Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
December 2020 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in December 2020, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in December 2020
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 2020A cylindrical bucket has radius 12 cm and height 25 cm. Work out its volume, to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
- 2nd December 2020Work out sqrt(169) + 4^2.
- 3rd December 2020Increase 240 pounds by 12%.
- 4th December 2020Work out 312 divided by 8, using a written method.
- 5th December 2020The list shows the number of pets owned by 9 pupils: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 0, 1. Write down the mode.
- 6th December 2020During vigorous exercise, a sprinter's muscles cannot get enough oxygen. Name the substance that builds up in the muscles as a result, and state one effect this has.
- 7th December 2020The density of olive oil is 0.92 g/cm^3. State, with a reason, whether olive oil would float or sink in water (density 1.0 g/cm^3).
- 8th December 2020A parcel of mass 2.5 kg is lifted onto a shelf 2 m above the ground. Take g = 10 N/kg and use GPE = mass x g x height. Calculate the gain in gravitational potential energy.
- 9th December 2020Name the type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart under high pressure.
- 10th December 2020State whether gold is a very reactive or a very unreactive metal, given that it is found in the Earth as the pure metal rather than in a compound.
- 11th December 2020State the name given to elements found in Group 1 of the periodic table.
- 12th December 2020Before starting a watering investigation, a pupil writes this prediction: a plant given more water each day will grow taller than one given less water. State one piece of scientific reasoning that could support this prediction.
- 13th December 2020Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Dust rose from the floor, and Elias covered his mouth."
- 14th December 2020Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The old house was SCARY.'
- 15th December 2020Which word from 'the tannoy crackled out another indistinct apology' suggests the announcement was hard to understand?
- 16th December 2020A diver 'counted her breaths, trying to make each one last longer than the last.' What does this suggest about her situation?
- 17th December 2020In a poem, the line "Waves gnaw at the cliff's grey chin" contains an example of which technique?
- 18th December 2020An article states 'Pupils who read for pleasure for just ten minutes a day report feeling calmer.' Name the technique used here.
- 19th December 2020A poem describes wind as "howling" and "moaning" through bare branches. Name the technique shown by these two words.
- 20th December 2020Calculate the circumference of a circle with a radius of 9 cm. Use pi = 3.14.
- 21st December 2020Round 6.849 to 1 decimal place.
- 22nd December 2020A coat costs 80 pounds. Its price increases by 25%. Work out the new price.
- 23rd December 2020A prize of 240 pounds is shared between three friends in the ratio 1:2:5. Work out the smallest share.
- 24th December 2020A map has a scale of 1:20000. Two towns are 7cm apart on the map. Work out the real distance between them, in km.
- 25th December 2020Work out 3 + 6 x 2 - 4.
- 26th December 2020A recipe uses 2 eggs for every 150 g of flour. Work out how many grams of flour are needed for 5 eggs, at the same ratio.
- 27th December 2020Work out -3 - 6.
- 28th December 2020Work out -9 + 15.
- 29th December 2020Name the food group that provides the body with the most energy per gram.
- 30th December 2020State the property used to arrange the elements in order in the modern periodic table.
- 31st December 2020An astronaut has a mass of 70 kg on Earth. State her mass on the Moon, and explain why her weight on the Moon is less than her weight on Earth.