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December 2022 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in December 2022, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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December 2022

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in December 2022

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 2022State the method used to extract aluminium from its ore, and explain why this method is needed rather than reduction with carbon.
  2. 2nd December 2022Name the organs whose main job is to filter waste products out of the blood and produce urine.
  3. 3rd December 2022Name the continuous process by which rocks are broken down, transported, deposited, and can eventually reform into new rock types.
  4. 4th December 2022A 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.
  5. 5th December 2022A 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.
  6. 6th December 2022A non-fiction text about volcanoes uses the heading "How an Eruption Happens." What is the purpose of this heading?
  7. 7th December 2022What is the name for a poem written in three-line stanzas?
  8. 8th December 2022A poem has four-line stanzas with an ABAB rhyme scheme throughout. What effect might this regular structure have on the reader?
  9. 9th December 2022Insert a colon in the correct place: The kit list included the following items a torch, a compass and a whistle.
  10. 10th December 2022Correct the subject-verb agreement error: The team of swimmers were training every morning.
  11. 11th December 2022A poem compares the fox's eyes to 'two small, cold coins.' Name this technique.
  12. 12th December 2022You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
  13. 13th December 2022A conversion graph shows that 5 miles is equivalent to 8 kilometres. Using this scale, convert 20 miles to kilometres.
  14. 14th December 2022A 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.
  15. 15th December 2022Write 3/5 as a decimal.
  16. 16th December 2022A 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.
  17. 17th December 2022A 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.)
  18. 18th December 2022Expand and simplify (x + 5)(x - 3).
  19. 19th December 2022Simplify sqrt(75) - sqrt(12), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(3).
  20. 20th December 2022Work out 9.6 divided by 0.4.
  21. 21st December 2022Calculate 47 + 36.
  22. 22nd December 2022Name the male gamete and the female gamete involved in human reproduction.
  23. 23rd December 2022Name the acid that produces nitrate salts.
  24. 24th December 2022Name the circuit component whose symbol is a circle with a cross inside it.
  25. 25th December 2022Name the process by which digested food molecules pass from the small intestine into the blood.
  26. 26th December 2022An old-style filament light bulb transfers 100 J of electrical energy. Of this, 20 J is transferred usefully as light, and the rest is wasted as heat. Calculate the energy wasted as heat.
  27. 27th December 2022A 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.
  28. 28th December 2022A student wears safety goggles when heating a test tube of liquid over a Bunsen burner. State the hazard that the goggles help protect against.
  29. 29th December 2022A 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.
  30. 30th December 2022You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
  31. 31st December 2022Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.