Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
November 1987 5-a-day
Every sheet in November 1987
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 1987Ben has a mass of 12 kg. Calculate his weight on Earth. Use weight = mass x gravitational field strength, with g = 10 N/kg.
- 2nd November 1987State the name given to a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being permanently used up itself.
- 3rd November 1987State one advantage of using solar power to generate electricity, compared with burning fossil fuels.
- 4th November 1987Name the process of cell division that produces two genetically identical daughter cells for growth and repair.
- 5th November 1987A pupil wants to find out whether increasing the concentration of a salt solution affects the boiling point of water. Suggest one variable, other than salt concentration, that should be kept the same for this to be a fair test.
- 6th November 1987Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The cellar was DARK."
- 7th November 1987Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'Although the fog was thick, the fishermen still set out.'
- 8th November 1987In an extract, the writer moves from describing the busy platform to focusing closely on one child crying by the ticket barrier. What effect might this shift in focus create?
- 9th November 1987Find and copy one word from 'the corridor swallowed the beam of her torch' that gives the corridor a human or animal-like quality.
- 10th November 1987A poem describes a train as having a "rattling, roaring, rumbling" journey. Name the technique shown by these three words together.
- 11th November 1987An article opens with a short story about one pupil who found a favourite book by accident, before making any wider argument. What is this technique called?
- 12th November 1987A poem has six lines in each stanza with no regular rhyme pattern. What is this style called?
- 13th November 1987Calculate the area of a circle with a diameter of 20 cm. Use pi = 3.14.
- 14th November 1987Work out 12 x 7.
- 15th November 1987Work out 7 x 8 + 6 x 3.
- 16th November 1987Without a calculator, work out 45% of 160.
- 17th November 1987Ade and Bo share 56 sweets in the ratio 3:4. How many sweets does Bo receive?
- 18th November 1987108 pounds is shared between Amir and Bea in the ratio 4:5.
- 19th November 1987Write 0.4 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 20th November 1987Write 5/8 as a decimal.
- 21st November 1987Work out 7 x 9 - 4 x 5.
- 22nd November 1987A polar bear has thick white fur. State whether this is a structural or a behavioural adaptation, and explain why.
- 23rd November 1987State whether reactivity increases or decreases going down Group 1, the alkali metals.
- 24th November 1987State why an astronaut in open space, far from any planet or star, cannot hear an explosion happening nearby.
- 25th November 1987Name the green pigment found in chloroplasts that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
- 26th November 1987A ball is dropped from a height and falls freely towards the ground. State the type of energy the ball gains as it speeds up.
- 27th November 1987A pupil applies a force of 8 N to a spring and it extends by 4 cm. Use spring constant = force / extension to calculate the spring constant, in N/cm.
- 28th November 1987Which word means the same as 'ancient' in a sentence describing an old, crumbling castle: 'timeworn', 'modern', 'spacious' or 'lively'?
- 29th November 1987Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Regular ___ at the piano will improve your technique. (practice / practise)
- 30th November 1987Identify and correct the pronoun error: 'The dog wagged their tail happily.'