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May 1986 5-a-day

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May 1986

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st May 1986A basket contains 15 lemons and 25 limes. Write the ratio of lemons to limes in its simplest form.
  2. 2nd May 1986Calculate 56 + 29.
  3. 3rd May 1986Work out 20 - 3 x 4.
  4. 4th May 1986A number is tripled and then 5 is added, giving 32. Form an equation and find the number.
  5. 5th May 1986Simplify the ratio 18:24 to its simplest form.
  6. 6th May 1986Name the food group that provides the body with the most energy per gram.
  7. 7th May 1986State the property used to arrange the elements in order in the modern periodic table.
  8. 8th May 1986An astronaut has a mass of 70 kg on Earth. State her mass on the Moon, and explain why her weight on the Moon is less than her weight on Earth.
  9. 9th May 1986Using the periodic table, state whether the element chlorine (Cl) is a metal or a non-metal.
  10. 10th May 1986Calculate the mean of these three repeat readings of a force: 4.2 N, 4.6 N, 4.4 N.
  11. 11th May 1986A 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 May 1986In an extract, a character 'chewed his lip and stared at his shoes.' What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
  13. 13th May 1986Add a colon to this sentence in the correct place: The expedition needed three things warm clothing enough food and a reliable map.
  14. 14th May 1986Choose the correct word: There were ___ people at the concert than last year. (less / fewer)
  15. 15th May 1986Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The branches creaked and clawed at the window'?
  16. 16th May 1986Find and copy one word from 'the anvil's patient, unmoving weight' that gives the anvil a human quality.
  17. 17th May 1986Which word class is 'desperately' in 'He desperately searched for a handhold'?
  18. 18th May 1986Choose the correct homophone to complete the sentence: The dog wagged ___ tail happily. (its / it's)
  19. 19th May 1986A question asks you to "find and copy one phrase" meaning "completely dark." Which of these fits: "pitch black", "faintly lit", "clear blue" or "softly glowing"?
  20. 20th May 1986The probability that a spinner lands on red is 0.35. Work out the probability that it does not land on red.
  21. 21st May 1986Convert 2 hours 15 minutes into minutes.
  22. 22nd May 1986Find 2/9 of 63.
  23. 23rd May 1986Write 5.4 x 10^4 as an ordinary number.
  24. 24th May 1986A recipe needs 250 g of flour to make 8 muffins. Work out how much flour is needed to make 20 muffins at the same recipe strength.
  25. 25th May 1986Write 0.72 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  26. 26th May 1986A 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 May 1986A cuboid has dimensions 6 cm by 4 cm by 3 cm. Calculate its volume.
  28. 28th May 1986A pattern of dots grows so that pattern 1 has 4 dots, pattern 2 has 7 dots, and pattern 3 has 10 dots. How many dots will pattern 6 have?
  29. 29th May 1986Complete the word equation for aerobic respiration: glucose + oxygen produces ___ + ___.
  30. 30th May 1986State one way that painting a garden gate helps to prevent it from rusting.
  31. 31st May 1986Explain how a person is able to see a book resting on a table in a well-lit room, in terms of light rays.