Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
December 2008 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in December 2008, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in December 2008
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 2008Work out 8 x 6.
- 2nd December 2008Find 3/5 of 45.
- 3rd December 2008Work out 15 x 14, using a written method.
- 4th December 2008Find 3/4 of 88.
- 5th December 2008In the food chain 'grass, rabbit, fox', name the primary consumer.
- 6th December 2008State one physical property that distinguishes a typical non-metal from a typical metal.
- 7th December 2008State whether the Earth's day (one full rotation on its axis) or the Earth's year (one full orbit of the Sun) takes longer.
- 8th December 2008A sound wave has a high frequency. State whether this means it has a high pitch or a low pitch.
- 9th December 2008State one function of the human skeleton, other than support.
- 10th December 2008Name the enzyme found in saliva that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
- 11th December 2008A character says 'I'm fine' through gritted teeth, then slams the door. Explain what the contrast between the character's words and actions suggests.
- 12th December 2008Correct the spelling error caused by a missing doubled consonant: 'I am hopping to finish my homework before dinner' (meaning expecting, not jumping).
- 13th December 2008Correct the tense error: 'Last week, she swims to the buoy and back without stopping.'
- 14th December 2008A 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?
- 15th December 2008What is the name for a poem with no regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
- 16th December 2008A character 'counted his steps instead of looking down.' What does this suggest about his feelings?
- 17th December 2008Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? A) I like tennis; and swimming. B) I like tennis; my sister prefers swimming.
- 18th December 2008A writer describes a current as "dragging greedy fingers along the wreck." Name the technique used here.
- 19th December 2008A 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.
- 20th December 2008A box of 15 chocolates costs 4.50 pounds. Work out the cost of one chocolate.
- 21st December 2008Work out 56 / 7.
- 22nd December 2008In 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.
- 23rd December 2008Work out 3/4 of 148.
- 24th December 2008Share 156 pounds between two people in the ratio 7:6.
- 25th December 2008A 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.
- 26th December 2008Convert 4.2 metres into centimetres.
- 27th December 2008Write the first four terms of the sequence with nth term 2n^2.
- 28th December 2008State one way bile helps with the digestion of fats.
- 29th December 2008In the reactivity series, state which is more reactive: zinc or copper.
- 30th December 2008A pupil measures a length as 250 mm. State this length in metres.
- 31st December 2008State how many natural moons orbit the Earth.