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December 2021 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in December 2021, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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December 2021

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in December 2021

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 2021Work out 15 x 14, using a written method.
  2. 2nd December 2021Find 3/4 of 88.
  3. 3rd December 2021In the food chain 'grass, rabbit, fox', name the primary consumer.
  4. 4th December 2021State one physical property that distinguishes a typical non-metal from a typical metal.
  5. 5th December 2021Put these bodies in order of their distance from the Sun, starting with the closest: Mars, Mercury, Earth, Venus.
  6. 6th December 2021State whether elements in the same group of the periodic table have similar or very different chemical properties.
  7. 7th December 2021State one function of the human skeleton, other than support.
  8. 8th December 2021Name the enzyme found in saliva that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
  9. 9th December 2021A character says 'I'm fine' through gritted teeth, then slams the door. Explain what the contrast between the character's words and actions suggests.
  10. 10th December 2021Correct the spelling error caused by a missing doubled consonant: 'I am hopping to finish my homework before dinner' (meaning expecting, not jumping).
  11. 11th December 2021Correct the tense error: 'Last week, she swims to the buoy and back without stopping.'
  12. 12th December 2021A 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?
  13. 13th December 2021What is the name for a poem with no regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
  14. 14th December 2021A character 'counted his steps instead of looking down.' What does this suggest about his feelings?
  15. 15th December 2021This sentence contains a comma splice: The rain started early, we cancelled the picnic. Correct it in one way.
  16. 16th December 2021A writer describes a current as "dragging greedy fingers along the wreck." Name the technique used here.
  17. 17th December 2021A 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.
  18. 18th December 2021A box of 15 chocolates costs 4.50 pounds. Work out the cost of one chocolate.
  19. 19th December 2021Work out 56 / 7.
  20. 20th December 2021In 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.
  21. 21st December 2021Work out 3/4 of 148.
  22. 22nd December 2021Share 156 pounds between two people in the ratio 7:6.
  23. 23rd December 2021A 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.
  24. 24th December 2021Convert 4.2 metres into centimetres.
  25. 25th December 2021Using the formula v = u + at, find v when u = 5, a = 3 and t = 4.
  26. 26th December 2021State one way bile helps with the digestion of fats.
  27. 27th December 2021In the reactivity series, state which is more reactive: zinc or copper.
  28. 28th December 2021A pupil rubs a plastic rod with a cloth, giving the rod a negative electric charge. She then holds the rod near small pieces of paper on a table. State what she would observe, and explain why, in terms of electric charge.
  29. 29th December 2021In the food chain grass, rabbit, fox, where grass is eaten by rabbits and rabbits are eaten by foxes, name the organism that is the producer.
  30. 30th December 2021Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
  31. 31st December 2021A thermometer has graduations every 1 degree C. A student takes a single temperature reading of 40 degrees C. Calculate the percentage uncertainty in this reading.