Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
December 1966 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1966
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1966Complete the word equation for aerobic respiration: glucose + oxygen produces ___ + ___.
- 2nd December 1966State one way that painting a garden gate helps to prevent it from rusting.
- 3rd December 1966A pupil measures a length as 250 mm. State this length in metres.
- 4th December 1966State how many natural moons orbit the Earth.
- 5th December 1966Name the organ in the human body that produces insulin.
- 6th December 1966A student measures the length of a metal rod five times: 62.1 cm, 62.4 cm, 62.0 cm, 62.5 cm, 62.2 cm. Calculate the mean length of the rod.
- 7th December 1966Which word means the same as "ascend" in a sentence about a balloon rising into the sky: "climb", "sink", "hover" or "spin"?
- 8th December 1966Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The waves whispered along the shingle shore'?
- 9th December 1966What is the name for a poem written without a regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
- 10th December 1966Choose the correct homophone: You should always ___ your times tables before a test. (practice / practise)
- 11th December 1966Choose the correct word: ___ leaving their bags by the door. (Their / There / They're)
- 12th December 1966Find and copy one word from 'the fox paused, listening to the city's held breath' that gives the city a human quality.
- 13th December 1966In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The expedition team faced constant attrition - illness, injury and exhaustion wore down their numbers day by day.' What does 'attrition' mean here?
- 14th December 1966A train travels 90 km in 1.5 hours at a constant speed, shown as a straight line on a distance-time graph. Calculate the gradient of this line, and state what it represents.
- 15th December 1966A phone contract costs 18.50 pounds per month for 24 months, plus an upfront cost of 49 pounds. Work out the total cost of the contract.
- 16th December 1966Work out 3/4 + 1/6, giving your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 17th December 1966Solve 3(2x - 1) = x + 17.
- 18th December 1966Describe the locus of points that are equidistant from two fixed points, A and B.
- 19th December 1966Solve x^2 = 7x - 12.
- 20th December 1966Solve x^2 + 3x - 18 = 0.
- 21st December 1966Find 3^3 + sqrt(64).
- 22nd December 1966120 pounds is shared between Leo and Maya in the ratio 3:5. Work out how much Maya receives.
- 23rd December 1966A doctor records that a foetus is 38 weeks old. Given that human gestation lasts approximately 40 weeks, state approximately how many weeks of pregnancy remain.
- 24th December 1966A student adds a piece of unknown grey solid to dilute acid and no bubbles are produced, even after several minutes. Suggest whether the solid is a metal or a non-metal, and explain your reasoning.
- 25th December 1966A wave has a frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 4 m. Use wave speed = frequency x wavelength to calculate its speed.
- 26th December 1966State the pH of a neutral solution such as pure water.
- 27th December 1966State whether the Earth casting a shadow that blocks sunlight from reaching the Moon is called a solar eclipse or a lunar eclipse.
- 28th December 1966Name the gas needed by the body for aerobic respiration to take place.
- 29th December 1966A student investigates how the mass of five different metal samples affects their volume, with mass as a continuous numerical variable. State whether a bar chart or a line graph is the more appropriate way to display these results.
- 30th December 1966In an extract, a climber "kept checking the rope, tugging it twice before every step." What does this suggest about the climber?
- 31st December 1966In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The team faced constant setbacks - equipment failure, bad weather and dwindling supplies chipped away at morale.' What does 'dwindling' mean here?