Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
December 1954 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1954
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1954State whether the north pole of one bar magnet placed near the north pole of a second bar magnet will attract or repel.
- 2nd December 1954A solution has pH 10. State whether it is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
- 3rd December 1954A diver swims from the surface down to a depth of 10 m in a swimming pool. State how the water pressure on her body changes as she swims deeper, and give a reason.
- 4th December 1954State the word equation for aerobic respiration.
- 5th December 1954State the name given to a value read from a graph beyond the range of the data that was actually measured.
- 6th December 1954Which word means the same as "exhausted" in a sentence describing tired climbers: "drained", "energetic", "cheerful" or "restless"?
- 7th December 1954A biography states that a person 'taught herself to read at six using her grandfather's newspapers, and published her first book by twenty.' What can a reader infer about this person's character from these facts?
- 8th December 1954A travel brochure and a science textbook both describe coral reefs. Which is more likely to use exaggerated, emotive language, and why?
- 9th December 1954A leaflet states 'You could help save a hundred bottles a year.' Which word directly addresses the reader?
- 10th December 1954Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The rain fell steadily.'
- 11th December 1954Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the suitcase on the platform."
- 12th December 1954Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Crates of fruit lined the pavement."
- 13th December 1954A survey of 40 students' favourite sport is shown in a pie chart. If football takes up a sector of 90 degrees, what percentage of students chose football?
- 14th December 1954Solve x^2 - 5x + 6 = 0.
- 15th December 1954A survey asked 25 people how many books they read last month: 6 people read 0, 10 read 1, 6 read 2, 3 read 3. Work out the mean number of books read.
- 16th December 1954Work out 60% of 45.
- 17th December 1954A spinner can land on red, blue, green or yellow only. P(red) = 0.3, P(blue) = 0.25, P(green) = 0.2. Work out P(yellow).
- 18th December 1954The product of two consecutive positive integers is 132. Find the two integers.
- 19th December 1954Expand 4(3x + 2).
- 20th December 1954Work out 12.6 divided by 0.3.
- 21st December 1954Fatima earns 1800 pounds a month and saves 12% of her earnings. Calculate how much she saves each month.
- 22nd December 1954A cell has a real width of 0.02 mm. In a drawing, the same cell is shown 4 mm wide. Calculate the magnification of the drawing.
- 23rd December 1954Explain, using collision theory, why crushing a solid into a powder increases the rate of reaction.
- 24th December 1954Name one non-renewable energy resource used to generate electricity, other than coal.
- 25th December 1954Name the five main kingdoms into which living things can be classified.
- 26th December 1954Name the group in the periodic table that contains helium, neon and argon.
- 27th December 1954A pupil measures a mass of 3.5 kg on a set of scales. Convert this mass to grams.
- 28th December 1954Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Last week, the team trains hard and wins every match.
- 29th December 1954In the sentence 'The old clock in the hallway ticked with the patience of a watchman,' which word gives the clock a human quality?
- 30th December 1954A character mutters "It's nothing" while quickly hiding a letter in his pocket. Explain what the contrast between his words and actions suggests.
- 31st December 1954Explain one way an ending can 'connect back' to the opening of a story.