Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
January 1989 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 1989
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1989Calculate the simple interest earned on 600 pounds saved for 3 years at an annual rate of 4%.
- 2nd January 1989In pea plants, the allele for tall (T) is dominant over the allele for short (t). State the possible genotype(s) of a tall pea plant.
- 3rd January 1989State two factors, other than using a catalyst, that increase the rate of a reaction between a solid and a solution.
- 4th January 1989A wind turbine and a coal power station both generate electricity, but only one of them directly burns fuel to boil water into steam. State which one this is, and name the component that this steam turns.
- 5th January 1989A car accelerates from rest to 20 m/s in 4 s. Calculate its acceleration, using acceleration = change in velocity / time.
- 6th January 1989Name the two products of photosynthesis.
- 7th January 1989A pupil adds universal indicator to a solution and it turns red. State whether the solution is acidic, alkaline or neutral.
- 8th January 1989Add an apostrophe in the correct place: The two teams kits were both muddy after the match. (There is one kit set per team, and two teams in total.)
- 9th January 1989An apprentice is described as 'chewing the inside of his cheek and avoiding his master's eye.' What does this suggest about how he feels?
- 10th January 1989Which word means the same as "cluttered" in a sentence describing a messy attic: "crammed", "empty", "tidy" or "spacious"?
- 11th January 1989Rewrite this line of dialogue to remove the overused adverb, showing the emotion instead: 'I'm not scared,' she said bravely.
- 12th January 1989Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The lights flickered, and the music started on its own.
- 13th January 1989Name the technique used in this line: New voices. New ideas. New confidence.
- 14th January 1989A speech opens with the line: 'Imagine losing your home in a single night.' What technique is this, and why is it an effective opening?
- 15th January 1989Calculate the value of 7 + 2 x (6 - 3) x 2, showing your method.
- 16th January 1989Solve x^2 + 3x - 10 = 0.
- 17th January 1989A prize fund of 150 pounds is shared between two clubs in the ratio 2:3. Work out the larger share.
- 18th January 1989In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 50 degrees and the hypotenuse is 14 cm. Work out the length of the side opposite angle A, to 1 decimal place.
- 19th January 1989Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(-5, -2) and B(9, 6).
- 20th January 1989A rectangle has an area of 84 cm^2 and a length of 9.6 cm. Work out its width, to 1 decimal place.
- 21st January 1989Decrease 350 pounds by 18%.
- 22nd January 1989Work out 2/5 of 65.
- 23rd January 1989Five pupils recorded the number of minutes they spent reading yesterday: 9, 13, 20, 11, 17. Find the mean number of minutes.
- 24th January 1989Name the organelle found in both plant and animal cells that is the site of aerobic respiration.
- 25th January 1989A block of wood has a mass of 60 g and a volume of 80 cm^3. Calculate its density.
- 26th January 1989A farmer weighing 900 N stands on the ground. Her boots have a total sole area of 0.03 m^2. Use pressure = force / area to calculate the pressure she exerts on the ground, giving your answer in Pa.
- 27th January 1989State whether burning magnesium ribbon in air to form magnesium oxide is a physical change or a chemical change, and give a reason.
- 28th January 1989Using the reactivity series, state whether iron would react with a solution of copper sulfate, given that iron is more reactive than copper.
- 29th January 1989Name the piece of equipment used to separate an insoluble solid from a liquid.
- 30th January 1989A pupil uses a stopwatch to measure how long a candle takes to burn down by 1 cm, but forgets to shield the candle from a draught in the room. State whether this makes the result less reliable or less valid, and explain your answer.
- 31st January 1989Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the handle was rusted solid, the door creaked open at last."