Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
February 1979 5-a-day
Every sheet in February 1979
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 1979A survey asked 25 people how many books they read last month: 6 people read 0, 10 read 1, 6 read 2, 3 read 3. Work out the mean number of books read.
- 2nd February 1979Work out 60% of 45.
- 3rd February 1979A scatter graph plots the number of hours 10 students spent revising against their test scores. The points show that more hours of revision is generally associated with a higher test score, though not perfectly. Describe the type of correlation shown, and state one thing this correlation does not prove.
- 4th February 1979Simplify (3x^2 y^3)^2 divided by 9x^3 y^4, giving your answer as simply as possible.
- 5th February 1979Expand 4(3x + 2).
- 6th February 1979Work out 12.6 divided by 0.3.
- 7th February 1979Calculate the simple interest earned on 600 pounds saved for 3 years at an annual rate of 4%.
- 8th February 1979Name the specialised cell in humans that is adapted with a long tail and many mitochondria to swim toward an egg cell.
- 9th February 1979State what happens to a catalyst during a chemical reaction.
- 10th February 1979A wind turbine and a coal power station both generate electricity, but only one of them directly burns fuel to boil water into steam. State which one this is, and name the component that this steam turns.
- 11th February 1979A car accelerates from rest to 20 m/s in 4 s. Calculate its acceleration, using acceleration = change in velocity / time.
- 12th February 1979A trolley of mass 2 kg is raised to a height of 5 m. Use GPE = mass x gravitational field strength x height (g = 10 N/kg) to calculate its gravitational potential energy.
- 13th February 1979Name the planet in our solar system that is closest to the Sun.
- 14th February 1979Add an apostrophe in the correct place: The two teams kits were both muddy after the match. (There is one kit set per team, and two teams in total.)
- 15th February 1979In the sentence 'The old clock in the hallway ticked with the patience of a watchman,' which word gives the clock a human quality?
- 16th February 1979A character mutters "It's nothing" while quickly hiding a letter in his pocket. Explain what the contrast between his words and actions suggests.
- 17th February 1979Explain one way an ending can 'connect back' to the opening of a story.
- 18th February 1979Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: Although the fair had closed years ago, the carousel still turned.
- 19th February 1979Give one example of emotive language a speaker might use to persuade pupils that public speaking is worth the risk.
- 20th February 1979A speech opens with the line: 'Imagine losing your home in a single night.' What technique is this, and why is it an effective opening?
- 21st February 1979Round 4826 to the nearest hundred.
- 22nd February 1979p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 4, p = 15. Work out the value of p when q = 10.
- 23rd February 1979Without a calculator, work out 35% of 220.
- 24th February 1979Solve x^2 + 4x - 21 = 0.
- 25th February 1979A motorbike valued at 5,500 pounds depreciates by 18% in its first year. Work out its value at the end of the first year.
- 26th February 1979Work out 4.7 x 3.6, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
- 27th February 1979A car travels 189 miles using 7 gallons of fuel. Work out the miles per gallon.
- 28th February 1979A pair of trainers costs 45 pounds. The price increases by 20%. Work out the new price.