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October 1978 5-a-day

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October 1978

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st October 1978State the name given to a value read from a graph beyond the range of the data that was actually measured.
  2. 2nd October 1978A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how the writer builds a sense of danger across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
  3. 3rd October 1978A travel article is written for a general newspaper audience rather than for expert climbers. How might its vocabulary and level of detail differ from a specialist mountaineering magazine?
  4. 4th October 1978In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The submersible's hull must withstand immense pressure at such depths, where a single flaw could prove catastrophic.' What does 'catastrophic' mean here?
  5. 5th October 1978Name the technique used in this slogan: Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
  6. 6th October 1978Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the alleyway at dusk.'
  7. 7th October 1978Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The station was BUSY."
  8. 8th October 1978Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the fruit stall."
  9. 9th October 1978Two coins are flipped at the same time. List all the possible outcomes, and find the probability of getting exactly one head.
  10. 10th October 1978A right-angled triangle has shorter sides of 5 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
  11. 11th October 1978The nth term of a sequence is 4n + 3. Work out the 20th term.
  12. 12th October 1978Work out 84 / 12.
  13. 13th October 1978A spinner can land on red, blue, green or yellow only. P(red) = 0.3, P(blue) = 0.25, P(green) = 0.2. Work out P(yellow).
  14. 14th October 1978The product of two consecutive positive integers is 132. Find the two integers.
  15. 15th October 1978p = 5, q = -2. Work out the value of 3p + q.
  16. 16th October 1978A bag has 4 yellow and 6 purple counters. Find the probability of picking a purple counter.
  17. 17th October 1978A 750 gram box of cereal costs 2.40 pounds, and a 500 gram box of the same cereal costs 1.70 pounds. Which box offers better value for money? Show your working.
  18. 18th October 1978A cell has a real width of 0.02 mm. In a drawing, the same cell is shown 4 mm wide. Calculate the magnification of the drawing.
  19. 19th October 1978Explain, using collision theory, why crushing a solid into a powder increases the rate of reaction.
  20. 20th October 1978State whether solar power is a renewable or a non-renewable energy resource.
  21. 21st October 1978A book rests on a table and does not move. Name the force from the table that balances the book's weight.
  22. 22nd October 1978Name the group in the periodic table that contains helium, neon and argon.
  23. 23rd October 1978A pupil measures a mass of 3.5 kg on a set of scales. Convert this mass to grams.
  24. 24th October 1978Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? A) The whistle blew; and the players stopped. B) The whistle blew; the players stopped at once.
  25. 25th October 1978In an extract, a character 'set down his tools without a word and walked out into the rain.' What might this action suggest about his state of mind?
  26. 26th October 1978A writer describes a clock as "ticking its patient warning through the empty hall." Name the poetic technique used here.
  27. 27th October 1978Punctuate this exchange, adding inverted commas, capital letters and any other punctuation needed: are you sure about this asked Leo his sister nodded without looking up
  28. 28th October 1978Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: The funfair was SCARY.
  29. 29th October 1978A speaker says 'Ninety per cent of our debate club members say it changed how they see arguments.' Name the technique used here.
  30. 30th October 1978A charity advert says: 'You could change a child's life today.' Which word directly addresses the reader, and what effect does this have?
  31. 31st October 1978Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9