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December 2013 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in December 2013, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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December 2013

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in December 2013

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 2013A charity bake sale raises 200 pounds, split between three charities in the ratio 3 : 2 : 5. Work out the amount the largest share receives.
  2. 2nd December 2013Find 1/3 of 96.
  3. 3rd December 2013Work out -12 + 4 x 3.
  4. 4th December 2013Solve x^2 - 2x - 24 = 0.
  5. 5th December 2013Work out 207 divided by 9, showing your written method.
  6. 6th December 2013Work out 143 divided by 11.
  7. 7th December 2013A regular polygon has an exterior angle of 24 degrees. Work out how many sides the polygon has.
  8. 8th December 2013A right-angled triangle has hypotenuse 17 cm and one leg of 8 cm. Calculate the length of the other leg.
  9. 9th December 2013Write the first four terms of the sequence with nth term 2n^2.
  10. 10th December 2013Name the substance that builds up in muscles during anaerobic respiration and causes fatigue.
  11. 11th December 2013Name the two substances that must both be present for iron to rust.
  12. 12th December 2013A pupil measures a length as 250 mm. State this length in metres.
  13. 13th December 2013State how many natural moons orbit the Earth.
  14. 14th December 2013State the name of the process by which light rays bend as they pass from air into glass.
  15. 15th December 2013A cylinder of gas is labelled with a diamond-shaped symbol showing a black flame on an orange background. State what hazard this symbol represents.
  16. 16th December 2013A writer describes rising ocean temperatures as "a slow-burning threat to one of the planet's most colourful ecosystems." Explain what effect the phrase "slow-burning" has on the reader.
  17. 17th December 2013A poem compares loneliness to 'an empty chair at a crowded table.' Name this technique.
  18. 18th December 2013Explain why a poet might choose an irregular, unpredictable rhythm to describe a storm, rather than a steady, regular one.
  19. 19th December 2013Choose the correct homophone: ___ going to be late if the bus does not arrive soon. (Whose / Who's)
  20. 20th December 2013Identify the subordinate clause in this sentence: Because the fire alarm sounded, everyone left the building calmly.
  21. 21st December 2013What is the term for a poem that continues a sentence or idea from one line to the next without a pause?
  22. 22nd December 2013In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The expedition team faced constant attrition - illness, injury and exhaustion wore down their numbers day by day.' What does 'attrition' mean here?
  23. 23rd December 2013A train travels 90 km in 1.5 hours at a constant speed, shown as a straight line on a distance-time graph. Calculate the gradient of this line, and state what it represents.
  24. 24th December 2013A car valued at 12,000 pounds depreciates by 15% in its first year. Work out its value at the end of the first year.
  25. 25th December 2013Find 3/8 of 64.
  26. 26th December 2013After a 12% pay rise, Priya's monthly salary is 2,240 pounds. Work out her monthly salary before the pay rise.
  27. 27th December 2013On a map with a scale of 1 : 25,000, two villages are 6.8 cm apart. Work out the real-life distance between the villages, in kilometres.
  28. 28th December 2013In a right-angled triangle, the hypotenuse is 13 cm and one other side is 5 cm. Work out the size of the angle opposite the 5 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  29. 29th December 2013A triangle has sides 7 cm and 9 cm with an included angle of 50 degrees. Work out its area, to 1 decimal place.
  30. 30th December 2013Work out the mean of 8, 12, 15, 9 and 11.
  31. 31st December 2013Find 25% of 84 pounds.