Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
December 1993 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1993
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1993A travel brochure and a science textbook both describe coral reefs. Which is more likely to use exaggerated, emotive language, and why?
- 2nd December 1993A leaflet states 'You could help save a hundred bottles a year.' Which word directly addresses the reader?
- 3rd December 1993Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The rain fell steadily.'
- 4th December 1993Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the suitcase on the platform."
- 5th December 1993Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Crates of fruit lined the pavement."
- 6th December 1993A 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.
- 7th December 1993Solve x^2 - 5x + 6 = 0.
- 8th December 1993A 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.
- 9th December 1993Work out 60% of 45.
- 10th December 1993A 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).
- 11th December 1993The product of two consecutive positive integers is 132. Find the two integers.
- 12th December 1993Expand 4(3x + 2).
- 13th December 1993Work out 12.6 divided by 0.3.
- 14th December 1993Calculate the simple interest earned on 600 pounds saved for 3 years at an annual rate of 4%.
- 15th December 1993A 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.
- 16th December 1993Explain, using collision theory, why crushing a solid into a powder increases the rate of reaction.
- 17th December 1993A wind turbine and a coal power station both generate electricity, but only one of them directly burns fuel to boil water into steam. State which one this is, and name the component that this steam turns.
- 18th December 1993A car accelerates from rest to 20 m/s in 4 s. Calculate its acceleration, using acceleration = change in velocity / time.
- 19th December 1993Name the group in the periodic table that contains helium, neon and argon.
- 20th December 1993A pupil measures a mass of 3.5 kg on a set of scales. Convert this mass to grams.
- 21st December 1993Add an apostrophe in the correct place: The two teams kits were both muddy after the match. (There is one kit set per team, and two teams in total.)
- 22nd December 1993In the sentence 'The old clock in the hallway ticked with the patience of a watchman,' which word gives the clock a human quality?
- 23rd December 1993A character mutters "It's nothing" while quickly hiding a letter in his pocket. Explain what the contrast between his words and actions suggests.
- 24th December 1993Explain one way an ending can 'connect back' to the opening of a story.
- 25th December 1993Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: Although the fair had closed years ago, the carousel still turned.
- 26th December 1993Give one example of emotive language a speaker might use to persuade pupils that public speaking is worth the risk.
- 27th December 1993A speech opens with the line: 'Imagine losing your home in a single night.' What technique is this, and why is it an effective opening?
- 28th December 1993Round 4826 to the nearest hundred.
- 29th December 1993Write 0.00042 in standard form.
- 30th December 1993Without a calculator, work out 35% of 220.
- 31st December 1993Solve x^2 + 4x - 21 = 0.