Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
July 1995 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in July 1995
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 1995A bag has 4 yellow and 6 purple counters. Find the probability of picking a purple counter.
- 2nd July 1995A meal out costs 68 pounds before a 12.5% service charge is added. Calculate the total cost including the service charge.
- 3rd July 1995In pea plants, the allele for tall (T) is dominant over the allele for short (t). State the possible genotype(s) of a tall pea plant.
- 4th July 1995State two factors, other than using a catalyst, that increase the rate of a reaction between a solid and a solution.
- 5th July 1995A skateboarder travels at a constant speed of 4 m/s for 6 seconds. Use acceleration = change in velocity / time taken to state his acceleration during this time, and explain what an acceleration of zero means about his motion.
- 6th July 1995A hand warmer gets hot when a chemical reaction inside it takes place. State whether this reaction is exothermic or endothermic.
- 7th July 1995Name the two products of photosynthesis.
- 8th July 1995A pupil adds universal indicator to a solution and it turns red. State whether the solution is acidic, alkaline or neutral.
- 9th July 1995In the sentence "The exhausted runner collapsed across the finish line," what word class is "exhausted"?
- 10th July 1995In an extract, a character 'set down his tools without a word and walked out into the rain.' What might this action suggest about his state of mind?
- 11th July 1995A writer describes a clock as "ticking its patient warning through the empty hall." Name the poetic technique used here.
- 12th July 1995Punctuate this exchange, adding inverted commas, capital letters and any other punctuation needed: are you sure about this asked Leo his sister nodded without looking up
- 13th July 1995Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: The funfair was SCARY.
- 14th July 1995A speaker says 'Ninety per cent of our debate club members say it changed how they see arguments.' Name the technique used here.
- 15th July 1995Is the claim 'this is the most dangerous road crossing in the whole town' a fact or an opinion? Explain your answer.
- 16th July 1995Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9
- 17th July 1995Solve x^2 + 3x - 10 = 0.
- 18th July 1995A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
- 19th July 1995p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
- 20th July 1995The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
- 21st July 1995A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
- 22nd July 1995A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
- 23rd July 1995Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.
- 24th July 1995A box contains 7 yellow pencils, 5 blue pencils and 3 green pencils. A pencil is picked at random. Find the probability that it is not blue.
- 25th July 1995State one structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
- 26th July 1995A sample of matter has particles that are far apart and moving quickly in random directions. State which state of matter this describes.
- 27th July 1995In a tug of war, Team X pulls with a force of 640 N and Team Y pulls with a force of 590 N in the opposite direction. Calculate the resultant force acting on the rope.
- 28th July 1995A cyclist travels 300 m in 25 s. Calculate her average speed.
- 29th July 1995Name the gas produced when a reactive metal reacts with a dilute acid.
- 30th July 1995Name the piece of equipment used to separate an insoluble solid from a liquid.
- 31st July 1995A pupil measures the mass of a metal washer five times using a balance and gets: 14.2 g, 14.5 g, 14.1 g, 14.6 g, 14.1 g. Calculate the mean mass, giving your answer to 3 significant figures.