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March 1984 5-a-day

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March 1984

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st March 1984Ade and Bo share 56 sweets in the ratio 3:4. How many sweets does Bo receive?
  2. 2nd March 1984108 pounds is shared between Amir and Bea in the ratio 4:5.
  3. 3rd March 1984Write 0.4 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  4. 4th March 1984Write 5/8 as a decimal.
  5. 5th March 1984Work out 7 x 9 - 4 x 5.
  6. 6th March 1984Name the food group that provides the body with the most energy per gram.
  7. 7th March 1984State the property used to arrange the elements in order in the modern periodic table.
  8. 8th March 1984State whether the Earth's day (one full rotation on its axis) or the Earth's year (one full orbit of the Sun) takes longer.
  9. 9th March 1984A sound wave has a high frequency. State whether this means it has a high pitch or a low pitch.
  10. 10th March 1984Calculate the mean of these three repeat readings of a force: 4.2 N, 4.6 N, 4.4 N.
  11. 11th March 1984A circuit has a total resistance of 12 ohm and a current of 0.5 A flowing through it. Use V = I x R to calculate the voltage across the circuit.
  12. 12th March 1984Which word means the same as 'ancient' in a sentence describing an old, crumbling castle: 'timeworn', 'modern', 'spacious' or 'lively'?
  13. 13th March 1984Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Regular ___ at the piano will improve your technique. (practice / practise)
  14. 14th March 1984Identify and correct the pronoun error: 'The dog wagged their tail happily.'
  15. 15th March 1984A poem compares old age to 'a candle guttering low, still giving light.' Name this technique.
  16. 16th March 1984Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The fire hissed and spat its sparks'?
  17. 17th March 1984Find and copy one word from 'the mist swallowed the path ahead of him' that gives the mist a human or animal-like quality.
  18. 18th March 1984Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? A) I like tennis; and swimming. B) I like tennis; my sister prefers swimming.
  19. 19th March 1984A diver signals "all clear" with a steady hand, but his eyes keep darting towards the wreck's dark entrance. Explain what the contrast between his signal and his eyes suggests.
  20. 20th March 1984The probability that a spinner lands on red is 0.35. Work out the probability that it does not land on red.
  21. 21st March 1984Find 1/3 of 96.
  22. 22nd March 1984Work out -12 + 4 x 3.
  23. 23rd March 1984Solve x^2 - 2x - 24 = 0.
  24. 24th March 1984Work out 207 divided by 9, showing your written method.
  25. 25th March 1984Work out 143 divided by 11.
  26. 26th March 1984A cube with side length 4 cm is built from 64 unit cubes, each 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm. The outside of the large cube is painted red, then it is taken apart into the 64 unit cubes again. How many of the unit cubes have exactly two faces painted red?
  27. 27th March 1984A right-angled triangle has hypotenuse 17 cm and one leg of 8 cm. Calculate the length of the other leg.
  28. 28th March 1984Write the first four terms of the sequence with nth term 2n^2.
  29. 29th March 1984Complete the word equation for aerobic respiration: glucose + oxygen produces ___ + ___.
  30. 30th March 1984State one way that painting a garden gate helps to prevent it from rusting.
  31. 31st March 1984A pupil measures a length as 250 mm. State this length in metres.