Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
August 1984 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1984
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1984A magazine article about volcanoes is broken into sections titled 'How volcanoes form', 'Famous eruptions' and 'Living near a volcano'. What are these called, and what is their purpose?
- 2nd August 1984Write down the coordinates of the point 3 units to the left of the origin and 5 units up.
- 3rd August 1984The nth term of a sequence is 5n - 2. Work out the 15th term.
- 4th August 1984Convert the recurring decimal 0.3636... (where the digits 36 recur) to a fraction in its simplest form.
- 5th August 19843/4 of a number is 54. Work out 5/6 of the same number.
- 6th August 1984Work out the size of each interior angle of a regular decagon (10 sides).
- 7th August 1984Factorise x^2 - 9x + 20.
- 8th August 1984Expand and simplify (2x - 3)(x + 4).
- 9th August 1984A car's value depreciates from 18,000 pounds to 14,400 pounds in one year. Work out the percentage decrease.
- 10th August 1984Work out 9 x 7.
- 11th August 1984Name the joint type found in the hip, and state one other place in the body where this same joint type is found.
- 12th August 1984Complete the word equation: hydrochloric acid + sodium hydroxide produces ___ + ___.
- 13th August 1984State whether the north pole of one bar magnet placed near the north pole of a second bar magnet will attract or repel.
- 14th August 1984A solution has pH 10. State whether it is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
- 15th August 1984A diver swims from the surface down to a depth of 10 m in a swimming pool. State how the water pressure on her body changes as she swims deeper, and give a reason.
- 16th August 1984State whether an acid has a pH value above or below 7.
- 17th August 1984A hazard symbol shows a skull and crossbones on an orange background. State what hazard this represents.
- 18th August 1984Which word means the same as "exhausted" in a sentence describing tired climbers: "drained", "energetic", "cheerful" or "restless"?
- 19th August 1984A 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?
- 20th August 1984A travel brochure and a science textbook both describe coral reefs. Which is more likely to use exaggerated, emotive language, and why?
- 21st August 1984A leaflet states 'You could help save a hundred bottles a year.' Which word directly addresses the reader?
- 22nd August 1984Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The rain fell steadily.'
- 23rd August 1984Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the suitcase on the platform."
- 24th August 1984Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Crates of fruit lined the pavement."
- 25th August 1984A survey of 40 students' favourite sport is shown in a pie chart. If football takes up a sector of 90 degrees, what percentage of students chose football?
- 26th August 1984Solve x^2 - 5x + 6 = 0.
- 27th August 1984A 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.
- 28th August 1984Work out 60% of 45.
- 29th August 1984A 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.
- 30th August 1984Prove that the sum of any three consecutive integers is always a multiple of 3.
- 31st August 1984Expand 4(3x + 2).