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January 1996 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

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January 1996

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in January 1996

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st January 1996In the reactivity series, state which is more reactive: zinc or copper.
  2. 2nd January 1996The Sun is much larger than the Earth. State what type of object the Sun is, and name the force that keeps the Earth in orbit around it.
  3. 3rd January 1996Name the type of rock formed when layers of sediment, such as sand or mud, are compressed together over a long period of time.
  4. 4th January 1996Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
  5. 5th January 1996A thermometer has graduations every 1 degree C. A student takes a single temperature reading of 40 degrees C. Calculate the percentage uncertainty in this reading.
  6. 6th January 1996A text about coral reefs moves from explaining what coral is, to how reefs form, to why they are under threat. What is this structure called?
  7. 7th January 1996Explain why a poet might use short, one-word lines to describe a sudden event, such as an accident.
  8. 8th January 1996A poem compares grief to 'a stone carried in the pocket, never quite forgotten.' Name this technique.
  9. 9th January 1996Correct the tense error: Last week, the choir practises for two hours every evening.
  10. 10th January 1996Punctuate this exchange between two speakers, starting a new line for each: are you ready asked sam almost said priya
  11. 11th January 1996Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The streetlamp's silver stare slid over its fur'?
  12. 12th January 1996What do the letters PAF stand for when analysing a non-fiction text?
  13. 13th January 1996Find the gradient of the line joining (1, 4) and (5, 16).
  14. 14th January 1996Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(-3, 5) and B(7, -1).
  15. 15th January 1996Find 35% of 180.
  16. 16th January 1996A shop increases a price by 25%, then later reduces the new price by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change from the original price.
  17. 17th January 1996An 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.
  18. 18th January 1996Simplify sqrt(45) + sqrt(20), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(5).
  19. 19th January 1996A chord subtends an angle of 76 degrees at the centre of a circle. Work out the angle it subtends at the circumference, on the major arc.
  20. 20th January 1996A journey of 84 km takes 1 hour 45 minutes. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  21. 21st January 1996A car travels 210 km in 3.5 hours at a constant speed. Calculate how far it would travel in 5 hours at the same speed.
  22. 22nd January 1996Name the organelle in a plant cell that contains chlorophyll and is the site of photosynthesis.
  23. 23rd January 1996State the colour universal indicator turns in a strong alkali.
  24. 24th January 1996A student doubles the frequency of a wave while keeping its speed the same. State what happens to the wavelength.
  25. 25th January 1996Two 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.
  26. 26th January 1996State how long it takes, approximately, for the Moon to orbit the Earth once.
  27. 27th January 1996State the word equation for aerobic respiration.
  28. 28th January 1996State the name given to a value read from a graph beyond the range of the data that was actually measured.
  29. 29th January 1996A writer describes the wind as "clawing at their jackets, determined to drag them off the mountain." Name the technique used here.
  30. 30th January 1996What do the letters PAF stand for when analysing a non-fiction text?
  31. 31st January 1996A newspaper report about a restored pier states: 'Engineers replaced over eleven thousand individual timbers during the two-year project.' What retrieval detail answers the question, how many timbers were replaced?