Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
June 1977 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1977
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1977Work out 56 / 7.
- 2nd June 1977In 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.
- 3rd June 1977Work out 3/4 of 148.
- 4th June 1977Share 156 pounds between two people in the ratio 7:6.
- 5th June 1977At a small maths club meeting, every one of the 8 members shakes hands with every other member exactly once. Work out the total number of handshakes.
- 6th June 1977Convert 4.2 metres into centimetres.
- 7th June 1977Using the formula v = u + at, find v when u = 5, a = 3 and t = 4.
- 8th June 1977A food sample turns from blue to brick-red when Benedict's solution is added and the mixture is heated. State which nutrient this positive result shows is present.
- 9th June 1977State the method used to extract aluminium from its ore, and explain why this method is needed rather than reduction with carbon.
- 10th June 1977A pupil rubs a plastic rod with a cloth, giving the rod a negative electric charge. She then holds the rod near small pieces of paper on a table. State what she would observe, and explain why, in terms of electric charge.
- 11th June 1977In the food chain grass, rabbit, fox, where grass is eaten by rabbits and rabbits are eaten by foxes, name the organism that is the producer.
- 12th June 1977A pupil measures the volume of a gas produced in a reaction every 30 seconds. State whether the volume of gas is the independent or the dependent variable.
- 13th June 1977A thermometer has graduations every 1 degree C. A student takes a single temperature reading of 40 degrees C. Calculate the percentage uncertainty in this reading.
- 14th June 1977A text about coral reefs moves from explaining what coral is, to how reefs form, to why they are under threat. What is this structure called?
- 15th June 1977Explain why a poet might use short, one-word lines to describe a sudden event, such as an accident.
- 16th June 1977A poem compares grief to 'a stone carried in the pocket, never quite forgotten.' Name this technique.
- 17th June 1977Correct the tense error: Last week, the choir practises for two hours every evening.
- 18th June 1977Punctuate this exchange between two speakers, starting a new line for each: are you ready asked sam almost said priya
- 19th June 1977Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The streetlamp's silver stare slid over its fur'?
- 20th June 1977Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 21st June 1977Find the midpoint of the line segment joining (-4, 2) and (6, -8).
- 22nd June 1977A survey asked 20 people how many pets they own: 5 people own 0 pets, 8 own 1 pet, 4 own 2 pets, and 3 own 3 pets. Work out the mean number of pets owned.
- 23rd June 1977Find 35% of 180.
- 24th June 1977A recipe for 8 people uses flour, sugar and butter in the ratio 4 : 3 : 1 by weight, totalling 800 g. Work out how many grams of sugar are needed to make the recipe for 12 people.
- 25th June 1977A circle has a radius of 10 cm. Work out the area of a sector with an angle of 72 degrees at the centre, giving your answer to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
- 26th June 1977Simplify sqrt(45) + sqrt(20), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(5).
- 27th June 1977A chord subtends an angle of 76 degrees at the centre of a circle. Work out the angle it subtends at the circumference, on the major arc.
- 28th June 1977A journey of 84 km takes 1 hour 45 minutes. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 29th June 1977A car travels 210 km in 3.5 hours at a constant speed. Calculate how far it would travel in 5 hours at the same speed.
- 30th June 1977Name the male gamete and the female gamete involved in human reproduction.