Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
February 1982 5-a-day
Every sheet in February 1982
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 1982Name the organ in the human body that produces insulin.
- 2nd February 1982A student reads the volume of liquid in a measuring cylinder. The bottom of the meniscus lines up exactly halfway between the 22 cm^3 and 24 cm^3 graduation marks. State the volume of liquid.
- 3rd February 1982A non-fiction text about volcanoes uses the heading "How an Eruption Happens." What is the purpose of this heading?
- 4th February 1982What is the name for a poem written in three-line stanzas?
- 5th February 1982A poem has four-line stanzas with an ABAB rhyme scheme throughout. What effect might this regular structure have on the reader?
- 6th February 1982Insert a colon in the correct place: The kit list included the following items a torch, a compass and a whistle.
- 7th February 1982Correct the subject-verb agreement error: The team of swimmers were training every morning.
- 8th February 1982A poem compares the fox's eyes to 'two small, cold coins.' Name this technique.
- 9th February 1982A 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?
- 10th February 1982Write down the coordinates of the point 3 units to the left of the origin and 5 units up.
- 11th February 1982A phone contract costs 18.50 pounds per month for 24 months, plus an upfront cost of 49 pounds. Work out the total cost of the contract.
- 12th February 1982Write 3/5 as a decimal.
- 13th February 1982Solve 3(2x - 1) = x + 17.
- 14th February 1982Describe the locus of points that are equidistant from two fixed points, A and B.
- 15th February 1982Expand and simplify (x + 5)(x - 3).
- 16th February 1982Simplify sqrt(75) - sqrt(12), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(3).
- 17th February 1982Work out 9.6 divided by 0.4.
- 18th February 1982Calculate 47 + 36.
- 19th February 1982A doctor records that a foetus is 38 weeks old. Given that human gestation lasts approximately 40 weeks, state approximately how many weeks of pregnancy remain.
- 20th February 1982A student adds a piece of unknown grey solid to dilute acid and no bubbles are produced, even after several minutes. Suggest whether the solid is a metal or a non-metal, and explain your reasoning.
- 21st February 1982State whether the north pole of one bar magnet placed near the north pole of a second bar magnet will attract or repel.
- 22nd February 1982A solution has pH 10. State whether it is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
- 23rd February 1982A 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.
- 24th February 1982Name the gas needed by the body for aerobic respiration to take place.
- 25th February 1982A student investigates how the mass of five different metal samples affects their volume, with mass as a continuous numerical variable. State whether a bar chart or a line graph is the more appropriate way to display these results.
- 26th February 1982A guide tells the group "we're nearly there" in a steady voice, but keeps glancing anxiously at the darkening sky. Explain what the contrast between his words and his glances suggests.
- 27th February 1982You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 28th February 1982Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.