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November 1978 5-a-day

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November 1978

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st November 1978Write 0.00042 in standard form.
  2. 2nd November 1978A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
  3. 3rd November 1978p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
  4. 4th November 1978The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
  5. 5th November 1978A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
  6. 6th November 1978A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
  7. 7th November 1978Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.
  8. 8th November 1978A box contains 7 yellow pencils, 5 blue pencils and 3 green pencils. A pencil is picked at random. Find the probability that it is not blue.
  9. 9th November 1978State one structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
  10. 10th November 1978A sample of matter has particles that are far apart and moving quickly in random directions. State which state of matter this describes.
  11. 11th November 1978In 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.
  12. 12th November 1978Name the type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart under high pressure.
  13. 13th November 1978State whether gold is a very reactive or a very unreactive metal, given that it is found in the Earth as the pure metal rather than in a compound.
  14. 14th November 1978A wave has a wavelength of 2 m and a frequency of 5 Hz. Use wave speed = frequency x wavelength to calculate its speed.
  15. 15th November 1978Before starting a watering investigation, a pupil writes this prediction: a plant given more water each day will grow taller than one given less water. State one piece of scientific reasoning that could support this prediction.
  16. 16th November 1978Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The map was old and torn."
  17. 17th November 1978Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the corridor at midnight.'
  18. 18th November 1978A writer describes a departure board as 'flickering through a list of cancellations like a nervous heartbeat.' Name the technique used.
  19. 19th November 1978A character 'held his breath without realising it' as he entered a dark passage. What does this suggest about his feelings?
  20. 20th November 1978A poem has four lines per stanza with the rhyme pattern ABAB. What is this pattern called?
  21. 21st November 1978Is the claim 'reading is obviously more rewarding than scrolling through a screen' a fact or an opinion?
  22. 22nd November 1978A question asks you to explain "how the poet's feelings towards winter change across the poem." What should your answer focus on?
  23. 23rd November 1978Calculate the circumference of a circle with a radius of 9 cm. Use pi = 3.14.
  24. 24th November 1978Work out -4 - 7.
  25. 25th November 1978Find the highest common factor of 24 and 36.
  26. 26th November 1978Simplify 6x + 4 - 2x - 9.
  27. 27th November 1978A basket contains 15 lemons and 25 limes. Write the ratio of lemons to limes in its simplest form.
  28. 28th November 1978Calculate 56 + 29.
  29. 29th November 1978Work out 20 - 3 x 4.
  30. 30th November 1978A number is tripled and then 5 is added, giving 32. Form an equation and find the number.