Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
February 1991 5-a-day
Every sheet in February 1991
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 1991The nth term of a sequence is 5n - 2. Work out the 15th term.
- 2nd February 1991Work out 3/4 + 1/6, giving your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 3rd February 19913/4 of a number is 54. Work out 5/6 of the same number.
- 4th February 1991Work out the size of each interior angle of a regular decagon (10 sides).
- 5th February 1991Solve x^2 = 7x - 12.
- 6th February 1991Solve x^2 + 3x - 18 = 0.
- 7th February 1991Find 3^3 + sqrt(64).
- 8th February 1991120 pounds is shared between Leo and Maya in the ratio 3:5. Work out how much Maya receives.
- 9th February 1991Name the joint type found in the hip, and state one other place in the body where this same joint type is found.
- 10th February 1991Complete the word equation: hydrochloric acid + sodium hydroxide produces ___ + ___.
- 11th February 1991A student doubles the frequency of a wave while keeping its speed the same. State what happens to the wavelength.
- 12th February 1991Two identical bulbs are each connected on their own to an identical battery. State how the brightness of a bulb connected on its own compares with an identical bulb connected in series with a second bulb to the same type of battery.
- 13th February 1991State how long it takes, approximately, for the Moon to orbit the Earth once.
- 14th February 1991State whether an acid has a pH value above or below 7.
- 15th February 1991A hazard symbol shows a skull and crossbones on an orange background. State what hazard this represents.
- 16th February 1991In an extract, a climber "kept checking the rope, tugging it twice before every step." What does this suggest about the climber?
- 17th February 1991In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The team faced constant setbacks - equipment failure, bad weather and dwindling supplies chipped away at morale.' What does 'dwindling' mean here?
- 18th February 1991A biography states that a scientist 'spent every evening after his factory shift teaching himself chemistry from borrowed textbooks.' What can a reader infer about this person from these facts?
- 19th February 1991An article opens with a short story about one seabird found tangled in plastic, before giving any wider statistics. What is this technique called?
- 20th February 1991Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: watch your step said the warden the path is icy
- 21st February 1991Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the platform was crowded, Amara found a seat by the window."
- 22nd February 1991Identify the fronted adverbial in this sentence: "Slowly, the shutters were raised one by one."
- 23rd February 1991Two coins are flipped at the same time. List all the possible outcomes, and find the probability of getting exactly one head.
- 24th February 1991Write 3.6 x 10^-3 as an ordinary number.
- 25th February 1991A laptop valued at 900 pounds depreciates by 12% in its first year. Work out its value at the end of the first year.
- 26th February 1991Work out -15 + 4 x (-2).
- 27th February 1991A class recorded how many books each of 25 students read in a month: 5 students read 0-2 books, 12 students read 3-5 books, and 8 students read 6-8 books. Using midpoints 1, 4 and 7, estimate the mean number of books read.
- 28th February 1991Prove that the sum of any three consecutive integers is always a multiple of 3.