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August 1990 5-a-day

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August 1990

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in August 1990

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st August 1990What is the effect of directly addressing an audience as 'you' in a speech?
  2. 2nd August 1990Is the claim 'this is the most dangerous road crossing in the whole town' a fact or an opinion? Explain your answer.
  3. 3rd August 1990Express 60 as a product of its prime factors, then use this to find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 60 and 24.
  4. 4th August 1990y is directly proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 30. Work out the value of y when x = 8.
  5. 5th August 1990A cafe sells 3 coffees at 2.40 pounds each and 2 teas at 1.60 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.
  6. 6th August 1990y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 45. Work out y when x = 5.
  7. 7th August 1990A survey asked 30 people how many siblings they have: 9 have 0, 12 have 1, 6 have 2, 3 have 3. Work out the mean number of siblings.
  8. 8th August 1990A machine produces 480 items in a day that lasts 7.5 hours. Work out the number of items produced per hour.
  9. 9th August 1990Work out 6^2 - sqrt(49).
  10. 10th August 1990Write 0.6 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  11. 11th August 1990Two fair coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting at least one tail.
  12. 12th August 1990Which of the seven life processes describes an organism getting rid of waste products made inside its body?
  13. 13th August 1990State the name of the change of state when a solid changes directly into a liquid.
  14. 14th August 1990A trolley of mass 20 kg is pushed with a resultant force of 60 N. Use force = mass x acceleration to calculate its acceleration.
  15. 15th August 1990A cyclist travels 300 m in 25 s. Calculate her average speed.
  16. 16th August 1990Name the gas produced when a reactive metal reacts with a dilute acid.
  17. 17th August 1990State the name given to elements found in Group 1 of the periodic table.
  18. 18th August 1990A pupil measures the mass of a metal washer five times using a balance and gets: 14.2 g, 14.5 g, 14.1 g, 14.6 g, 14.1 g. Calculate the mean mass, giving your answer to 3 significant figures.
  19. 19th August 1990Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the map in the drawer."
  20. 20th August 1990Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The fog rolled in from the sea.'
  21. 21st August 1990A character 'checked her watch for the third time in a minute and sighed.' What does this suggest about how she is feeling?
  22. 22nd August 1990Which word class is 'cautiously' in the sentence 'She cautiously ran her glove along the rusted rail'?
  23. 23rd August 1990A question asks you to "compare how the two poets present the sea." What is the best way to structure your answer?
  24. 24th August 1990Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade pupils that reading is enjoyable rather than a chore.
  25. 25th August 1990In the line "Icicles hang like daggers from the eaves", which technique is used?
  26. 26th August 1990An L-shaped room is made from a 6 m by 4 m rectangle with a 2 m by 3 m rectangle removed from one corner. Calculate the area of the room.
  27. 27th August 1990Find 30% of 150.
  28. 28th August 1990Work out 13^2.
  29. 29th August 1990Find 5/6 of 72.
  30. 30th August 1990A recipe for 4 people uses 200g of butter. How much butter is needed for 10 people?
  31. 31st August 1990A tap fills a bucket at a constant rate of 3 litres every 2 minutes. Work out how many litres it fills in 10 minutes.