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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.

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December 2008

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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.

  1. 1st December 2008Work out 8 x 6.
  2. 2nd December 2008Find 3/5 of 45.
  3. 3rd December 2008Work out 15 x 14, using a written method.
  4. 4th December 2008Find 3/4 of 88.
  5. 5th December 2008In the food chain 'grass, rabbit, fox', name the primary consumer.
  6. 6th December 2008State one physical property that distinguishes a typical non-metal from a typical metal.
  7. 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.
  8. 8th December 2008A sound wave has a high frequency. State whether this means it has a high pitch or a low pitch.
  9. 9th December 2008State one function of the human skeleton, other than support.
  10. 10th December 2008Name the enzyme found in saliva that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
  11. 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.
  12. 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).
  13. 13th December 2008Correct the tense error: 'Last week, she swims to the buoy and back without stopping.'
  14. 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?
  15. 15th December 2008What is the name for a poem with no regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
  16. 16th December 2008A character 'counted his steps instead of looking down.' What does this suggest about his feelings?
  17. 17th December 2008Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? A) I like tennis; and swimming. B) I like tennis; my sister prefers swimming.
  18. 18th December 2008A writer describes a current as "dragging greedy fingers along the wreck." Name the technique used here.
  19. 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.
  20. 20th December 2008A box of 15 chocolates costs 4.50 pounds. Work out the cost of one chocolate.
  21. 21st December 2008Work out 56 / 7.
  22. 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.
  23. 23rd December 2008Work out 3/4 of 148.
  24. 24th December 2008Share 156 pounds between two people in the ratio 7:6.
  25. 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.
  26. 26th December 2008Convert 4.2 metres into centimetres.
  27. 27th December 2008Write the first four terms of the sequence with nth term 2n^2.
  28. 28th December 2008State one way bile helps with the digestion of fats.
  29. 29th December 2008In the reactivity series, state which is more reactive: zinc or copper.
  30. 30th December 2008A pupil measures a length as 250 mm. State this length in metres.
  31. 31st December 2008State how many natural moons orbit the Earth.