Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
June 1982 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1982
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1982What is the term for a poem that continues a sentence or idea from one line to the next without a pause?
- 2nd June 1982Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 3rd June 1982Find the midpoint of the line segment joining (-4, 2) and (6, -8).
- 4th June 1982The nth term of a sequence is 5n - 2. Work out the 15th term.
- 5th June 1982Find 3/8 of 64.
- 6th June 19823/4 of a number is 54. Work out 5/6 of the same number.
- 7th June 1982Work out the size of each interior angle of a regular decagon (10 sides).
- 8th June 1982In a right-angled triangle, the hypotenuse is 13 cm and one other side is 5 cm. Work out the size of the angle opposite the 5 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
- 9th June 1982A triangle has sides 7 cm and 9 cm with an included angle of 50 degrees. Work out its area, to 1 decimal place.
- 10th June 1982Work out the mean of 8, 12, 15, 9 and 11.
- 11th June 1982Find 25% of 84 pounds.
- 12th June 1982Name the joint type found in the hip, and state one other place in the body where this same joint type is found.
- 13th June 1982Complete the word equation: hydrochloric acid + sodium hydroxide produces ___ + ___.
- 14th June 1982State one way, other than increasing the current, to increase the strength of an electromagnet made from a coil of wire around an iron core.
- 15th June 1982State what happens to the current in a series circuit if an extra identical bulb is added, assuming the battery voltage stays the same.
- 16th June 1982Name the organ system that carries electrical signals around the body to allow a fast reflex reaction, such as pulling a hand away from something hot.
- 17th June 1982State whether an acid has a pH value above or below 7.
- 18th June 1982A hazard symbol shows a skull and crossbones on an orange background. State what hazard this represents.
- 19th June 1982A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how the writer builds a sense of danger across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
- 20th June 1982A travel article is written for a general newspaper audience rather than for expert climbers. How might its vocabulary and level of detail differ from a specialist mountaineering magazine?
- 21st June 1982In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The submersible's hull must withstand immense pressure at such depths, where a single flaw could prove catastrophic.' What does 'catastrophic' mean here?
- 22nd June 1982Name the technique used in this slogan: Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
- 23rd June 1982Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the alleyway at dusk.'
- 24th June 1982Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The station was BUSY."
- 25th June 1982Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the fruit stall."
- 26th June 1982A fair six-sided dice is rolled once. Find the probability of rolling a number greater than 4.
- 27th June 1982A right-angled triangle has shorter sides of 5 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
- 28th June 1982The nth term of a sequence is 4n + 3. Work out the 20th term.
- 29th June 1982Work out 84 / 12.
- 30th June 1982A class recorded how many books each of 25 students read in a month: 5 students read 0-2 books, 12 students read 3-5 books, and 8 students read 6-8 books. Using midpoints 1, 4 and 7, estimate the mean number of books read.