Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
February 1987 5-a-day
Every sheet in February 1987
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 1987State the name of the structure that allows oxygen and nutrients to pass from a mother's blood to her developing foetus.
- 2nd February 1987Name the salt produced when zinc reacts with sulfuric acid.
- 3rd February 1987State whether the north pole of one bar magnet placed near the north pole of a second bar magnet will attract or repel.
- 4th February 1987A solution has pH 10. State whether it is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
- 5th February 1987A diver swims from the surface down to a depth of 10 m in a swimming pool. State how the water pressure on her body changes as she swims deeper, and give a reason.
- 6th February 1987Name the type of teeth used mainly for cutting food.
- 7th February 1987State why it is good practice to run a quick preliminary (trial) experiment before starting the main investigation.
- 8th February 1987A question asks you to "find and copy one word" meaning "extremely cold." Which of these fits: "freezing", "mild", "warm" or "humid"?
- 9th February 1987A 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?
- 10th February 1987You are asked to summarise a whole article in two sentences. What should you prioritise including?
- 11th February 1987Is the claim 'recycling is clearly the most important thing you can do for the planet' a fact or an opinion?
- 12th February 1987Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'Because the tide was rising, the children ran back up the beach.'
- 13th February 1987Punctuate 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
- 14th February 1987Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "A trader called out his prices, and shoppers began to gather."
- 15th February 1987A survey of 40 students' favourite sport is shown in a pie chart. If football takes up a sector of 90 degrees, what percentage of students chose football?
- 16th February 1987p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 3, p = 20. Work out p when q = 12.
- 17th February 1987Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(2, -3) and B(-6, 9).
- 18th February 1987A train journey of 175 km takes 2.5 hours at a constant speed. Work out the speed in km/h.
- 19th February 1987Two hockey teams recorded the number of goals they scored in their last 5 matches. Team A: 2, 3, 2, 4, 4. Team B: 0, 1, 5, 6, 3. Compare the two teams by working out the mean and the range for each.
- 20th February 1987Simplify sqrt(50) - sqrt(8), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(2).
- 21st February 1987Simplify 6a + 4b - 2a + 5b.
- 22nd February 1987A car depreciates by 15% each year. It is worth 20,000 pounds now. Work out its value after 1 year.
- 23rd February 1987Fatima earns 1800 pounds a month and saves 12% of her earnings. Calculate how much she saves each month.
- 24th February 1987A pupil views onion cells under a microscope after adding a drop of iodine solution to the slide. State why the iodine solution was added.
- 25th February 1987A student dissolves ammonium nitrate in water and the temperature of the solution falls. State whether this process is exothermic or endothermic.
- 26th February 1987Name one non-renewable energy resource used to generate electricity, other than coal.
- 27th February 1987Name the five main kingdoms into which living things can be classified.
- 28th February 1987Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves.