Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
November 1985 5-a-day
Every sheet in November 1985
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 1985On a map with a scale of 1 : 25,000, two villages are 6.8 cm apart. Work out the real-life distance between the villages, in kilometres.
- 2nd November 1985Expand and simplify (x + 5)(x - 3).
- 3rd November 1985Simplify sqrt(75) - sqrt(12), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(3).
- 4th November 1985Work out 9.6 divided by 0.4.
- 5th November 1985Calculate 47 + 36.
- 6th November 1985State two functions of the human skeleton.
- 7th November 1985Describe the test for carbon dioxide gas, and state the positive result.
- 8th November 1985Name the circuit component whose symbol is a circle with a cross inside it.
- 9th November 1985Name the process by which digested food molecules pass from the small intestine into the blood.
- 10th November 1985An old-style filament light bulb transfers 100 J of electrical energy. Of this, 20 J is transferred usefully as light, and the rest is wasted as heat. Calculate the energy wasted as heat.
- 11th November 1985A pupil measures the resultant force on an object as 0 N even though several forces are acting on it. State the term used to describe forces in this situation.
- 12th November 1985State the name given to a value read from a graph that lies between two points that were actually measured.
- 13th November 1985A guide tells the group "we're nearly there" in a steady voice, but keeps glancing anxiously at the darkening sky. Explain what the contrast between his words and his glances suggests.
- 14th November 1985You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 15th November 1985Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 16th November 1985What is emotive language, and why might a writer use it in a leaflet about ocean pollution?
- 17th November 1985Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The storm was BIG.'
- 18th November 1985Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The doors opened, and passengers spilled onto the platform."
- 19th November 1985Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The market was NOISY."
- 20th November 1985Find the mean of these test scores: 14, 18, 12, 20, 16.
- 21st November 1985y is directly proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 15. Work out y when x = 10.
- 22nd November 1985A bag contains 8 red, 9 blue and 7 green counters only. A counter is picked at random. Work out the probability it is red, giving your answer as a decimal to 3 significant figures.
- 23rd November 1985Find 3/5 of 120.
- 24th November 1985A researcher wants to find the average pocket money received by pupils at a school, so she surveys only the pupils waiting outside the head teacher's office. Give one reason this is likely to produce a biased sample.
- 25th November 1985A triangle is inscribed in a circle so that one of its sides is a diameter of the circle. Explain, using a circle theorem, why the angle at the third vertex (opposite that side) must be 90 degrees.
- 26th November 1985Solve 5x - 4 = 21.
- 27th November 1985A train travels 245 km in 3.5 hours. Work out its average speed.
- 28th November 1985Find 35% of 160 pounds.
- 29th November 1985On a microscope, the eyepiece lens has a magnification of x10 and the objective lens in use has a magnification of x40. Calculate the total magnification.
- 30th November 1985In 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.