Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
September 1991 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 1991
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1991State one way bile helps with the digestion of fats.
- 2nd September 1991In the reactivity series, state which is more reactive: zinc or copper.
- 3rd September 1991A pupil measures a length as 250 mm. State this length in metres.
- 4th September 1991State how many natural moons orbit the Earth.
- 5th September 1991Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
- 6th September 1991A cylinder of gas is labelled with a diamond-shaped symbol showing a black flame on an orange background. State what hazard this symbol represents.
- 7th September 1991A writer describes rising ocean temperatures as "a slow-burning threat to one of the planet's most colourful ecosystems." Explain what effect the phrase "slow-burning" has on the reader.
- 8th September 1991A poem compares loneliness to 'an empty chair at a crowded table.' Name this technique.
- 9th September 1991Explain why a poet might choose an irregular, unpredictable rhythm to describe a storm, rather than a steady, regular one.
- 10th September 1991Choose the correct homophone: ___ going to be late if the bus does not arrive soon. (Whose / Who's)
- 11th September 1991Identify the subordinate clause in this sentence: Because the fire alarm sounded, everyone left the building calmly.
- 12th September 1991What is the term for a poem that continues a sentence or idea from one line to the next without a pause?
- 13th September 1991In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The expedition team faced constant attrition - illness, injury and exhaustion wore down their numbers day by day.' What does 'attrition' mean here?
- 14th September 1991A train travels 90 km in 1.5 hours at a constant speed, shown as a straight line on a distance-time graph. Calculate the gradient of this line, and state what it represents.
- 15th September 1991Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(-3, 5) and B(7, -1).
- 16th September 1991Find 3/8 of 64.
- 17th September 1991A shop increases a price by 25%, then later reduces the new price by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change from the original price.
- 18th September 1991An open-top fish tank, with no lid, is a cuboid with length 50 cm, width 30 cm and height 25 cm. Work out the total area of glass needed to make the tank.
- 19th September 1991In a right-angled triangle, the hypotenuse is 13 cm and one other side is 5 cm. Work out the size of the angle opposite the 5 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
- 20th September 1991A triangle has sides 7 cm and 9 cm with an included angle of 50 degrees. Work out its area, to 1 decimal place.
- 21st September 1991Work out the mean of 8, 12, 15, 9 and 11.
- 22nd September 1991Find 25% of 84 pounds.
- 23rd September 1991Name the organelle in a plant cell that contains chlorophyll and is the site of photosynthesis.
- 24th September 1991State the colour universal indicator turns in a strong alkali.
- 25th September 1991A wave has a frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 4 m. Use wave speed = frequency x wavelength to calculate its speed.
- 26th September 1991State the pH of a neutral solution such as pure water.
- 27th September 1991State whether the Earth casting a shadow that blocks sunlight from reaching the Moon is called a solar eclipse or a lunar eclipse.
- 28th September 1991State the word equation for aerobic respiration.
- 29th September 1991State the name given to a value read from a graph beyond the range of the data that was actually measured.
- 30th September 1991A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how the writer builds a sense of danger across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?