Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
October 1982 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 1982
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1982A car's value depreciates from 18,000 pounds to 14,400 pounds in one year. Work out the percentage decrease.
- 2nd October 1982Work out 9 x 7.
- 3rd October 1982State the name of the structure that allows oxygen and nutrients to pass from a mother's blood to her developing foetus.
- 4th October 1982Name the salt produced when zinc reacts with sulfuric acid.
- 5th October 1982State whether sound is a transverse wave or a longitudinal wave.
- 6th October 1982Name the organ that produces bile, which helps to digest fats.
- 7th October 1982State whether melting ice is a physical change or a chemical change, and give a reason.
- 8th October 1982Name the type of teeth used mainly for cutting food.
- 9th October 1982State why it is good practice to run a quick preliminary (trial) experiment before starting the main investigation.
- 10th October 1982Which word means the same as "exhausted" in a sentence describing tired climbers: "drained", "energetic", "cheerful" or "restless"?
- 11th October 1982A biography states that a person 'taught herself to read at six using her grandfather's newspapers, and published her first book by twenty.' What can a reader infer about this person's character from these facts?
- 12th October 1982A travel brochure and a science textbook both describe coral reefs. Which is more likely to use exaggerated, emotive language, and why?
- 13th October 1982A leaflet states 'You could help save a hundred bottles a year.' Which word directly addresses the reader?
- 14th October 1982Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The rain fell steadily.'
- 15th October 1982Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the suitcase on the platform."
- 16th October 1982Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Crates of fruit lined the pavement."
- 17th October 1982A bag contains only red and yellow beads. The probability of picking a red bead is 0.65. If there are 140 beads in total, how many are yellow?
- 18th October 1982Solve x^2 - 5x + 6 = 0.
- 19th October 1982A survey asked 25 people how many books they read last month: 6 people read 0, 10 read 1, 6 read 2, 3 read 3. Work out the mean number of books read.
- 20th October 1982Work out 60% of 45.
- 21st October 1982Two hockey teams recorded the number of goals they scored in their last 5 matches. Team A: 2, 3, 2, 4, 4. Team B: 0, 1, 5, 6, 3. Compare the two teams by working out the mean and the range for each.
- 22nd October 1982Simplify sqrt(50) - sqrt(8), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(2).
- 23rd October 1982Expand 4(3x + 2).
- 24th October 1982Work out 12.6 divided by 0.3.
- 25th October 1982A laptop is on sale for 340 pounds after a 15% reduction. Calculate its original price.
- 26th October 1982A pupil views onion cells under a microscope after adding a drop of iodine solution to the slide. State why the iodine solution was added.
- 27th October 1982A student dissolves ammonium nitrate in water and the temperature of the solution falls. State whether this process is exothermic or endothermic.
- 28th October 1982A car's velocity increases from 5 m/s to 17 m/s in 4 seconds. Use acceleration = change in velocity / time taken to calculate its acceleration.
- 29th October 1982Name the reaction type in which a fuel reacts with oxygen, releasing energy as heat and light.
- 30th October 1982Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves.
- 31st October 1982Name the process used to neutralise an acid using an alkali.