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June 1982 5-a-day

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June 1982

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

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.

  1. 1st June 1982What is the term for a poem that continues a sentence or idea from one line to the next without a pause?
  2. 2nd June 1982Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
  3. 3rd June 1982Find the midpoint of the line segment joining (-4, 2) and (6, -8).
  4. 4th June 1982The nth term of a sequence is 5n - 2. Work out the 15th term.
  5. 5th June 1982Find 3/8 of 64.
  6. 6th June 19823/4 of a number is 54. Work out 5/6 of the same number.
  7. 7th June 1982Work out the size of each interior angle of a regular decagon (10 sides).
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 10th June 1982Work out the mean of 8, 12, 15, 9 and 11.
  11. 11th June 1982Find 25% of 84 pounds.
  12. 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.
  13. 13th June 1982Complete the word equation: hydrochloric acid + sodium hydroxide produces ___ + ___.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 17th June 1982State whether an acid has a pH value above or below 7.
  18. 18th June 1982A hazard symbol shows a skull and crossbones on an orange background. State what hazard this represents.
  19. 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?
  20. 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?
  21. 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?
  22. 22nd June 1982Name the technique used in this slogan: Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
  23. 23rd June 1982Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the alleyway at dusk.'
  24. 24th June 1982Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The station was BUSY."
  25. 25th June 1982Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the fruit stall."
  26. 26th June 1982A fair six-sided dice is rolled once. Find the probability of rolling a number greater than 4.
  27. 27th June 1982A right-angled triangle has shorter sides of 5 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
  28. 28th June 1982The nth term of a sequence is 4n + 3. Work out the 20th term.
  29. 29th June 1982Work out 84 / 12.
  30. 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.