Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
December 1962 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1962
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1962Find and copy one word from the phrase 'the old clock ticked its patient rhythm' that gives the clock a human quality.
- 2nd December 1962Which punctuation mark correctly joins these two sentences without adding a joining word: 'The coach was late the pupils waited in the hall.'?
- 3rd December 1962Choose the correct word: I'm not sure ___ my umbrella is. (where / were / we're)
- 4th December 1962A poem is written in a single, unbroken stanza with no rhyme. What effect might this create?
- 5th December 1962A biography states that a person 'left school at fourteen to support her family, and by twenty-one had opened her own shop.' What can a reader infer about this person's character from these facts?
- 6th December 1962A line has equation y = 4x - 7. Write down its gradient and its y-intercept.
- 7th December 1962The nth term of a sequence is 5n - 2. Work out the 15th term.
- 8th December 1962Write 0.72 as a percentage.
- 9th December 19623/4 of a number is 54. Work out 5/6 of the same number.
- 10th December 1962Work out the size of each interior angle of a regular decagon (10 sides).
- 11th December 1962A chord divides a circle so that the angle at the centre is 130 degrees. Work out the angle at the circumference subtended by the same chord, on the major arc.
- 12th December 1962Factorise 2x^2 + 7x + 3.
- 13th December 1962A recipe uses 3 eggs for every 240 g of flour. Work out how many grams of flour are needed for 7 eggs, at the same ratio.
- 14th December 1962Work out 5 + 4 x 3 - 2.
- 15th December 1962Name the joint type found in the hip, and state one other place in the body where this same joint type is found.
- 16th December 1962Complete the word equation: hydrochloric acid + sodium hydroxide produces ___ + ___.
- 17th December 1962State whether sound is a transverse wave or a longitudinal wave.
- 18th December 1962Name the organ that produces bile, which helps to digest fats.
- 19th December 1962State whether melting ice is a physical change or a chemical change, and give a reason.
- 20th December 1962State whether an acid has a pH value above or below 7.
- 21st December 1962A hazard symbol shows a skull and crossbones on an orange background. State what hazard this represents.
- 22nd December 1962A question asks you to "find and copy one word" meaning "extremely cold." Which of these fits: "freezing", "mild", "warm" or "humid"?
- 23rd December 1962A factual article about volcanic islands is broken into sections titled 'How islands form', 'Life on the slopes' and 'Living with the risk'. What are these called, and what is their purpose?
- 24th December 1962You are asked to summarise a whole article in two sentences. What should you prioritise including?
- 25th December 1962Is the claim 'recycling is clearly the most important thing you can do for the planet' a fact or an opinion?
- 26th December 1962Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'Because the tide was rising, the children ran back up the beach.'
- 27th December 1962Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: mind the gap called the guard as the doors slid shut
- 28th December 1962Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "A trader called out his prices, and shoppers began to gather."
- 29th December 1962A bag contains only red and yellow beads. The probability of picking a red bead is 0.65. If there are 140 beads in total, how many are yellow?
- 30th December 1962p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 3, p = 20. Work out p when q = 12.
- 31st December 1962Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(2, -3) and B(-6, 9).