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April 1986 5-a-day

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April 1986

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st April 1986Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: The funfair was SCARY.
  2. 2nd April 1986A speaker says 'Ninety per cent of our debate club members say it changed how they see arguments.' Name the technique used here.
  3. 3rd April 1986A charity advert says: 'You could change a child's life today.' Which word directly addresses the reader, and what effect does this have?
  4. 4th April 1986Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9
  5. 5th April 1986y is directly proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 30. Work out the value of y when x = 8.
  6. 6th April 1986A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
  7. 7th April 1986p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
  8. 8th April 1986The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
  9. 9th April 1986A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
  10. 10th April 1986A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
  11. 11th April 1986Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.
  12. 12th April 1986A box contains 7 yellow pencils, 5 blue pencils and 3 green pencils. A pencil is picked at random. Find the probability that it is not blue.
  13. 13th April 1986State one structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
  14. 14th April 1986A sample of matter has particles that are far apart and moving quickly in random directions. State which state of matter this describes.
  15. 15th April 1986In a tug of war, Team X pulls with a force of 640 N and Team Y pulls with a force of 590 N in the opposite direction. Calculate the resultant force acting on the rope.
  16. 16th April 1986Name the type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart under high pressure.
  17. 17th April 1986State 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.
  18. 18th April 1986State the name given to elements found in Group 1 of the periodic table.
  19. 19th April 1986Before 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.
  20. 20th April 1986Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The map was old and torn."
  21. 21st April 1986Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the corridor at midnight.'
  22. 22nd April 1986A writer describes a departure board as 'flickering through a list of cancellations like a nervous heartbeat.' Name the technique used.
  23. 23rd April 1986A character 'held his breath without realising it' as he entered a dark passage. What does this suggest about his feelings?
  24. 24th April 1986A poem has four lines per stanza with the rhyme pattern ABAB. What is this pattern called?
  25. 25th April 1986Is the claim 'reading is obviously more rewarding than scrolling through a screen' a fact or an opinion?
  26. 26th April 1986A question asks you to explain "how the poet's feelings towards winter change across the poem." What should your answer focus on?
  27. 27th April 1986Calculate the circumference of a circle with a radius of 9 cm. Use pi = 3.14.
  28. 28th April 1986Work out -4 - 7.
  29. 29th April 1986Find the highest common factor of 24 and 36.
  30. 30th April 1986Simplify 6x + 4 - 2x - 9.