Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
December 1955 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1955
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1955State the name of the force that acts to slow down a moving object due to contact between two surfaces.
- 2nd December 1955In the sentence "The exhausted runner collapsed across the finish line," what word class is "exhausted"?
- 3rd December 1955A question asks you to 'find and copy one word which shows that the workshop was untidy.' What kind of question is this, and how should you answer it?
- 4th December 1955A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how a writer builds atmosphere across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
- 5th December 1955Which of these would best speed up the pace of an action scene: a long sentence with several clauses, or a short, three-word sentence?
- 6th December 1955Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the funfair at midnight.'
- 7th December 1955Is the claim 'debating is clearly the single best way to build confidence' a fact or an opinion?
- 8th December 1955Is the claim 'this is the most dangerous road crossing in the whole town' a fact or an opinion? Explain your answer.
- 9th December 1955Work out (-5) + (-8) - (-6).
- 10th December 1955y is directly proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 30. Work out the value of y when x = 8.
- 11th December 1955Find 3/8 of 64.
- 12th December 1955Write 0.000078 in standard form.
- 13th December 1955A cylindrical bucket has radius 12 cm and height 25 cm. Work out its volume, to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
- 14th December 1955Work out sqrt(169) + 4^2.
- 15th December 1955Increase 240 pounds by 12%.
- 16th December 1955Work out 312 divided by 8, using a written method.
- 17th December 1955The list shows the number of pets owned by 9 pupils: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 0, 1. Write down the mode.
- 18th December 1955During vigorous exercise, a sprinter's muscles cannot get enough oxygen. Name the substance that builds up in the muscles as a result, and state one effect this has.
- 19th December 1955The density of olive oil is 0.92 g/cm^3. State, with a reason, whether olive oil would float or sink in water (density 1.0 g/cm^3).
- 20th December 1955A parcel of mass 2.5 kg is lifted onto a shelf 2 m above the ground. Take g = 10 N/kg and use GPE = mass x g x height. Calculate the gain in gravitational potential energy.
- 21st December 1955A cyclist travels 300 m in 25 s. Calculate her average speed.
- 22nd December 1955Name the gas produced when a reactive metal reacts with a dilute acid.
- 23rd December 1955State the name given to elements found in Group 1 of the periodic table.
- 24th December 1955A pupil measures the mass of a metal washer five times using a balance and gets: 14.2 g, 14.5 g, 14.1 g, 14.6 g, 14.1 g. Calculate the mean mass, giving your answer to 3 significant figures.
- 25th December 1955Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Dust rose from the floor, and Elias covered his mouth."
- 26th December 1955Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The old house was SCARY.'
- 27th December 1955Which word from 'the tannoy crackled out another indistinct apology' suggests the announcement was hard to understand?
- 28th December 1955A diver 'counted her breaths, trying to make each one last longer than the last.' What does this suggest about her situation?
- 29th December 1955In a poem, the line "Waves gnaw at the cliff's grey chin" contains an example of which technique?
- 30th December 1955An article states 'Pupils who read for pleasure for just ten minutes a day report feeling calmer.' Name the technique used here.
- 31st December 1955A poem describes wind as "howling" and "moaning" through bare branches. Name the technique shown by these two words.