Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
December 1975 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1975
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1975Choose the correct word: I'm not sure ___ my umbrella is. (where / were / we're)
- 2nd December 1975A poem is written in a single, unbroken stanza with no rhyme. What effect might this create?
- 3rd December 1975You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 4th December 1975A conversion graph shows that 5 miles is equivalent to 8 kilometres. Using this scale, convert 20 miles to kilometres.
- 5th December 1975The nth term of a sequence is 5n - 2. Work out the 15th term.
- 6th December 1975Write 0.72 as a percentage.
- 7th December 19753/4 of a number is 54. Work out 5/6 of the same number.
- 8th December 1975Work out the size of each interior angle of a regular decagon (10 sides).
- 9th December 1975A 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.
- 10th December 1975Factorise 2x^2 + 7x + 3.
- 11th December 1975A 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.
- 12th December 1975Work out 5 + 4 x 3 - 2.
- 13th December 1975Name the joint type found in the hip, and state one other place in the body where this same joint type is found.
- 14th December 1975Complete the word equation: hydrochloric acid + sodium hydroxide produces ___ + ___.
- 15th December 1975Name the circuit component whose symbol is a circle with a cross inside it.
- 16th December 1975Name the process by which digested food molecules pass from the small intestine into the blood.
- 17th December 1975An old-style filament light bulb transfers 100 J of electrical energy. Of this, 20 J is transferred usefully as light, and the rest is wasted as heat. Calculate the energy wasted as heat.
- 18th December 1975State whether an acid has a pH value above or below 7.
- 19th December 1975A hazard symbol shows a skull and crossbones on an orange background. State what hazard this represents.
- 20th December 1975A question asks you to "find and copy one word" meaning "extremely cold." Which of these fits: "freezing", "mild", "warm" or "humid"?
- 21st December 1975A 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?
- 22nd December 1975You are asked to summarise a whole article in two sentences. What should you prioritise including?
- 23rd December 1975Is the claim 'recycling is clearly the most important thing you can do for the planet' a fact or an opinion?
- 24th December 1975Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'Because the tide was rising, the children ran back up the beach.'
- 25th December 1975Punctuate 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
- 26th December 1975Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "A trader called out his prices, and shoppers began to gather."
- 27th December 1975Find the mean of these test scores: 14, 18, 12, 20, 16.
- 28th December 1975p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 3, p = 20. Work out p when q = 12.
- 29th December 1975Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(2, -3) and B(-6, 9).
- 30th December 1975A train journey of 175 km takes 2.5 hours at a constant speed. Work out the speed in km/h.
- 31st December 1975A class recorded how many books each of 25 students read in a month: 5 students read 0-2 books, 12 students read 3-5 books, and 8 students read 6-8 books. Using midpoints 1, 4 and 7, estimate the mean number of books read.