Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
April 1985 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 1985
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 1985A question asks you to "find and copy one word" meaning "extremely cold." Which of these fits: "freezing", "mild", "warm" or "humid"?
- 2nd April 1985A factual article about volcanic islands is broken into sections titled 'How islands form', 'Life on the slopes' and 'Living with the risk'. What are these called, and what is their purpose?
- 3rd April 1985You are asked to summarise a whole article in two sentences. What should you prioritise including?
- 4th April 1985Is the claim 'recycling is clearly the most important thing you can do for the planet' a fact or an opinion?
- 5th April 1985Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'Because the tide was rising, the children ran back up the beach.'
- 6th April 1985Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: mind the gap called the guard as the doors slid shut
- 7th April 1985Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "A trader called out his prices, and shoppers began to gather."
- 8th April 1985A 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?
- 9th April 1985p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 3, p = 20. Work out p when q = 12.
- 10th April 1985Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(2, -3) and B(-6, 9).
- 11th April 1985A train journey of 175 km takes 2.5 hours at a constant speed. Work out the speed in km/h.
- 12th April 1985A spinner can land on red, blue, green or yellow only. P(red) = 0.3, P(blue) = 0.25, P(green) = 0.2. Work out P(yellow).
- 13th April 1985The product of two consecutive positive integers is 132. Find the two integers.
- 14th April 1985Simplify 6a + 4b - 2a + 5b.
- 15th April 1985A car depreciates by 15% each year. It is worth 20,000 pounds now. Work out its value after 1 year.
- 16th April 1985A laptop is on sale for 340 pounds after a 15% reduction. Calculate its original price.
- 17th April 1985A cell has a real width of 0.02 mm. In a drawing, the same cell is shown 4 mm wide. Calculate the magnification of the drawing.
- 18th April 1985Explain, using collision theory, why crushing a solid into a powder increases the rate of reaction.
- 19th April 1985A 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.
- 20th April 1985Name the reaction type in which a fuel reacts with oxygen, releasing energy as heat and light.
- 21st April 1985Name the group in the periodic table that contains helium, neon and argon.
- 22nd April 1985A pupil measures a mass of 3.5 kg on a set of scales. Convert this mass to grams.
- 23rd April 1985Which punctuation mark is missing, and where, from this sentence: Bring your boots shin pads and water bottle to training.
- 24th April 1985An apprentice is described as 'chewing the inside of his cheek and avoiding his master's eye.' What does this suggest about how he feels?
- 25th April 1985Which word means the same as "cluttered" in a sentence describing a messy attic: "crammed", "empty", "tidy" or "spacious"?
- 26th April 1985Rewrite this line of dialogue to remove the overused adverb, showing the emotion instead: 'I'm not scared,' she said bravely.
- 27th April 1985Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The lights flickered, and the music started on its own.
- 28th April 1985Name the technique used in this line: New voices. New ideas. New confidence.
- 29th April 1985Name the persuasive technique used in this slogan: 'Save money. Save time. Save the planet.'
- 30th April 1985Calculate the value of 7 + 2 x (6 - 3) x 2, showing your method.