Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
October 1995 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 1995
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1995State the name of the structure that allows oxygen and nutrients to pass from a mother's blood to her developing foetus.
- 2nd October 1995Name the salt produced when zinc reacts with sulfuric acid.
- 3rd October 1995Name the circuit component whose symbol is a circle with a cross inside it.
- 4th October 1995Name the process by which digested food molecules pass from the small intestine into the blood.
- 5th October 1995An old-style filament light bulb transfers 100 J of electrical energy. Of this, 20 J is transferred usefully as light, and the rest is wasted as heat. Calculate the energy wasted as heat.
- 6th October 1995Name the type of teeth used mainly for cutting food.
- 7th October 1995State why it is good practice to run a quick preliminary (trial) experiment before starting the main investigation.
- 8th October 1995Which word means the same as "exhausted" in a sentence describing tired climbers: "drained", "energetic", "cheerful" or "restless"?
- 9th October 1995A biography states that a person 'taught herself to read at six using her grandfather's newspapers, and published her first book by twenty.' What can a reader infer about this person's character from these facts?
- 10th October 1995A travel brochure and a science textbook both describe coral reefs. Which is more likely to use exaggerated, emotive language, and why?
- 11th October 1995A leaflet states 'You could help save a hundred bottles a year.' Which word directly addresses the reader?
- 12th October 1995Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The rain fell steadily.'
- 13th October 1995Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the suitcase on the platform."
- 14th October 1995Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Crates of fruit lined the pavement."
- 15th October 1995Find the mean of these test scores: 14, 18, 12, 20, 16.
- 16th October 1995Solve x^2 - 5x + 6 = 0.
- 17th October 1995A survey asked 25 people how many books they read last month: 6 people read 0, 10 read 1, 6 read 2, 3 read 3. Work out the mean number of books read.
- 18th October 1995Work out 60% of 45.
- 19th October 1995Two hockey teams recorded the number of goals they scored in their last 5 matches. Team A: 2, 3, 2, 4, 4. Team B: 0, 1, 5, 6, 3. Compare the two teams by working out the mean and the range for each.
- 20th October 1995Simplify sqrt(50) - sqrt(8), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(2).
- 21st October 1995Expand 4(3x + 2).
- 22nd October 1995Work out 12.6 divided by 0.3.
- 23rd October 1995Find 35% of 160 pounds.
- 24th October 1995A pupil views onion cells under a microscope after adding a drop of iodine solution to the slide. State why the iodine solution was added.
- 25th October 1995A student dissolves ammonium nitrate in water and the temperature of the solution falls. State whether this process is exothermic or endothermic.
- 26th October 1995A runner covers 400 m in 50 seconds at a constant speed. Use speed = distance / time to calculate her speed.
- 27th October 1995Some endothermic reactions cause the temperature of their surroundings to fall. Explain, in terms of energy, why this happens.
- 28th October 1995Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves.
- 29th October 1995Name the process used to neutralise an acid using an alkali.
- 30th October 1995Choose the correct homophone to complete the sentence: The team celebrated ___ victory together. (their / there / they're)
- 31st October 1995In the sentence 'The old clock in the hallway ticked with the patience of a watchman,' which word gives the clock a human quality?