Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
December 1995 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1995
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1995Simplify 4(2x - 3) + 5.
- 2nd December 1995A stall sells 4 sandwiches at 2.20 pounds each and 3 drinks at 1.10 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.
- 3rd December 1995Write the ratio 16:24 in its simplest form.
- 4th December 1995Work out 8 x 6.
- 5th December 1995Find 3/5 of 45.
- 6th December 1995Work out 15 x 14, using a written method.
- 7th December 1995Find 3/4 of 88.
- 8th December 1995In the food chain 'grass, rabbit, fox', name the primary consumer.
- 9th December 1995State one physical property that distinguishes a typical non-metal from a typical metal.
- 10th December 1995A ray of light travels from air into a glass block. State whether the ray bends towards the normal or away from the normal as it enters the glass.
- 11th December 1995Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
- 12th December 1995State one function of the human skeleton, other than support.
- 13th December 1995Name the enzyme found in saliva that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
- 14th December 1995A character says 'I'm fine' through gritted teeth, then slams the door. Explain what the contrast between the character's words and actions suggests.
- 15th December 1995Correct the spelling error caused by a missing doubled consonant: 'I am hopping to finish my homework before dinner' (meaning expecting, not jumping).
- 16th December 1995Correct the tense error: 'Last week, she swims to the buoy and back without stopping.'
- 17th December 1995A poem has irregular line lengths and no rhyme scheme, but a steady, insistent rhythm created by repeating the same three-syllable phrase. What technique creates this effect?
- 18th December 1995What is the name for a poem with no regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
- 19th December 1995A character 'counted his steps instead of looking down.' What does this suggest about his feelings?
- 20th December 1995Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Yesterday, Priya walks to school and meets her friend Tom.
- 21st December 1995A writer describes a current as "dragging greedy fingers along the wreck." Name the technique used here.
- 22nd December 1995A cinema charges 6.50 pounds for an adult ticket and 4.20 pounds for a child ticket. A family buys tickets for 2 adults and 3 children. Work out the total cost, without using a calculator.
- 23rd December 1995A box of 15 chocolates costs 4.50 pounds. Work out the cost of one chocolate.
- 24th December 1995Work out 56 / 7.
- 25th December 1995In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 27 degrees and the opposite side is 6 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse, to 1 decimal place.
- 26th December 1995Work out 3/4 of 148.
- 27th December 1995Share 156 pounds between two people in the ratio 7:6.
- 28th December 1995A dice has its six faces numbered 1 to 6, arranged so opposite faces always add up to 7. The face showing 2 is on top, and the face showing 3 is facing you. Work out which number is on the bottom face, and which number is on the face directly opposite the one facing you.
- 29th December 1995Convert 4.2 metres into centimetres.
- 30th December 1995The first three terms of the triangular numbers are 1, 3, 6. If the pattern continues in the same way, what is the next term after 6?
- 31st December 1995State one way bile helps with the digestion of fats.