Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
July 1983 5-a-day
Every sheet in July 1983
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 1983Name the organelle found in both plant and animal cells that is the site of aerobic respiration.
- 2nd July 1983A block of wood has a mass of 60 g and a volume of 80 cm^3. Calculate its density.
- 3rd July 1983A farmer weighing 900 N stands on the ground. Her boots have a total sole area of 0.03 m^2. Use pressure = force / area to calculate the pressure she exerts on the ground, giving your answer in Pa.
- 4th July 1983Name the process by which cells release energy from glucose using oxygen.
- 5th July 1983Name one renewable energy resource.
- 6th July 1983Name the process of cell division that produces two genetically identical daughter cells for growth and repair.
- 7th July 1983A pupil's teacher suggests using a data logger to measure temperature every second during an experiment, instead of a pupil reading a thermometer every minute. Suggest one advantage of using a data logger in this experiment.
- 8th July 1983Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the handle was rusted solid, the door creaked open at last."
- 9th July 1983Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: hurry up whispered Kofi we havent got much time
- 10th July 1983A question asks you to 'state one reason why the train was delayed, using evidence from the text.' What kind of answer is required?
- 11th July 1983A diver notices 'a single brass buckle winking in the torchlight.' Which word suggests the buckle is briefly catching and reflecting the light?
- 12th July 1983In the phrase "silent, secret snow", which technique is being used?
- 13th July 1983What is a counter-argument, and why might a writer include one?
- 14th July 1983In the phrase "silent, snow-hushed streets", which technique is being used?
- 15th July 1983Calculate the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 9 cm.
- 16th July 1983A pack of 24 pencils costs 3.60 pounds. Work out the cost of one pencil.
- 17th July 1983Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 18th July 1983A parallelogram has base 12 cm and perpendicular height 5 cm. Work out its area.
- 19th July 19833 workers can paint a fence in 8 hours, working at the same constant rate. How long would it take 4 workers to paint the same fence?
- 20th July 1983Find 10% of 95 pounds.
- 21st July 1983Work out 9 x 8.
- 22nd July 1983A coat costs 80 pounds. It is reduced by 35% in a sale. Work out the sale price.
- 23rd July 1983Work out 15% of 60.
- 24th July 1983A polar bear has thick white fur. State whether this is a structural or a behavioural adaptation, and explain why.
- 25th July 1983State whether reactivity increases or decreases going down Group 1, the alkali metals.
- 26th July 1983A ray of light travels from air into a glass block. State whether the ray bends towards the normal or away from the normal as it enters the glass.
- 27th July 1983Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
- 28th July 1983A ball is dropped from a height and falls freely towards the ground. State the type of energy the ball gains as it speeds up.
- 29th July 1983A pupil applies a force of 8 N to a spring and it extends by 4 cm. Use spring constant = force / extension to calculate the spring constant, in N/cm.
- 30th July 1983A question asks you to 'summarise the passage in your own words.' What must you avoid doing when answering it?
- 31st July 1983Is the relative clause in this sentence defining or non-defining, and should it have commas: 'The teacher who marked our essays gave detailed feedback' (assume there are several teachers)?