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July 1993 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

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July 1993

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st July 1993Find 2/5 of 65.
  2. 2nd July 1993Find 1/3 of 96.
  3. 3rd July 1993Work out -12 + 4 x 3.
  4. 4th July 1993Solve x^2 - 2x - 24 = 0.
  5. 5th July 1993Work out 207 divided by 9, showing your written method.
  6. 6th July 1993Work out 143 divided by 11.
  7. 7th July 1993In a class of 30 pupils, 18 play football, 14 play tennis, and 7 play both football and tennis. How many pupils play neither football nor tennis?
  8. 8th July 1993A right-angled triangle has hypotenuse 17 cm and one leg of 8 cm. Calculate the length of the other leg.
  9. 9th July 1993The first three terms of the triangular numbers are 1, 3, 6. If the pattern continues in the same way, what is the next term after 6?
  10. 10th July 1993Name the enzyme that digests starch, and state the product it is broken down into.
  11. 11th July 1993Name the gas released when fossil fuels are burned that is the main cause of the enhanced greenhouse effect.
  12. 12th July 1993The Sun is much larger than the Earth. State what type of object the Sun is, and name the force that keeps the Earth in orbit around it.
  13. 13th July 1993Name the type of rock formed when layers of sediment, such as sand or mud, are compressed together over a long period of time.
  14. 14th July 1993Name the force that opposes the motion of an object moving through air.
  15. 15th July 1993A cylinder of gas is labelled with a diamond-shaped symbol showing a black flame on an orange background. State what hazard this symbol represents.
  16. 16th July 1993A writer describes rising ocean temperatures as "a slow-burning threat to one of the planet's most colourful ecosystems." Explain what effect the phrase "slow-burning" has on the reader.
  17. 17th July 1993A poem compares loneliness to 'an empty chair at a crowded table.' Name this technique.
  18. 18th July 1993Explain why a poet might choose an irregular, unpredictable rhythm to describe a storm, rather than a steady, regular one.
  19. 19th July 1993Choose the correct homophone: ___ going to be late if the bus does not arrive soon. (Whose / Who's)
  20. 20th July 1993Identify the subordinate clause in this sentence: Because the fire alarm sounded, everyone left the building calmly.
  21. 21st July 1993What is the term for a poem that continues a sentence or idea from one line to the next without a pause?
  22. 22nd July 1993What do the letters PAF stand for when analysing a non-fiction text?
  23. 23rd July 1993Find the gradient of the line joining (1, 4) and (5, 16).
  24. 24th July 1993A cylindrical water butt has a radius of 35 cm and a height of 120 cm. Work out its volume, giving your answer in cm^3 to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
  25. 25th July 1993Find 3/8 of 64.
  26. 26th July 1993Two numbers are in the ratio 4 : 7. Their sum is 66. Work out the difference between the two numbers.
  27. 27th July 1993A shape is made from a rectangle measuring 12 cm by 8 cm, with a right-angled triangle of base 6 cm and height 8 cm removed from one corner. Work out the area of the remaining shape.
  28. 28th July 1993In a right-angled triangle, the hypotenuse is 13 cm and one other side is 5 cm. Work out the size of the angle opposite the 5 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  29. 29th July 1993A triangle has sides 7 cm and 9 cm with an included angle of 50 degrees. Work out its area, to 1 decimal place.
  30. 30th July 1993Work out the mean of 8, 12, 15, 9 and 11.
  31. 31st July 1993Find 25% of 84 pounds.