Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
December 1979 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1979
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1979A pupil rubs a plastic rod with a cloth, giving the rod a negative electric charge. She then holds the rod near small pieces of paper on a table. State what she would observe, and explain why, in terms of electric charge.
- 2nd December 1979In the food chain grass, rabbit, fox, where grass is eaten by rabbits and rabbits are eaten by foxes, name the organism that is the producer.
- 3rd December 1979Name the organ in the human body that produces insulin.
- 4th December 1979A 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.
- 5th December 1979Which word means the same as "ascend" in a sentence about a balloon rising into the sky: "climb", "sink", "hover" or "spin"?
- 6th December 1979Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The waves whispered along the shingle shore'?
- 7th December 1979What is the name for a poem written without a regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
- 8th December 1979Choose the correct homophone: You should always ___ your times tables before a test. (practice / practise)
- 9th December 1979Choose the correct word: ___ leaving their bags by the door. (Their / There / They're)
- 10th December 1979Find and copy one word from 'the fox paused, listening to the city's held breath' that gives the city a human quality.
- 11th December 1979Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 12th December 1979Find the midpoint of the line segment joining (-4, 2) and (6, -8).
- 13th December 1979A 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.
- 14th December 1979Work out 3/4 + 1/6, giving your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 15th December 1979Solve 3(2x - 1) = x + 17.
- 16th December 1979Describe the locus of points that are equidistant from two fixed points, A and B.
- 17th December 1979Solve x^2 = 7x - 12.
- 18th December 1979Solve x^2 + 3x - 18 = 0.
- 19th December 1979Find 3^3 + sqrt(64).
- 20th December 1979120 pounds is shared between Leo and Maya in the ratio 3:5. Work out how much Maya receives.
- 21st December 1979A 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.
- 22nd December 1979A 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.
- 23rd December 1979State one way, other than increasing the current, to increase the strength of an electromagnet made from a coil of wire around an iron core.
- 24th December 1979State what happens to the current in a series circuit if an extra identical bulb is added, assuming the battery voltage stays the same.
- 25th December 1979Name the organ system that carries electrical signals around the body to allow a fast reflex reaction, such as pulling a hand away from something hot.
- 26th December 1979Name the gas needed by the body for aerobic respiration to take place.
- 27th December 1979A 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.
- 28th December 1979In an extract, a climber "kept checking the rope, tugging it twice before every step." What does this suggest about the climber?
- 29th December 1979In 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?
- 30th December 1979A biography states that a scientist 'spent every evening after his factory shift teaching himself chemistry from borrowed textbooks.' What can a reader infer about this person from these facts?
- 31st December 1979An article opens with a short story about one seabird found tangled in plastic, before giving any wider statistics. What is this technique called?