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June 1995 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

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June 1995

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st June 1995On a distance-time graph, a cyclist's journey is shown as a horizontal line for 15 minutes. What does this tell you about the cyclist during this time?
  2. 2nd June 1995The nth term of a sequence is 5n - 2. Work out the 15th term.
  3. 3rd June 1995Find 3/8 of 64.
  4. 4th June 19953/4 of a number is 54. Work out 5/6 of the same number.
  5. 5th June 1995Work out the size of each interior angle of a regular decagon (10 sides).
  6. 6th June 1995In 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.
  7. 7th June 1995A triangle has sides 7 cm and 9 cm with an included angle of 50 degrees. Work out its area, to 1 decimal place.
  8. 8th June 1995Work out the mean of 8, 12, 15, 9 and 11.
  9. 9th June 1995Find 25% of 84 pounds.
  10. 10th June 1995Name the joint type found in the hip, and state one other place in the body where this same joint type is found.
  11. 11th June 1995Complete the word equation: hydrochloric acid + sodium hydroxide produces ___ + ___.
  12. 12th June 1995A torch bulb has a resistance of 15 ohms and a current of 0.2 A flows through it. Use V = I x R to calculate the voltage across the bulb.
  13. 13th June 1995Name the salt formed when hydrochloric acid reacts with sodium hydroxide.
  14. 14th June 1995A pupil wants to measure the current flowing through a lamp in a circuit. Name the piece of apparatus she needs, and state whether it should be connected in series or in parallel with the lamp.
  15. 15th June 1995State whether an acid has a pH value above or below 7.
  16. 16th June 1995A hazard symbol shows a skull and crossbones on an orange background. State what hazard this represents.
  17. 17th June 1995A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how the writer builds a sense of danger across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
  18. 18th June 1995A travel article is written for a general newspaper audience rather than for expert climbers. How might its vocabulary and level of detail differ from a specialist mountaineering magazine?
  19. 19th June 1995In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The submersible's hull must withstand immense pressure at such depths, where a single flaw could prove catastrophic.' What does 'catastrophic' mean here?
  20. 20th June 1995Name the technique used in this slogan: Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
  21. 21st June 1995Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the alleyway at dusk.'
  22. 22nd June 1995Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The station was BUSY."
  23. 23rd June 1995Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the fruit stall."
  24. 24th June 1995Find the median and the range of this data set: 7, 3, 9, 3, 12, 5.
  25. 25th June 1995A right-angled triangle has shorter sides of 5 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
  26. 26th June 1995The nth term of a sequence is 4n + 3. Work out the 20th term.
  27. 27th June 1995Work out 84 / 12.
  28. 28th June 1995A class recorded how many books each of 25 students read in a month: 5 students read 0-2 books, 12 students read 3-5 books, and 8 students read 6-8 books. Using midpoints 1, 4 and 7, estimate the mean number of books read.
  29. 29th June 1995Prove that the sum of any three consecutive integers is always a multiple of 3.
  30. 30th June 1995p = 5, q = -2. Work out the value of 3p + q.