Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
May 1994 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 1994
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1994A trolley of mass 20 kg is pushed with a resultant force of 60 N. Use force = mass x acceleration to calculate its acceleration.
- 2nd May 1994Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves through tiny pores called stomata.
- 3rd May 1994Name the structure inside a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
- 4th May 1994Name the process of cell division that produces two genetically identical daughter cells for growth and repair.
- 5th May 1994A pupil is choosing between two thermometers to measure a temperature change of about 5 degrees C: one has markings every 2 degrees C, and the other has markings every 0.2 degrees C. State which thermometer would give the more precise reading, and explain why.
- 6th May 1994Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the map in the drawer."
- 7th May 1994Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The fog rolled in from the sea.'
- 8th May 1994A character 'checked her watch for the third time in a minute and sighed.' What does this suggest about how she is feeling?
- 9th May 1994Which word class is 'cautiously' in the sentence 'She cautiously ran her glove along the rusted rail'?
- 10th May 1994A question asks you to "compare how the two poets present the sea." What is the best way to structure your answer?
- 11th May 1994Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade pupils that reading is enjoyable rather than a chore.
- 12th May 1994In the line "Icicles hang like daggers from the eaves", which technique is used?
- 13th May 1994A triangular prism has a cross-sectional area of 15 cm^2 and a length of 12 cm. Calculate its volume.
- 14th May 1994Find 30% of 150.
- 15th May 1994Work out 13^2.
- 16th May 1994Find 5/6 of 72.
- 17th May 1994A recipe for 4 people uses 200g of butter. How much butter is needed for 10 people?
- 18th May 1994A tap fills a bucket at a constant rate of 3 litres every 2 minutes. Work out how many litres it fills in 10 minutes.
- 19th May 1994Calculate 74 - 38.
- 20th May 1994Work out -7 + 15.
- 21st May 1994A journey of 240 km takes 4 hours at a constant speed. Work out the speed in km/h.
- 22nd May 1994A polar bear has thick white fur. State whether this is a structural or a behavioural adaptation, and explain why.
- 23rd May 1994State whether reactivity increases or decreases going down Group 1, the alkali metals.
- 24th May 1994State the law of reflection.
- 25th May 1994A student shouts and hears an echo 0.6 s later off a distant wall. Given the speed of sound in air is 340 m/s, calculate the total distance travelled by the sound (there and back).
- 26th May 1994A ball is dropped from a height and falls freely towards the ground. State the type of energy the ball gains as it speeds up.
- 27th May 1994A pupil applies a force of 8 N to a spring and it extends by 4 cm. Use spring constant = force / extension to calculate the spring constant, in N/cm.
- 28th May 1994A question is worth 4 marks and asks you to explain the effect of a writer's language in a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
- 29th May 1994Which punctuation mark correctly joins these two related sentences into one: 'The rain finally stopped ___ the match could go ahead after all.'
- 30th May 1994Add a hyphen where needed: a ten year old girl won the competition.
- 31st May 1994Explain why a poet might end a poem about autumn with a single short line, such as 'Then, silence.'