Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
May 1993 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 1993
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1993A train travels 245 km in 3.5 hours. Work out its average speed.
- 2nd May 1993Find 35% of 160 pounds.
- 3rd May 1993In pea plants, the allele for tall (T) is dominant over the allele for short (t). State the possible genotype(s) of a tall pea plant.
- 4th May 1993State two factors, other than using a catalyst, that increase the rate of a reaction between a solid and a solution.
- 5th May 1993A runner covers 400 m in 50 seconds at a constant speed. Use speed = distance / time to calculate her speed.
- 6th May 1993Some endothermic reactions cause the temperature of their surroundings to fall. Explain, in terms of energy, why this happens.
- 7th May 1993Name the two products of photosynthesis.
- 8th May 1993A pupil adds universal indicator to a solution and it turns red. State whether the solution is acidic, alkaline or neutral.
- 9th May 1993Choose the correct homophone to complete the sentence: The team celebrated ___ victory together. (their / there / they're)
- 10th May 1993A four-mark question asks you to explain the effect of the writer's language in one paragraph. Roughly how many separate points should your answer include?
- 11th May 1993A question asks you to "find and copy one word" meaning "silent." Which of these fits: "hushed", "loud", "busy" or "bright"?
- 12th May 1993Identify the four stages of a well-structured short narrative.
- 13th May 1993Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: dont go near the big wheel warned tom its not safe
- 14th May 1993A speaker opens with a short, true story about one shy pupil who became the club's best speaker. What is this technique called?
- 15th May 1993What is a rhetorical question, and why do persuasive writers use them?
- 16th May 1993List all the factors of 30, and state the highest common factor (HCF) of 30 and 45.
- 17th May 1993Solve x^2 + 3x - 10 = 0.
- 18th May 1993Simplify 7x - 3y + 2x + 8y.
- 19th May 1993A right-angled triangle has shorter sides of 7 cm and 24 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
- 20th May 1993A bag contains 9 red, 8 blue and 7 green counters only. A counter is picked at random. Work out the probability it is green, giving your answer as a decimal to 3 significant figures.
- 21st May 1993Work out 15% of 340 pounds.
- 22nd May 1993Work out 8.3 x 5.2, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
- 23rd May 1993Simplify the ratio 45:60.
- 24th May 1993A netball team played 20 matches. The table shows goals scored per match. Goals: 0, 1, 2, 3. Frequency: 4, 7, 6, 3. Calculate the mean number of goals per match.
- 25th May 1993A slice of toast contains 12 g of carbohydrate, 4 g of protein and 3 g of fat. Each gram of carbohydrate and each gram of protein provides 4 kcal of energy, and each gram of fat provides 9 kcal. Calculate the total energy content of the toast.
- 26th May 1993Name the technique used to separate sand from a mixture of sand and water.
- 27th May 1993Ben has a mass of 12 kg. Calculate his weight on Earth. Use weight = mass x gravitational field strength, with g = 10 N/kg.
- 28th May 1993Name the process by which cells release energy from glucose using oxygen.
- 29th May 1993Name one renewable energy resource.
- 30th May 1993Name the piece of equipment used to separate an insoluble solid from a liquid.
- 31st May 1993A pupil's teacher suggests using a data logger to measure temperature every second during an experiment, instead of a pupil reading a thermometer every minute. Suggest one advantage of using a data logger in this experiment.