Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
December 2003 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in December 2003, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in December 2003
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 2003Name the organelle found in both plant and animal cells that is the site of aerobic respiration.
- 2nd December 2003A block of wood has a mass of 60 g and a volume of 80 cm^3. Calculate its density.
- 3rd December 2003A farmer weighing 900 N stands on the ground. Her boots have a total sole area of 0.03 m^2. Use pressure = force / area to calculate the pressure she exerts on the ground, giving your answer in Pa.
- 4th December 2003State whether burning magnesium ribbon in air to form magnesium oxide is a physical change or a chemical change, and give a reason.
- 5th December 2003Using the reactivity series, state whether iron would react with a solution of copper sulfate, given that iron is more reactive than copper.
- 6th December 2003Name the part of a plant cell, not found in an animal cell, that carries out photosynthesis.
- 7th December 2003A pupil uses a stopwatch to measure how long a candle takes to burn down by 1 cm, but forgets to shield the candle from a draught in the room. State whether this makes the result less reliable or less valid, and explain your answer.
- 8th December 2003Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the handle was rusted solid, the door creaked open at last."
- 9th December 2003Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: hurry up whispered Kofi we havent got much time
- 10th December 2003A question asks you to 'state one reason why the train was delayed, using evidence from the text.' What kind of answer is required?
- 11th December 2003A diver notices 'a single brass buckle winking in the torchlight.' Which word suggests the buckle is briefly catching and reflecting the light?
- 12th December 2003In the phrase "silent, secret snow", which technique is being used?
- 13th December 2003What is a counter-argument, and why might a writer include one?
- 14th December 2003In the phrase "silent, snow-hushed streets", which technique is being used?
- 15th December 2003A cuboid measures 7 cm by 5 cm by 4 cm. Calculate its volume.
- 16th December 2003A pack of 24 pencils costs 3.60 pounds. Work out the cost of one pencil.
- 17th December 2003Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 18th December 2003A parallelogram has base 12 cm and perpendicular height 5 cm. Work out its area.
- 19th December 20033 workers can paint a fence in 8 hours, working at the same constant rate. How long would it take 4 workers to paint the same fence?
- 20th December 2003Find 10% of 95 pounds.
- 21st December 2003Work out 9 x 8.
- 22nd December 2003A coat costs 80 pounds. It is reduced by 35% in a sale. Work out the sale price.
- 23rd December 2003Work out 15% of 60.
- 24th December 2003State one way the xylem is adapted for transporting water up a plant.
- 25th December 2003In a chromatography experiment, the solvent front travels 10 cm and a dye spot travels 4 cm. Calculate the Rf value of the dye.
- 26th December 2003State whether the Earth's day (one full rotation on its axis) or the Earth's year (one full orbit of the Sun) takes longer.
- 27th December 2003A sound wave has a high frequency. State whether this means it has a high pitch or a low pitch.
- 28th December 2003State the name given to a chemical reaction that releases heat energy to the surroundings.
- 29th December 2003State the products formed when a metal reacts with an acid.
- 30th December 2003A question asks you to 'summarise the passage in your own words.' What must you avoid doing when answering it?
- 31st December 2003Is the relative clause in this sentence defining or non-defining, and should it have commas: 'The teacher who marked our essays gave detailed feedback' (assume there are several teachers)?