Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
October 1979 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 1979
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1979Rewrite this line of dialogue to remove the overused adverb, showing the emotion instead: 'I'm not scared,' she said bravely.
- 2nd October 1979Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The lights flickered, and the music started on its own.
- 3rd October 1979Name the technique used in this line: New voices. New ideas. New confidence.
- 4th October 1979A leaflet states: 'Experts agree that recycling just one more item a week could transform our town's waste problem.' Name one persuasive technique used here.
- 5th October 1979Calculate the value of 7 + 2 x (6 - 3) x 2, showing your method.
- 6th October 1979y is directly proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 30. Work out the value of y when x = 8.
- 7th October 1979A prize fund of 150 pounds is shared between two clubs in the ratio 2:3. Work out the larger share.
- 8th October 1979In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 50 degrees and the hypotenuse is 14 cm. Work out the length of the side opposite angle A, to 1 decimal place.
- 9th October 1979Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(-5, -2) and B(9, 6).
- 10th October 1979A rectangle has an area of 84 cm^2 and a length of 9.6 cm. Work out its width, to 1 decimal place.
- 11th October 1979Decrease 350 pounds by 18%.
- 12th October 1979Work out 2/5 of 65.
- 13th October 1979Five pupils recorded the number of minutes they spent reading yesterday: 9, 13, 20, 11, 17. Find the mean number of minutes.
- 14th October 1979Name the organelle found in both plant and animal cells that is the site of aerobic respiration.
- 15th October 1979A block of wood has a mass of 60 g and a volume of 80 cm^3. Calculate its density.
- 16th October 1979A farmer weighing 900 N stands on the ground. Her boots have a total sole area of 0.03 m^2. Use pressure = force / area to calculate the pressure she exerts on the ground, giving your answer in Pa.
- 17th October 1979A ray of light travels from air into a glass block and bends towards the normal at the boundary. Name this effect.
- 18th October 1979Name one structure found in a plant cell that is not found in an animal cell.
- 19th October 1979State the name given to elements found in Group 1 of the periodic table.
- 20th October 1979A pupil's results table is missing units for one column, headed only 'Volume'. State why it is important to always include a unit in a column heading or with a numerical answer.
- 21st October 1979Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the handle was rusted solid, the door creaked open at last."
- 22nd October 1979Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: hurry up whispered Kofi we havent got much time
- 23rd October 1979A question asks you to 'state one reason why the train was delayed, using evidence from the text.' What kind of answer is required?
- 24th October 1979A diver notices 'a single brass buckle winking in the torchlight.' Which word suggests the buckle is briefly catching and reflecting the light?
- 25th October 1979In the phrase "silent, secret snow", which technique is being used?
- 26th October 1979What is a counter-argument, and why might a writer include one?
- 27th October 1979In the phrase "silent, snow-hushed streets", which technique is being used?
- 28th October 1979Calculate the perimeter of a rectangle measuring 14 cm by 8.5 cm.
- 29th October 1979A pack of 24 pencils costs 3.60 pounds. Work out the cost of one pencil.
- 30th October 1979Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 31st October 1979A parallelogram has base 12 cm and perpendicular height 5 cm. Work out its area.