Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
April 1977 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 1977
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 1977On a microscope, the eyepiece lens has a magnification of x10 and the objective lens in use has a magnification of x40. Calculate the total magnification.
- 2nd April 1977In 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.
- 3rd April 1977Name one non-renewable energy resource used to generate electricity, other than coal.
- 4th April 1977Name the five main kingdoms into which living things can be classified.
- 5th April 1977A solid is heated until it turns directly into a gas without becoming a liquid first. Name this change of state.
- 6th April 1977State the approximate time it takes for light from the Sun to reach the Earth.
- 7th April 1977Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Last week, the team trains hard and wins every match.
- 8th April 1977In the sentence 'The old clock in the hallway ticked with the patience of a watchman,' which word gives the clock a human quality?
- 9th April 1977A character mutters "It's nothing" while quickly hiding a letter in his pocket. Explain what the contrast between his words and actions suggests.
- 10th April 1977Explain one way an ending can 'connect back' to the opening of a story.
- 11th April 1977Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: Although the fair had closed years ago, the carousel still turned.
- 12th April 1977Give one example of emotive language a speaker might use to persuade pupils that public speaking is worth the risk.
- 13th April 1977A leaflet states: 'Experts agree that recycling just one more item a week could transform our town's waste problem.' Name one persuasive technique used here.
- 14th April 1977Round 4826 to the nearest hundred.
- 15th April 1977The three angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. Work out the size of the largest angle.
- 16th April 1977Without a calculator, work out 35% of 220.
- 17th April 1977Solve x^2 + 4x - 21 = 0.
- 18th April 1977A motorbike valued at 5,500 pounds depreciates by 18% in its first year. Work out its value at the end of the first year.
- 19th April 1977Work out 4.7 x 3.6, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
- 20th April 1977A car travels 189 miles using 7 gallons of fuel. Work out the miles per gallon.
- 21st April 1977A pair of trainers costs 45 pounds. The price increases by 20%. Work out the new price.
- 22nd April 1977A bag contains 5 red counters and 7 blue counters. Two counters are taken from the bag at random, one after the other, without replacement. Find the probability that both counters are the same colour.
- 23rd April 1977Put these organs in the order food passes through them during digestion: large intestine, mouth, stomach, small intestine, oesophagus.
- 24th April 1977A pupil finds the volume of an irregular stone using a measuring cylinder. The water level rises from 35 cm^3 to 52 cm^3 when the stone is added. The stone has a mass of 42.5 g. Calculate the density of the stone, giving your answer to 2 significant figures.
- 25th April 1977State whether the main force acting when a compass needle points north is a contact force or a non-contact force.
- 26th April 1977A ray of light travels from air into a glass block and bends towards the normal at the boundary. Name this effect.
- 27th April 1977Name one structure found in a plant cell that is not found in an animal cell.
- 28th April 1977State the name of the process by which oxygen moves from the air in the lungs into the blood.
- 29th April 1977A pupil's results table is missing units for one column, headed only 'Volume'. State why it is important to always include a unit in a column heading or with a numerical answer.
- 30th April 1977Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: dont go any further whispered grace something isnt right down here