Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
April 1993 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 1993
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 1993A conversion graph shows that 5 miles is equivalent to 8 kilometres. Using this scale, convert 20 miles to kilometres.
- 2nd April 1993The nth term of a sequence is 5n - 2. Work out the 15th term.
- 3rd April 1993Write 3/5 as a decimal.
- 4th April 19933/4 of a number is 54. Work out 5/6 of the same number.
- 5th April 1993Work out the size of each interior angle of a regular decagon (10 sides).
- 6th April 1993Expand and simplify (x + 5)(x - 3).
- 7th April 1993Simplify sqrt(75) - sqrt(12), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(3).
- 8th April 1993Work out 9.6 divided by 0.4.
- 9th April 1993Calculate 47 + 36.
- 10th April 1993Name the joint type found in the hip, and state one other place in the body where this same joint type is found.
- 11th April 1993Complete the word equation: hydrochloric acid + sodium hydroxide produces ___ + ___.
- 12th April 1993Name the circuit component whose symbol is a circle with a cross inside it.
- 13th April 1993Name the process by which digested food molecules pass from the small intestine into the blood.
- 14th April 1993An 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.
- 15th April 1993State whether an acid has a pH value above or below 7.
- 16th April 1993A hazard symbol shows a skull and crossbones on an orange background. State what hazard this represents.
- 17th April 1993A 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.
- 18th April 1993You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 19th April 1993Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 20th April 1993What is emotive language, and why might a writer use it in a leaflet about ocean pollution?
- 21st April 1993Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The storm was BIG.'
- 22nd April 1993Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The doors opened, and passengers spilled onto the platform."
- 23rd April 1993Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The market was NOISY."
- 24th April 1993Find the mean of these test scores: 14, 18, 12, 20, 16.
- 25th April 1993y is directly proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 15. Work out y when x = 10.
- 26th April 1993A bag contains 8 red, 9 blue and 7 green counters only. A counter is picked at random. Work out the probability it is red, giving your answer as a decimal to 3 significant figures.
- 27th April 1993Find 3/5 of 120.
- 28th April 1993A class recorded how many books each of 25 students read in a month: 5 students read 0-2 books, 12 students read 3-5 books, and 8 students read 6-8 books. Using midpoints 1, 4 and 7, estimate the mean number of books read.
- 29th April 1993Prove that the sum of any three consecutive integers is always a multiple of 3.
- 30th April 1993Solve 5x - 4 = 21.