Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
June 1992 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1992
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1992Two forces of 10 N and 10 N act on an object in exactly opposite directions. Calculate the resultant force.
- 2nd June 1992A solid is heated until it turns directly into a gas without becoming a liquid first. Name this change of state.
- 3rd June 1992State the approximate time it takes for light from the Sun to reach the Earth.
- 4th June 1992Correct the punctuation in this sentence, which reports direct speech: the coach shouted keep going were nearly there
- 5th June 1992A writer describes sawdust as 'settling like a light snowfall over every surface.' Name the technique used.
- 6th June 1992In an extract, a character "kept glancing at the door and twisting the strap of her bag." What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
- 7th June 1992Write one short sentence (no more than five words) suitable for a moment of sudden shock in a story.
- 8th June 1992Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The gates creaked open.
- 9th June 1992What is the effect of directly addressing an audience as 'you' in a speech?
- 10th June 1992Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade readers to support an animal shelter.
- 11th June 1992Express 60 as a product of its prime factors, then use this to find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 60 and 24.
- 12th June 1992The three angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. Work out the size of the largest angle.
- 13th June 1992A cafe sells 3 coffees at 2.40 pounds each and 2 teas at 1.60 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.
- 14th June 1992y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 45. Work out y when x = 5.
- 15th June 1992A survey asked 30 people how many siblings they have: 9 have 0, 12 have 1, 6 have 2, 3 have 3. Work out the mean number of siblings.
- 16th June 1992A machine produces 480 items in a day that lasts 7.5 hours. Work out the number of items produced per hour.
- 17th June 1992Work out 6^2 - sqrt(49).
- 18th June 1992Write 0.6 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 19th June 1992Two fair coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting at least one tail.
- 20th June 1992Which of the seven life processes describes an organism getting rid of waste products made inside its body?
- 21st June 1992State the name of the change of state when a solid changes directly into a liquid.
- 22nd June 1992A trolley of mass 20 kg is pushed with a resultant force of 60 N. Use force = mass x acceleration to calculate its acceleration.
- 23rd June 1992A solution turns universal indicator paper red. State whether the solution is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
- 24th June 1992State one disadvantage of burning coal to generate electricity.
- 25th June 1992State the name of the process by which oxygen moves from the air in the lungs into the blood.
- 26th June 1992In an investigation into reaction time, a pupil's results are 0.18 s, 0.19 s, 0.61 s, 0.18 s and 0.20 s. Identify the anomalous result, and suggest one likely reason it occurred.
- 27th June 1992Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the map in the drawer."
- 28th June 1992Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The fog rolled in from the sea.'
- 29th June 1992A character 'checked her watch for the third time in a minute and sighed.' What does this suggest about how she is feeling?
- 30th June 1992Which word class is 'cautiously' in the sentence 'She cautiously ran her glove along the rusted rail'?