Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
September 1979 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 1979
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1979State whether the north pole of one bar magnet placed near the north pole of a second bar magnet will attract or repel.
- 2nd September 1979A solution has pH 10. State whether it is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
- 3rd September 1979A diver swims from the surface down to a depth of 10 m in a swimming pool. State how the water pressure on her body changes as she swims deeper, and give a reason.
- 4th September 1979A pupil applies a force of 10 N to move an object 2 m in the direction of the force. Use work done = force x distance to calculate the work done.
- 5th September 1979A student wears safety goggles when heating a test tube of liquid over a Bunsen burner. State the hazard that the goggles help protect against.
- 6th September 1979A question asks you to "find and copy one word" meaning "extremely cold." Which of these fits: "freezing", "mild", "warm" or "humid"?
- 7th September 1979A factual article about volcanic islands is broken into sections titled 'How islands form', 'Life on the slopes' and 'Living with the risk'. What are these called, and what is their purpose?
- 8th September 1979You are asked to summarise a whole article in two sentences. What should you prioritise including?
- 9th September 1979Is the claim 'recycling is clearly the most important thing you can do for the planet' a fact or an opinion?
- 10th September 1979Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'Because the tide was rising, the children ran back up the beach.'
- 11th September 1979Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: mind the gap called the guard as the doors slid shut
- 12th September 1979Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "A trader called out his prices, and shoppers began to gather."
- 13th September 1979A survey of 40 students' favourite sport is shown in a pie chart. If football takes up a sector of 90 degrees, what percentage of students chose football?
- 14th September 1979p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 3, p = 20. Work out p when q = 12.
- 15th September 1979Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(2, -3) and B(-6, 9).
- 16th September 1979A train journey of 175 km takes 2.5 hours at a constant speed. Work out the speed in km/h.
- 17th September 1979A fair coin is flipped and a fair six-sided dice is rolled at the same time. Work out the probability of getting heads on the coin and a number greater than 4 on the dice.
- 18th September 1979Femi can complete a job alone in 2 hours, Grace can complete the same job alone in 3 hours, and Hassan can complete it alone in 6 hours. Working together at these constant rates, how long will it take them to complete the job?
- 19th September 1979Simplify 6a + 4b - 2a + 5b.
- 20th September 1979A car depreciates by 15% each year. It is worth 20,000 pounds now. Work out its value after 1 year.
- 21st September 1979Fatima earns 1800 pounds a month and saves 12% of her earnings. Calculate how much she saves each month.
- 22nd September 1979State whether human eye colour is an example of inherited variation, environmental variation, or both.
- 23rd September 1979State whether an exothermic reaction transfers energy to, or takes in energy from, the surroundings.
- 24th September 1979Name one non-renewable energy resource used to generate electricity, other than coal.
- 25th September 1979Name the five main kingdoms into which living things can be classified.
- 26th September 1979State the unit used to measure electric current.
- 27th September 1979State the name of the force that acts to slow down a moving object due to contact between two surfaces.
- 28th September 1979Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Last week, the team trains hard and wins every match.
- 29th September 1979An apprentice is described as 'chewing the inside of his cheek and avoiding his master's eye.' What does this suggest about how he feels?
- 30th September 1979Which word means the same as "cluttered" in a sentence describing a messy attic: "crammed", "empty", "tidy" or "spacious"?