Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
December 1967 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1967
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1967State whether melting ice is a physical change or a chemical change, and give a reason.
- 2nd December 1967State the word equation for aerobic respiration.
- 3rd December 1967State the name given to a value read from a graph beyond the range of the data that was actually measured.
- 4th December 1967Which word means the same as "exhausted" in a sentence describing tired climbers: "drained", "energetic", "cheerful" or "restless"?
- 5th December 1967A 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?
- 6th December 1967A travel brochure and a science textbook both describe coral reefs. Which is more likely to use exaggerated, emotive language, and why?
- 7th December 1967A leaflet states 'You could help save a hundred bottles a year.' Which word directly addresses the reader?
- 8th December 1967Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The rain fell steadily.'
- 9th December 1967Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the suitcase on the platform."
- 10th December 1967Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Crates of fruit lined the pavement."
- 11th December 1967A 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?
- 12th December 1967Solve x^2 - 5x + 6 = 0.
- 13th December 1967A 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.
- 14th December 1967Work out 60% of 45.
- 15th December 1967A 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).
- 16th December 1967The product of two consecutive positive integers is 132. Find the two integers.
- 17th December 1967Expand 4(3x + 2).
- 18th December 1967Work out 12.6 divided by 0.3.
- 19th December 1967A laptop is on sale for 340 pounds after a 15% reduction. Calculate its original price.
- 20th December 1967A 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.
- 21st December 1967Explain, using collision theory, why crushing a solid into a powder increases the rate of reaction.
- 22nd December 1967A car's velocity increases from 5 m/s to 17 m/s in 4 seconds. Use acceleration = change in velocity / time taken to calculate its acceleration.
- 23rd December 1967Name the reaction type in which a fuel reacts with oxygen, releasing energy as heat and light.
- 24th December 1967Name the group in the periodic table that contains helium, neon and argon.
- 25th December 1967A pupil measures a mass of 3.5 kg on a set of scales. Convert this mass to grams.
- 26th December 1967Which punctuation mark is missing, and where, from this sentence: Bring your boots shin pads and water bottle to training.
- 27th December 1967In the sentence 'The old clock in the hallway ticked with the patience of a watchman,' which word gives the clock a human quality?
- 28th December 1967A character mutters "It's nothing" while quickly hiding a letter in his pocket. Explain what the contrast between his words and actions suggests.
- 29th December 1967Explain one way an ending can 'connect back' to the opening of a story.
- 30th December 1967Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: Although the fair had closed years ago, the carousel still turned.
- 31st December 1967Give one example of emotive language a speaker might use to persuade pupils that public speaking is worth the risk.