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January 1987 5-a-day

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January 1987

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st January 1987Find 2/5 of 65.
  2. 2nd January 1987Work out 9 x 8.
  3. 3rd January 1987Work out (4 + 3) x (9 - 5).
  4. 4th January 1987y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 4, y = 32. Work out y when x = 6.
  5. 5th January 1987Write the ratio 18:24 in its simplest form.
  6. 6th January 1987Work out 8.4 x 6, using a written method.
  7. 7th January 1987In a class of 30 pupils, 18 play football, 14 play tennis, and 7 play both football and tennis. How many pupils play neither football nor tennis?
  8. 8th January 1987State the order of rotational symmetry and the number of lines of symmetry of a regular pentagon.
  9. 9th January 1987Write the next two terms of the sequence: 3, 7, 11, 15, ...
  10. 10th January 1987Name the enzyme that digests starch, and state the product it is broken down into.
  11. 11th January 1987Name the gas released when fossil fuels are burned that is the main cause of the enhanced greenhouse effect.
  12. 12th January 1987Write the number 0.048706 to 2 significant figures.
  13. 13th January 1987State the name of the rock type formed when magma cools and solidifies underground.
  14. 14th January 1987Name the force that opposes the motion of an object moving through air.
  15. 15th January 1987Amara is investigating how the mass of a paper cone affects how long it takes to fall from a fixed height. State the independent variable and the dependent variable in this investigation.
  16. 16th January 1987In a factual text, is the sentence "Hot air balloons were first flown in France in 1783" a fact or an opinion?
  17. 17th January 1987A poem repeats the phrase 'and still it climbed' at the end of every stanza. What is this technique called, and what might its effect be?
  18. 18th January 1987Find and copy one word from the phrase 'the old clock ticked its patient rhythm' that gives the clock a human quality.
  19. 19th January 1987Which punctuation mark correctly joins these two sentences without adding a joining word: 'The coach was late the pupils waited in the hall.'?
  20. 20th January 1987Choose the correct word: I'm not sure ___ my umbrella is. (where / were / we're)
  21. 21st January 1987A poem is written in a single, unbroken stanza with no rhyme. What effect might this create?
  22. 22nd January 1987A 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?
  23. 23rd January 1987Write down the coordinates of the point 3 units to the left of the origin and 5 units up.
  24. 24th January 1987A cylindrical water butt has a radius of 35 cm and a height of 120 cm. Work out its volume, giving your answer in cm^3 to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
  25. 25th January 1987Write 0.72 as a percentage.
  26. 26th January 1987Two numbers are in the ratio 4 : 7. Their sum is 66. Work out the difference between the two numbers.
  27. 27th January 1987A shape is made from a rectangle measuring 12 cm by 8 cm, with a right-angled triangle of base 6 cm and height 8 cm removed from one corner. Work out the area of the remaining shape.
  28. 28th January 1987A chord divides a circle so that the angle at the centre is 130 degrees. Work out the angle at the circumference subtended by the same chord, on the major arc.
  29. 29th January 1987Factorise 2x^2 + 7x + 3.
  30. 30th January 1987A recipe uses 3 eggs for every 240 g of flour. Work out how many grams of flour are needed for 7 eggs, at the same ratio.
  31. 31st January 1987Work out 5 + 4 x 3 - 2.