Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
August 1979 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1979
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1979Work out (4 + 3) x (9 - 5).
- 2nd August 1979y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 32. Work out y when x = 6.
- 3rd August 1979Write the ratio 18:24 in its simplest form.
- 4th August 1979Work out 8.4 x 6, using a written method.
- 5th August 1979At a small maths club meeting, every one of the 8 members shakes hands with every other member exactly once. Work out the total number of handshakes.
- 6th August 1979State the order of rotational symmetry and the number of lines of symmetry of a regular pentagon.
- 7th August 1979Write the next two terms of the sequence: 3, 7, 11, 15, ...
- 8th August 1979A food sample turns from blue to brick-red when Benedict's solution is added and the mixture is heated. State which nutrient this positive result shows is present.
- 9th August 1979State the method used to extract aluminium from its ore, and explain why this method is needed rather than reduction with carbon.
- 10th August 1979Write the number 0.048706 to 2 significant figures.
- 11th August 1979State the name of the rock type formed when magma cools and solidifies underground.
- 12th August 1979A pupil measures the volume of a gas produced in a reaction every 30 seconds. State whether the volume of gas is the independent or the dependent variable.
- 13th August 1979Amara is investigating how the mass of a paper cone affects how long it takes to fall from a fixed height. State the independent variable and the dependent variable in this investigation.
- 14th August 1979In a factual text, is the sentence "Hot air balloons were first flown in France in 1783" a fact or an opinion?
- 15th August 1979A poem repeats the phrase 'and still it climbed' at the end of every stanza. What is this technique called, and what might its effect be?
- 16th August 1979Find and copy one word from the phrase 'the old clock ticked its patient rhythm' that gives the clock a human quality.
- 17th August 1979Which punctuation mark correctly joins these two sentences without adding a joining word: 'The coach was late the pupils waited in the hall.'?
- 18th August 1979Choose the correct word: I'm not sure ___ my umbrella is. (where / were / we're)
- 19th August 1979A poem is written in a single, unbroken stanza with no rhyme. What effect might this create?
- 20th August 1979A magazine article about volcanoes is broken into sections titled 'How volcanoes form', 'Famous eruptions' and 'Living near a volcano'. What are these called, and what is their purpose?
- 21st August 1979Write down the coordinates of the point 3 units to the left of the origin and 5 units up.
- 22nd August 1979A survey asked 20 people how many pets they own: 5 people own 0 pets, 8 own 1 pet, 4 own 2 pets, and 3 own 3 pets. Work out the mean number of pets owned.
- 23rd August 1979Write 0.72 as a percentage.
- 24th August 1979A recipe for 8 people uses flour, sugar and butter in the ratio 4 : 3 : 1 by weight, totalling 800 g. Work out how many grams of sugar are needed to make the recipe for 12 people.
- 25th August 1979A circle has a radius of 10 cm. Work out the area of a sector with an angle of 72 degrees at the centre, giving your answer to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
- 26th August 1979A chord divides a circle so that the angle at the centre is 130 degrees. Work out the angle at the circumference subtended by the same chord, on the major arc.
- 27th August 1979Factorise 2x^2 + 7x + 3.
- 28th August 1979A recipe uses 3 eggs for every 240 g of flour. Work out how many grams of flour are needed for 7 eggs, at the same ratio.
- 29th August 1979Work out 5 + 4 x 3 - 2.
- 30th August 1979Name the male gamete and the female gamete involved in human reproduction.
- 31st August 1979Name the acid that produces nitrate salts.