Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
July 1994 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in July 1994
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 1994On a map with a scale of 1 : 25,000, two villages are 6.8 cm apart. Work out the real-life distance between the villages, in kilometres.
- 2nd July 1994A chord divides a circle so that the angle at the centre is 130 degrees. Work out the angle at the circumference subtended by the same chord, on the major arc.
- 3rd July 1994Factorise 2x^2 + 7x + 3.
- 4th July 1994A recipe uses 3 eggs for every 240 g of flour. Work out how many grams of flour are needed for 7 eggs, at the same ratio.
- 5th July 1994Work out 5 + 4 x 3 - 2.
- 6th July 1994State two functions of the human skeleton.
- 7th July 1994Describe the test for carbon dioxide gas, and state the positive result.
- 8th July 1994State whether the north pole of one bar magnet placed near the north pole of a second bar magnet will attract or repel.
- 9th July 1994A solution has pH 10. State whether it is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
- 10th July 1994A diver swims from the surface down to a depth of 10 m in a swimming pool. State how the water pressure on her body changes as she swims deeper, and give a reason.
- 11th July 1994A pupil measures the resultant force on an object as 0 N even though several forces are acting on it. State the term used to describe forces in this situation.
- 12th July 1994State the name given to a value read from a graph that lies between two points that were actually measured.
- 13th July 1994A question asks you to "find and copy one word" meaning "extremely cold." Which of these fits: "freezing", "mild", "warm" or "humid"?
- 14th July 1994A factual article about volcanic islands is broken into sections titled 'How islands form', 'Life on the slopes' and 'Living with the risk'. What are these called, and what is their purpose?
- 15th July 1994You are asked to summarise a whole article in two sentences. What should you prioritise including?
- 16th July 1994Is the claim 'recycling is clearly the most important thing you can do for the planet' a fact or an opinion?
- 17th July 1994Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'Because the tide was rising, the children ran back up the beach.'
- 18th July 1994Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: mind the gap called the guard as the doors slid shut
- 19th July 1994Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "A trader called out his prices, and shoppers began to gather."
- 20th July 1994A survey of 40 students' favourite sport is shown in a pie chart. If football takes up a sector of 90 degrees, what percentage of students chose football?
- 21st July 1994p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 3, p = 20. Work out p when q = 12.
- 22nd July 1994Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(2, -3) and B(-6, 9).
- 23rd July 1994A train journey of 175 km takes 2.5 hours at a constant speed. Work out the speed in km/h.
- 24th July 1994A researcher wants to find the average pocket money received by pupils at a school, so she surveys only the pupils waiting outside the head teacher's office. Give one reason this is likely to produce a biased sample.
- 25th July 1994A triangle is inscribed in a circle so that one of its sides is a diameter of the circle. Explain, using a circle theorem, why the angle at the third vertex (opposite that side) must be 90 degrees.
- 26th July 1994Simplify 6a + 4b - 2a + 5b.
- 27th July 1994A car depreciates by 15% each year. It is worth 20,000 pounds now. Work out its value after 1 year.
- 28th July 1994Fatima earns 1800 pounds a month and saves 12% of her earnings. Calculate how much she saves each month.
- 29th July 1994On a microscope, the eyepiece lens has a magnification of x10 and the objective lens in use has a magnification of x40. Calculate the total magnification.
- 30th July 1994In the disappearing cross experiment, a student times how long it takes for a cross under the flask to disappear from view. Explain why a shorter time indicates a faster reaction.
- 31st July 1994Name one non-renewable energy resource used to generate electricity, other than coal.