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February 1991 5-a-day

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February 1991

28 sheets · 140 questions · Years 7-8

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.

  1. 1st February 1991The nth term of a sequence is 5n - 2. Work out the 15th term.
  2. 2nd February 1991Work out 3/4 + 1/6, giving your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
  3. 3rd February 19913/4 of a number is 54. Work out 5/6 of the same number.
  4. 4th February 1991Work out the size of each interior angle of a regular decagon (10 sides).
  5. 5th February 1991Solve x^2 = 7x - 12.
  6. 6th February 1991Solve x^2 + 3x - 18 = 0.
  7. 7th February 1991Find 3^3 + sqrt(64).
  8. 8th February 1991120 pounds is shared between Leo and Maya in the ratio 3:5. Work out how much Maya receives.
  9. 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.
  10. 10th February 1991Complete the word equation: hydrochloric acid + sodium hydroxide produces ___ + ___.
  11. 11th February 1991A student doubles the frequency of a wave while keeping its speed the same. State what happens to the wavelength.
  12. 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.
  13. 13th February 1991State how long it takes, approximately, for the Moon to orbit the Earth once.
  14. 14th February 1991State whether an acid has a pH value above or below 7.
  15. 15th February 1991A hazard symbol shows a skull and crossbones on an orange background. State what hazard this represents.
  16. 16th February 1991In an extract, a climber "kept checking the rope, tugging it twice before every step." What does this suggest about the climber?
  17. 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?
  18. 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?
  19. 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?
  20. 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
  21. 21st February 1991Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the platform was crowded, Amara found a seat by the window."
  22. 22nd February 1991Identify the fronted adverbial in this sentence: "Slowly, the shutters were raised one by one."
  23. 23rd February 1991Two coins are flipped at the same time. List all the possible outcomes, and find the probability of getting exactly one head.
  24. 24th February 1991Write 3.6 x 10^-3 as an ordinary number.
  25. 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.
  26. 26th February 1991Work out -15 + 4 x (-2).
  27. 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.
  28. 28th February 1991Prove that the sum of any three consecutive integers is always a multiple of 3.