Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
October 1983 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 1983
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1983In the disappearing cross experiment, a student times how long it takes for a cross under the flask to disappear from view. Explain why a shorter time indicates a faster reaction.
- 2nd October 1983State whether solar power is a renewable or a non-renewable energy resource.
- 3rd October 1983A book rests on a table and does not move. Name the force from the table that balances the book's weight.
- 4th October 1983A solid is heated until it turns directly into a gas without becoming a liquid first. Name this change of state.
- 5th October 1983State the approximate time it takes for light from the Sun to reach the Earth.
- 6th October 1983Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? A) The whistle blew; and the players stopped. B) The whistle blew; the players stopped at once.
- 7th October 1983A question asks you to 'find and copy one word which shows that the workshop was untidy.' What kind of question is this, and how should you answer it?
- 8th October 1983A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how a writer builds atmosphere across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
- 9th October 1983Which of these would best speed up the pace of an action scene: a long sentence with several clauses, or a short, three-word sentence?
- 10th October 1983Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the funfair at midnight.'
- 11th October 1983Is the claim 'debating is clearly the single best way to build confidence' a fact or an opinion?
- 12th October 1983A charity advert says: 'You could change a child's life today.' Which word directly addresses the reader, and what effect does this have?
- 13th October 1983Work out (-5) + (-8) - (-6).
- 14th October 1983The three angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. Work out the size of the largest angle.
- 15th October 1983Find 3/8 of 64.
- 16th October 1983Write 0.000078 in standard form.
- 17th October 1983A cylindrical bucket has radius 12 cm and height 25 cm. Work out its volume, to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
- 18th October 1983Work out sqrt(169) + 4^2.
- 19th October 1983Increase 240 pounds by 12%.
- 20th October 1983Work out 312 divided by 8, using a written method.
- 21st October 1983The list shows the number of pets owned by 9 pupils: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 0, 1. Write down the mode.
- 22nd October 1983During vigorous exercise, a sprinter's muscles cannot get enough oxygen. Name the substance that builds up in the muscles as a result, and state one effect this has.
- 23rd October 1983The density of olive oil is 0.92 g/cm^3. State, with a reason, whether olive oil would float or sink in water (density 1.0 g/cm^3).
- 24th October 1983A parcel of mass 2.5 kg is lifted onto a shelf 2 m above the ground. Take g = 10 N/kg and use GPE = mass x g x height. Calculate the gain in gravitational potential energy.
- 25th October 1983Name the type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart under high pressure.
- 26th October 1983State whether gold is a very reactive or a very unreactive metal, given that it is found in the Earth as the pure metal rather than in a compound.
- 27th October 1983State the name of the process by which oxygen moves from the air in the lungs into the blood.
- 28th October 1983Before starting a watering investigation, a pupil writes this prediction: a plant given more water each day will grow taller than one given less water. State one piece of scientific reasoning that could support this prediction.
- 29th October 1983Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Dust rose from the floor, and Elias covered his mouth."
- 30th October 1983Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The old house was SCARY.'
- 31st October 1983Which word from 'the tannoy crackled out another indistinct apology' suggests the announcement was hard to understand?