Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
June 1991 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1991
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1991Calculate 47 + 36.
- 2nd June 1991State the name of the structure that allows oxygen and nutrients to pass from a mother's blood to her developing foetus.
- 3rd June 1991Name the salt produced when zinc reacts with sulfuric acid.
- 4th June 1991In a series circuit, an ammeter placed before a bulb reads 0.6 A. State the current a second ammeter, placed elsewhere in the same series circuit, would read.
- 5th June 1991Name the enzyme, found in saliva, that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
- 6th June 1991State the standard unit used for density in physics and chemistry.
- 7th June 1991Name the type of teeth used mainly for cutting food.
- 8th June 1991State why it is good practice to run a quick preliminary (trial) experiment before starting the main investigation.
- 9th June 1991A guide tells the group "we're nearly there" in a steady voice, but keeps glancing anxiously at the darkening sky. Explain what the contrast between his words and his glances suggests.
- 10th June 1991You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 11th June 1991Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 12th June 1991What is emotive language, and why might a writer use it in a leaflet about ocean pollution?
- 13th June 1991Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The storm was BIG.'
- 14th June 1991Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The doors opened, and passengers spilled onto the platform."
- 15th June 1991Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The market was NOISY."
- 16th June 1991A spinner has a probability of 0.3 of landing on red, a probability of 0.45 of landing on blue, and the remaining probability of landing on green. Find the probability of landing on green.
- 17th June 1991y is directly proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 15. Work out y when x = 10.
- 18th June 1991A bag contains 8 red, 9 blue and 7 green counters only. A counter is picked at random. Work out the probability it is red, giving your answer as a decimal to 3 significant figures.
- 19th June 1991Find 3/5 of 120.
- 20th June 1991Two hockey teams recorded the number of goals they scored in their last 5 matches. Team A: 2, 3, 2, 4, 4. Team B: 0, 1, 5, 6, 3. Compare the two teams by working out the mean and the range for each.
- 21st June 1991Simplify sqrt(50) - sqrt(8), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(2).
- 22nd June 1991Solve 5x - 4 = 21.
- 23rd June 1991A train travels 245 km in 3.5 hours. Work out its average speed.
- 24th June 1991Calculate the simple interest earned on 600 pounds saved for 3 years at an annual rate of 4%.
- 25th June 1991A pupil views onion cells under a microscope after adding a drop of iodine solution to the slide. State why the iodine solution was added.
- 26th June 1991A student dissolves ammonium nitrate in water and the temperature of the solution falls. State whether this process is exothermic or endothermic.
- 27th June 1991A 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.
- 28th June 1991A car accelerates from rest to 20 m/s in 4 s. Calculate its acceleration, using acceleration = change in velocity / time.
- 29th June 1991Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves.
- 30th June 1991Name the process used to neutralise an acid using an alkali.