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October 1980 5-a-day

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October 1980

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st October 1980An L-shaped room is made from a 6 m by 4 m rectangle with a 2 m by 3 m rectangle removed from one corner. Calculate the area of the room.
  2. 2nd October 1980Work out -4 - 7.
  3. 3rd October 1980Find the highest common factor of 24 and 36.
  4. 4th October 1980Simplify 6x + 4 - 2x - 9.
  5. 5th October 1980A basket contains 15 lemons and 25 limes. Write the ratio of lemons to limes in its simplest form.
  6. 6th October 1980Calculate 56 + 29.
  7. 7th October 1980Work out 20 - 3 x 4.
  8. 8th October 1980A number is tripled and then 5 is added, giving 32. Form an equation and find the number.
  9. 9th October 1980Simplify the ratio 18:24 to its simplest form.
  10. 10th October 1980In the food chain 'grass, rabbit, fox', name the primary consumer.
  11. 11th October 1980State one physical property that distinguishes a typical non-metal from a typical metal.
  12. 12th October 1980A cliff is 170 m from a person who claps and hears the echo. Use distance = speed x time and a speed of sound of 340 m/s to calculate how long after the clap the echo is heard.
  13. 13th October 1980State the number of protons found in an atom of oxygen, given that oxygen's atomic number is 8.
  14. 14th October 1980State one function of the human skeleton, other than support.
  15. 15th October 1980Name the enzyme found in saliva that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
  16. 16th October 1980In an extract, a character 'chewed his lip and stared at his shoes.' What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
  17. 17th October 1980Add a colon to this sentence in the correct place: The expedition needed three things warm clothing enough food and a reliable map.
  18. 18th October 1980Choose the correct word: There were ___ people at the concert than last year. (less / fewer)
  19. 19th October 1980Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The branches creaked and clawed at the window'?
  20. 20th October 1980Find and copy one word from 'the anvil's patient, unmoving weight' that gives the anvil a human quality.
  21. 21st October 1980Which word class is 'desperately' in 'He desperately searched for a handhold'?
  22. 22nd October 1980Correct the punctuation in this sentence, which reports direct speech: she shouted watch out and pulled her brother back from the road
  23. 23rd October 1980A question asks you to "find and copy one phrase" meaning "completely dark." Which of these fits: "pitch black", "faintly lit", "clear blue" or "softly glowing"?
  24. 24th October 1980A cinema charges 6.50 pounds for an adult ticket and 4.20 pounds for a child ticket. A family buys tickets for 2 adults and 3 children. Work out the total cost, without using a calculator.
  25. 25th October 1980Convert 2 hours 15 minutes into minutes.
  26. 26th October 1980Find 2/9 of 63.
  27. 27th October 1980Write 5.4 x 10^4 as an ordinary number.
  28. 28th October 1980A recipe needs 250 g of flour to make 8 muffins. Work out how much flour is needed to make 20 muffins at the same recipe strength.
  29. 29th October 1980Write 0.72 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  30. 30th October 1980A dice has its six faces numbered 1 to 6, arranged so opposite faces always add up to 7. The face showing 2 is on top, and the face showing 3 is facing you. Work out which number is on the bottom face, and which number is on the face directly opposite the one facing you.
  31. 31st October 1980A cuboid has dimensions 6 cm by 4 cm by 3 cm. Calculate its volume.