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August 1991 5-a-day

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August 1991

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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Every sheet in August 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 August 1991Work out 12 x 7.
  2. 2nd August 1991Work out 7 x 8 + 6 x 3.
  3. 3rd August 1991Without a calculator, work out 45% of 160.
  4. 4th August 1991Ade and Bo share 56 sweets in the ratio 3:4. How many sweets does Bo receive?
  5. 5th August 1991108 pounds is shared between Amir and Bea in the ratio 4:5.
  6. 6th August 1991Write 0.4 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  7. 7th August 1991Write 5/8 as a decimal.
  8. 8th August 1991Work out 7 x 9 - 4 x 5.
  9. 9th August 1991In the food chain 'grass, rabbit, fox', name the primary consumer.
  10. 10th August 1991State one physical property that distinguishes a typical non-metal from a typical metal.
  11. 11th August 1991State whether the Earth's day (one full rotation on its axis) or the Earth's year (one full orbit of the Sun) takes longer.
  12. 12th August 1991A sound wave has a high frequency. State whether this means it has a high pitch or a low pitch.
  13. 13th August 1991State one function of the human skeleton, other than support.
  14. 14th August 1991Name the enzyme found in saliva that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
  15. 15th August 1991Which word means the same as 'ancient' in a sentence describing an old, crumbling castle: 'timeworn', 'modern', 'spacious' or 'lively'?
  16. 16th August 1991Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Regular ___ at the piano will improve your technique. (practice / practise)
  17. 17th August 1991Identify and correct the pronoun error: 'The dog wagged their tail happily.'
  18. 18th August 1991A poem compares old age to 'a candle guttering low, still giving light.' Name this technique.
  19. 19th August 1991Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The fire hissed and spat its sparks'?
  20. 20th August 1991Find and copy one word from 'the mist swallowed the path ahead of him' that gives the mist a human or animal-like quality.
  21. 21st August 1991Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? A) I like tennis; and swimming. B) I like tennis; my sister prefers swimming.
  22. 22nd August 1991A diver signals "all clear" with a steady hand, but his eyes keep darting towards the wreck's dark entrance. Explain what the contrast between his signal and his eyes suggests.
  23. 23rd August 1991A cinema charges 6.50 pounds for an adult ticket and 4.20 pounds for a child ticket. A family buys tickets for 2 adults and 3 children. Work out the total cost, without using a calculator.
  24. 24th August 1991Find 1/3 of 96.
  25. 25th August 1991Work out -12 + 4 x 3.
  26. 26th August 1991Solve x^2 - 2x - 24 = 0.
  27. 27th August 1991Work out 207 divided by 9, showing your written method.
  28. 28th August 1991Work out 143 divided by 11.
  29. 29th August 1991A dice has its six faces numbered 1 to 6, arranged so opposite faces always add up to 7. The face showing 2 is on top, and the face showing 3 is facing you. Work out which number is on the bottom face, and which number is on the face directly opposite the one facing you.
  30. 30th August 1991A right-angled triangle has hypotenuse 17 cm and one leg of 8 cm. Calculate the length of the other leg.
  31. 31st August 1991Write the first four terms of the sequence with nth term 2n^2.