less / fewer)