Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
December 1996 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1996
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1996At a small maths club meeting, every one of the 8 members shakes hands with every other member exactly once. Work out the total number of handshakes.
- 2nd December 1996A rectangle has length 9.2 cm and width 6.8 cm. Calculate its perimeter.
- 3rd December 1996Write the next two terms of the sequence: 3, 7, 11, 15, ...
- 4th December 1996A food sample turns from blue to brick-red when Benedict's solution is added and the mixture is heated. State which nutrient this positive result shows is present.
- 5th December 1996State the method used to extract aluminium from its ore, and explain why this method is needed rather than reduction with carbon.
- 6th December 1996Write the number 0.048706 to 2 significant figures.
- 7th December 1996State the name of the rock type formed when magma cools and solidifies underground.
- 8th December 1996A pupil measures the volume of a gas produced in a reaction every 30 seconds. State whether the volume of gas is the independent or the dependent variable.
- 9th December 1996A student reads the volume of liquid in a measuring cylinder. The bottom of the meniscus lines up exactly halfway between the 22 cm^3 and 24 cm^3 graduation marks. State the volume of liquid.
- 10th December 1996A non-fiction text about volcanoes uses the heading "How an Eruption Happens." What is the purpose of this heading?
- 11th December 1996What is the name for a poem written in three-line stanzas?
- 12th December 1996A poem has four-line stanzas with an ABAB rhyme scheme throughout. What effect might this regular structure have on the reader?
- 13th December 1996Insert a colon in the correct place: The kit list included the following items a torch, a compass and a whistle.
- 14th December 1996Correct the subject-verb agreement error: The team of swimmers were training every morning.
- 15th December 1996A poem compares the fox's eyes to 'two small, cold coins.' Name this technique.
- 16th December 1996A magazine article about volcanoes is broken into sections titled 'How volcanoes form', 'Famous eruptions' and 'Living near a volcano'. What are these called, and what is their purpose?
- 17th December 1996Write down the coordinates of the point 3 units to the left of the origin and 5 units up.
- 18th December 1996A survey asked 20 people how many pets they own: 5 people own 0 pets, 8 own 1 pet, 4 own 2 pets, and 3 own 3 pets. Work out the mean number of pets owned.
- 19th December 1996Write 3/5 as a decimal.
- 20th December 1996A recipe for 8 people uses flour, sugar and butter in the ratio 4 : 3 : 1 by weight, totalling 800 g. Work out how many grams of sugar are needed to make the recipe for 12 people.
- 21st December 1996A circle has a radius of 10 cm. Work out the area of a sector with an angle of 72 degrees at the centre, giving your answer to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
- 22nd December 1996Expand and simplify (x + 5)(x - 3).
- 23rd December 1996Simplify sqrt(75) - sqrt(12), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(3).
- 24th December 1996Work out 9.6 divided by 0.4.
- 25th December 1996Calculate 47 + 36.
- 26th December 1996Name the male gamete and the female gamete involved in human reproduction.
- 27th December 1996Name the acid that produces nitrate salts.
- 28th December 1996State whether the north pole of one bar magnet placed near the north pole of a second bar magnet will attract or repel.
- 29th December 1996A solution has pH 10. State whether it is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
- 30th December 1996A diver swims from the surface down to a depth of 10 m in a swimming pool. State how the water pressure on her body changes as she swims deeper, and give a reason.
- 31st December 1996A pupil applies a force of 10 N to move an object 2 m in the direction of the force. Use work done = force x distance to calculate the work done.