Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
June 1979 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1979
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1979On a microscope, the eyepiece lens has a magnification of x10 and the objective lens in use has a magnification of x40. Calculate the total magnification.
- 2nd June 1979In the disappearing cross experiment, a student times how long it takes for a cross under the flask to disappear from view. Explain why a shorter time indicates a faster reaction.
- 3rd June 1979State one reason, other than cost, why a country might want to reduce its reliance on non-renewable energy resources such as coal and oil.
- 4th June 1979State whether a frog is classified as a vertebrate or an invertebrate, and give a reason.
- 5th June 1979A solid is heated until it turns directly into a gas without becoming a liquid first. Name this change of state.
- 6th June 1979State the approximate time it takes for light from the Sun to reach the Earth.
- 7th June 1979This sentence contains a comma splice: The match ended in a draw, both teams were happy. Correct it in one way.
- 8th June 1979A writer describes sawdust as 'settling like a light snowfall over every surface.' Name the technique used.
- 9th June 1979In an extract, a character "kept glancing at the door and twisting the strap of her bag." What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
- 10th June 1979Write one short sentence (no more than five words) suitable for a moment of sudden shock in a story.
- 11th June 1979Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The gates creaked open.
- 12th June 1979What is the effect of directly addressing an audience as 'you' in a speech?
- 13th June 1979A campaign letter opens with a short, true story about one family affected by flooding, before giving any statistics. What is this technique called, and why might a writer use it first?
- 14th June 1979Express 60 as a product of its prime factors, then use this to find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 60 and 24.
- 15th June 1979The three angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. Work out the size of the largest angle.
- 16th June 1979A cafe sells 3 coffees at 2.40 pounds each and 2 teas at 1.60 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.
- 17th June 1979y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 45. Work out y when x = 5.
- 18th June 1979A survey asked 30 people how many siblings they have: 9 have 0, 12 have 1, 6 have 2, 3 have 3. Work out the mean number of siblings.
- 19th June 1979A machine produces 480 items in a day that lasts 7.5 hours. Work out the number of items produced per hour.
- 20th June 1979Work out 6^2 - sqrt(49).
- 21st June 1979Write 0.6 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 22nd June 1979Two fair coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting at least one tail.
- 23rd June 1979Which of the seven life processes describes an organism getting rid of waste products made inside its body?
- 24th June 1979State the name of the change of state when a solid changes directly into a liquid.
- 25th June 1979A trolley of mass 20 kg is pushed with a resultant force of 60 N. Use force = mass x acceleration to calculate its acceleration.
- 26th June 1979Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves through tiny pores called stomata.
- 27th June 1979Name the structure inside a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
- 28th June 1979State the name of the process by which oxygen moves from the air in the lungs into the blood.
- 29th June 1979A pupil is choosing between two thermometers to measure a temperature change of about 5 degrees C: one has markings every 2 degrees C, and the other has markings every 0.2 degrees C. State which thermometer would give the more precise reading, and explain why.
- 30th June 1979Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the map in the drawer."