Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
December 1988 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1988
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1988A straight line passes through (0, 5) and has a gradient of -2. Write down its equation.
- 2nd December 1988The nth term of a sequence is 5n - 2. Work out the 15th term.
- 3rd December 1988Write 0.72 as a percentage.
- 4th December 19883/4 of a number is 54. Work out 5/6 of the same number.
- 5th December 1988Work out the size of each interior angle of a regular decagon (10 sides).
- 6th December 1988A 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.
- 7th December 1988Factorise 2x^2 + 7x + 3.
- 8th December 1988A 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.
- 9th December 1988Work out 5 + 4 x 3 - 2.
- 10th December 1988Name the joint type found in the hip, and state one other place in the body where this same joint type is found.
- 11th December 1988Complete the word equation: hydrochloric acid + sodium hydroxide produces ___ + ___.
- 12th December 1988In a series circuit, an ammeter placed before a bulb reads 0.6 A. State the current a second ammeter, placed elsewhere in the same series circuit, would read.
- 13th December 1988Name the enzyme, found in saliva, that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
- 14th December 1988State the standard unit used for density in physics and chemistry.
- 15th December 1988State whether an acid has a pH value above or below 7.
- 16th December 1988A hazard symbol shows a skull and crossbones on an orange background. State what hazard this represents.
- 17th December 1988A question asks you to "find and copy one word" meaning "extremely cold." Which of these fits: "freezing", "mild", "warm" or "humid"?
- 18th December 1988A 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?
- 19th December 1988You are asked to summarise a whole article in two sentences. What should you prioritise including?
- 20th December 1988Is the claim 'recycling is clearly the most important thing you can do for the planet' a fact or an opinion?
- 21st December 1988Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'Because the tide was rising, the children ran back up the beach.'
- 22nd December 1988Punctuate 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
- 23rd December 1988Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "A trader called out his prices, and shoppers began to gather."
- 24th December 1988A spinner has a probability of 0.3 of landing on red, a probability of 0.45 of landing on blue, and the remaining probability of landing on green. Find the probability of landing on green.
- 25th December 1988p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 3, p = 20. Work out p when q = 12.
- 26th December 1988Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(2, -3) and B(-6, 9).
- 27th December 1988A train journey of 175 km takes 2.5 hours at a constant speed. Work out the speed in km/h.
- 28th December 1988A 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.
- 29th December 1988Prove that the sum of any three consecutive integers is always a multiple of 3.
- 30th December 1988Simplify 6a + 4b - 2a + 5b.
- 31st December 1988A car depreciates by 15% each year. It is worth 20,000 pounds now. Work out its value after 1 year.