Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
November 1994 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in November 1994
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 1994A pupil applies a force of 10 N to move an object 2 m in the direction of the force. Use work done = force x distance to calculate the work done.
- 2nd November 1994A student wears safety goggles when heating a test tube of liquid over a Bunsen burner. State the hazard that the goggles help protect against.
- 3rd November 1994In an extract, a climber "kept checking the rope, tugging it twice before every step." What does this suggest about the climber?
- 4th November 1994In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The team faced constant setbacks - equipment failure, bad weather and dwindling supplies chipped away at morale.' What does 'dwindling' mean here?
- 5th November 1994A biography states that a scientist 'spent every evening after his factory shift teaching himself chemistry from borrowed textbooks.' What can a reader infer about this person from these facts?
- 6th November 1994An article opens with a short story about one seabird found tangled in plastic, before giving any wider statistics. What is this technique called?
- 7th November 1994Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: watch your step said the warden the path is icy
- 8th November 1994Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the platform was crowded, Amara found a seat by the window."
- 9th November 1994Identify the fronted adverbial in this sentence: "Slowly, the shutters were raised one by one."
- 10th November 1994A fair six-sided dice is rolled once. Find the probability of rolling a number greater than 4.
- 11th November 1994Write 3.6 x 10^-3 as an ordinary number.
- 12th November 1994A laptop valued at 900 pounds depreciates by 12% in its first year. Work out its value at the end of the first year.
- 13th November 1994Work out -15 + 4 x (-2).
- 14th November 1994A fair coin is flipped and a fair six-sided dice is rolled at the same time. Work out the probability of getting heads on the coin and a number greater than 4 on the dice.
- 15th November 1994Femi can complete a job alone in 2 hours, Grace can complete the same job alone in 3 hours, and Hassan can complete it alone in 6 hours. Working together at these constant rates, how long will it take them to complete the job?
- 16th November 1994Here are the first four terms of a sequence: 7, 11, 15, 19. Find an expression for the nth term.
- 17th November 1994Find the mean of 14, 18, 22, 16 and 20.
- 18th November 1994A jacket priced at 84 pounds is increased by 25% for the winter season. Calculate the new price.
- 19th November 1994State whether human eye colour is an example of inherited variation, environmental variation, or both.
- 20th November 1994State whether an exothermic reaction transfers energy to, or takes in energy from, the surroundings.
- 21st November 1994State the unit normally used for speed in physics, and name one other unit that speed could also correctly be measured in.
- 22nd November 1994Two forces of 10 N and 10 N act on an object in exactly opposite directions. Calculate the resultant force.
- 23rd November 1994State the unit used to measure electric current.
- 24th November 1994State the name of the force that acts to slow down a moving object due to contact between two surfaces.
- 25th November 1994Correct the punctuation in this sentence, which reports direct speech: the coach shouted keep going were nearly there
- 26th November 1994A question asks you to 'find and copy one word which shows that the workshop was untidy.' What kind of question is this, and how should you answer it?
- 27th November 1994A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how a writer builds atmosphere across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
- 28th November 1994Which of these would best speed up the pace of an action scene: a long sentence with several clauses, or a short, three-word sentence?
- 29th November 1994Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the funfair at midnight.'
- 30th November 1994Is the claim 'debating is clearly the single best way to build confidence' a fact or an opinion?