Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
July 1988 5-a-day
Every sheet in July 1988
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 1988Work out 8 x 6.
- 2nd July 1988Find 3/5 of 45.
- 3rd July 1988Work out 15 x 14, using a written method.
- 4th July 1988Find 3/4 of 88.
- 5th July 1988Name the food group that provides the body with the most energy per gram.
- 6th July 1988State the property used to arrange the elements in order in the modern periodic table.
- 7th July 1988A ray of light travels from air into a glass block. State whether the ray bends towards the normal or away from the normal as it enters the glass.
- 8th July 1988Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
- 9th July 1988Calculate the mean of these three repeat readings of a force: 4.2 N, 4.6 N, 4.4 N.
- 10th July 1988A 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.
- 11th July 1988A character says 'I'm fine' through gritted teeth, then slams the door. Explain what the contrast between the character's words and actions suggests.
- 12th July 1988Correct the spelling error caused by a missing doubled consonant: 'I am hopping to finish my homework before dinner' (meaning expecting, not jumping).
- 13th July 1988Correct the tense error: 'Last week, she swims to the buoy and back without stopping.'
- 14th July 1988A poem has irregular line lengths and no rhyme scheme, but a steady, insistent rhythm created by repeating the same three-syllable phrase. What technique creates this effect?
- 15th July 1988What is the name for a poem with no regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
- 16th July 1988A character 'counted his steps instead of looking down.' What does this suggest about his feelings?
- 17th July 1988Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Yesterday, Priya walks to school and meets her friend Tom.
- 18th July 1988A writer describes a current as "dragging greedy fingers along the wreck." Name the technique used here.
- 19th July 1988The probability that a spinner lands on red is 0.35. Work out the probability that it does not land on red.
- 20th July 1988A box of 15 chocolates costs 4.50 pounds. Work out the cost of one chocolate.
- 21st July 1988Work out 56 / 7.
- 22nd July 1988In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 27 degrees and the opposite side is 6 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse, to 1 decimal place.
- 23rd July 1988Work out 3/4 of 148.
- 24th July 1988Share 156 pounds between two people in the ratio 7:6.
- 25th July 1988A 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?
- 26th July 1988Convert 4.2 metres into centimetres.
- 27th July 1988The first three terms of the triangular numbers are 1, 3, 6. If the pattern continues in the same way, what is the next term after 6?
- 28th July 1988Complete the word equation for aerobic respiration: glucose + oxygen produces ___ + ___.
- 29th July 1988State one way that painting a garden gate helps to prevent it from rusting.
- 30th July 1988The Sun is much larger than the Earth. State what type of object the Sun is, and name the force that keeps the Earth in orbit around it.
- 31st July 1988Name the type of rock formed when layers of sediment, such as sand or mud, are compressed together over a long period of time.