Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
December 2009 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in December 2009, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in December 2009
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 2009Find the nth term of the sequence 2, 5, 8, 11, ...
- 2nd December 2009A 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.
- 3rd December 2009State the method used to extract aluminium from its ore, and explain why this method is needed rather than reduction with carbon.
- 4th December 2009A results table has columns for 'Time (s)' and 'Temperature (degrees C)'. State which of these two variables would normally be plotted on the x-axis of a line graph.
- 5th December 2009State which planet in the Solar System is closest to the Sun.
- 6th December 2009A 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.
- 7th December 2009A 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.
- 8th December 2009A non-fiction text about volcanoes uses the heading "How an Eruption Happens." What is the purpose of this heading?
- 9th December 2009What is the name for a poem written in three-line stanzas?
- 10th December 2009A poem has four-line stanzas with an ABAB rhyme scheme throughout. What effect might this regular structure have on the reader?
- 11th December 2009Insert a colon in the correct place: The kit list included the following items a torch, a compass and a whistle.
- 12th December 2009Correct the subject-verb agreement error: The team of swimmers were training every morning.
- 13th December 2009A poem compares the fox's eyes to 'two small, cold coins.' Name this technique.
- 14th December 2009A biography states that a person 'left school at fourteen to support her family, and by twenty-one had opened her own shop.' What can a reader infer about this person's character from these facts?
- 15th December 2009A line has equation y = 4x - 7. Write down its gradient and its y-intercept.
- 16th December 2009A 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.
- 17th December 2009Write 3/5 as a decimal.
- 18th December 2009A 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.
- 19th December 2009A 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.)
- 20th December 2009Expand and simplify (x + 5)(x - 3).
- 21st December 2009Simplify sqrt(75) - sqrt(12), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(3).
- 22nd December 2009Work out 9.6 divided by 0.4.
- 23rd December 2009Calculate 47 + 36.
- 24th December 2009Name the male gamete and the female gamete involved in human reproduction.
- 25th December 2009Name the acid that produces nitrate salts.
- 26th December 2009State whether sound is a transverse wave or a longitudinal wave.
- 27th December 2009Name the organ that produces bile, which helps to digest fats.
- 28th December 2009State whether melting ice is a physical change or a chemical change, and give a reason.
- 29th December 2009A 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.
- 30th December 2009A student wears safety goggles when heating a test tube of liquid over a Bunsen burner. State the hazard that the goggles help protect against.
- 31st December 2009A guide tells the group "we're nearly there" in a steady voice, but keeps glancing anxiously at the darkening sky. Explain what the contrast between his words and his glances suggests.