Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
February 1996 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in February 1996
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 1996Give one example of a statistic a writer might use to persuade readers to use fewer plastic bags.
- 2nd February 1996Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The wind howled, and the shutters rattled.'
- 3rd February 1996Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The train arrived late."
- 4th February 1996Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: fresh bread the baker called still warm from the oven
- 5th February 1996Two coins are flipped at the same time. List all the possible outcomes, and find the probability of getting exactly one head.
- 6th February 1996In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 32 degrees and the adjacent side is 9 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse, to 1 decimal place.
- 7th February 1996A cylindrical tin has radius 4 cm and height 15 cm. Work out its volume, to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
- 8th February 1996Simplify the ratio 32:12.
- 9th February 1996A spinner can land on red, blue, green or yellow only. P(red) = 0.3, P(blue) = 0.25, P(green) = 0.2. Work out P(yellow).
- 10th February 1996The product of two consecutive positive integers is 132. Find the two integers.
- 11th February 1996Factorise fully 10x + 15.
- 12th February 1996Work out 2^5 - 3^3.
- 13th February 1996A 750 gram box of cereal costs 2.40 pounds, and a 500 gram box of the same cereal costs 1.70 pounds. Which box offers better value for money? Show your working.
- 14th February 1996A cell has a real width of 0.02 mm. In a drawing, the same cell is shown 4 mm wide. Calculate the magnification of the drawing.
- 15th February 1996Explain, using collision theory, why crushing a solid into a powder increases the rate of reaction.
- 16th February 1996State whether solar power is a renewable or a non-renewable energy resource.
- 17th February 1996A book rests on a table and does not move. Name the force from the table that balances the book's weight.
- 18th February 1996Name the group in the periodic table that contains helium, neon and argon.
- 19th February 1996A pupil measures a mass of 3.5 kg on a set of scales. Convert this mass to grams.
- 20th February 1996Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? A) The whistle blew; and the players stopped. B) The whistle blew; the players stopped at once.
- 21st February 1996A writer describes sawdust as 'settling like a light snowfall over every surface.' Name the technique used.
- 22nd February 1996In an extract, a character "kept glancing at the door and twisting the strap of her bag." What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
- 23rd February 1996Write one short sentence (no more than five words) suitable for a moment of sudden shock in a story.
- 24th February 1996Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The gates creaked open.
- 25th February 1996What is the effect of directly addressing an audience as 'you' in a speech?
- 26th February 1996A charity advert says: 'You could change a child's life today.' Which word directly addresses the reader, and what effect does this have?
- 27th February 1996Express 60 as a product of its prime factors, then use this to find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 60 and 24.
- 28th February 1996Write 0.00042 in standard form.
- 29th February 1996A cafe sells 3 coffees at 2.40 pounds each and 2 teas at 1.60 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.