Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
December 1981 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1981
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1981Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the funfair at midnight.'
- 2nd December 1981Is the claim 'debating is clearly the single best way to build confidence' a fact or an opinion?
- 3rd December 1981A campaign letter opens with a short, true story about one family affected by flooding, before giving any statistics. What is this technique called, and why might a writer use it first?
- 4th December 1981Work out (-5) + (-8) - (-6).
- 5th December 1981y is directly proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 30. Work out the value of y when x = 8.
- 6th December 1981Find 3/8 of 64.
- 7th December 1981Write 0.000078 in standard form.
- 8th December 1981A cylindrical bucket has radius 12 cm and height 25 cm. Work out its volume, to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
- 9th December 1981Work out sqrt(169) + 4^2.
- 10th December 1981Increase 240 pounds by 12%.
- 11th December 1981Work out 312 divided by 8, using a written method.
- 12th December 1981The list shows the number of pets owned by 9 pupils: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 0, 1. Write down the mode.
- 13th December 1981During vigorous exercise, a sprinter's muscles cannot get enough oxygen. Name the substance that builds up in the muscles as a result, and state one effect this has.
- 14th December 1981The density of olive oil is 0.92 g/cm^3. State, with a reason, whether olive oil would float or sink in water (density 1.0 g/cm^3).
- 15th December 1981A parcel of mass 2.5 kg is lifted onto a shelf 2 m above the ground. Take g = 10 N/kg and use GPE = mass x g x height. Calculate the gain in gravitational potential energy.
- 16th December 1981Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves through tiny pores called stomata.
- 17th December 1981Name the structure inside a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
- 18th December 1981State the name given to elements found in Group 1 of the periodic table.
- 19th December 1981A pupil is choosing between two thermometers to measure a temperature change of about 5 degrees C: one has markings every 2 degrees C, and the other has markings every 0.2 degrees C. State which thermometer would give the more precise reading, and explain why.
- 20th December 1981Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Dust rose from the floor, and Elias covered his mouth."
- 21st December 1981Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The old house was SCARY.'
- 22nd December 1981Which word from 'the tannoy crackled out another indistinct apology' suggests the announcement was hard to understand?
- 23rd December 1981A diver 'counted her breaths, trying to make each one last longer than the last.' What does this suggest about her situation?
- 24th December 1981In a poem, the line "Waves gnaw at the cliff's grey chin" contains an example of which technique?
- 25th December 1981An article states 'Pupils who read for pleasure for just ten minutes a day report feeling calmer.' Name the technique used here.
- 26th December 1981A poem describes wind as "howling" and "moaning" through bare branches. Name the technique shown by these two words.
- 27th December 1981A triangular prism has a cross-sectional area of 15 cm^2 and a length of 12 cm. Calculate its volume.
- 28th December 1981Round 6.849 to 1 decimal place.
- 29th December 1981A coat costs 80 pounds. Its price increases by 25%. Work out the new price.
- 30th December 1981A prize of 240 pounds is shared between three friends in the ratio 1:2:5. Work out the smallest share.
- 31st December 1981A map has a scale of 1:20000. Two towns are 7cm apart on the map. Work out the real distance between them, in km.