Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
September 1978 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 1978
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1978A right-angled triangle has hypotenuse 17 cm and one leg of 8 cm. Calculate the length of the other leg.
- 2nd September 1978The first three terms of the triangular numbers are 1, 3, 6. If the pattern continues in the same way, what is the next term after 6?
- 3rd September 1978State one way bile helps with the digestion of fats.
- 4th September 1978In the reactivity series, state which is more reactive: zinc or copper.
- 5th September 1978The Sun is much larger than the Earth. State what type of object the Sun is, and name the force that keeps the Earth in orbit around it.
- 6th September 1978Name the type of rock formed when layers of sediment, such as sand or mud, are compressed together over a long period of time.
- 7th September 1978Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
- 8th September 1978A cylinder of gas is labelled with a diamond-shaped symbol showing a black flame on an orange background. State what hazard this symbol represents.
- 9th September 1978A writer describes rising ocean temperatures as "a slow-burning threat to one of the planet's most colourful ecosystems." Explain what effect the phrase "slow-burning" has on the reader.
- 10th September 1978A poem compares loneliness to 'an empty chair at a crowded table.' Name this technique.
- 11th September 1978Explain why a poet might choose an irregular, unpredictable rhythm to describe a storm, rather than a steady, regular one.
- 12th September 1978Choose the correct homophone: ___ going to be late if the bus does not arrive soon. (Whose / Who's)
- 13th September 1978Identify the subordinate clause in this sentence: Because the fire alarm sounded, everyone left the building calmly.
- 14th September 1978What is the term for a poem that continues a sentence or idea from one line to the next without a pause?
- 15th September 1978What do the letters PAF stand for when analysing a non-fiction text?
- 16th September 1978Find the gradient of the line joining (1, 4) and (5, 16).
- 17th September 1978Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(-3, 5) and B(7, -1).
- 18th September 1978Find 3/8 of 64.
- 19th September 1978A shop increases a price by 25%, then later reduces the new price by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change from the original price.
- 20th September 1978An open-top fish tank, with no lid, is a cuboid with length 50 cm, width 30 cm and height 25 cm. Work out the total area of glass needed to make the tank.
- 21st September 1978In a right-angled triangle, the hypotenuse is 13 cm and one other side is 5 cm. Work out the size of the angle opposite the 5 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
- 22nd September 1978A triangle has sides 7 cm and 9 cm with an included angle of 50 degrees. Work out its area, to 1 decimal place.
- 23rd September 1978Work out the mean of 8, 12, 15, 9 and 11.
- 24th September 1978Find 25% of 84 pounds.
- 25th September 1978Name the organelle in a plant cell that contains chlorophyll and is the site of photosynthesis.
- 26th September 1978State the colour universal indicator turns in a strong alkali.
- 27th September 1978A student doubles the frequency of a wave while keeping its speed the same. State what happens to the wavelength.
- 28th September 1978Two identical bulbs are each connected on their own to an identical battery. State how the brightness of a bulb connected on its own compares with an identical bulb connected in series with a second bulb to the same type of battery.
- 29th September 1978State how long it takes, approximately, for the Moon to orbit the Earth once.
- 30th September 1978State the word equation for aerobic respiration.