Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
June 1996 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1996
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1996A scatter graph plots the number of hours 10 students spent revising against their test scores. The points show that more hours of revision is generally associated with a higher test score, though not perfectly. Describe the type of correlation shown, and state one thing this correlation does not prove.
- 2nd June 1996Simplify (3x^2 y^3)^2 divided by 9x^3 y^4, giving your answer as simply as possible.
- 3rd June 1996Simplify 6a + 4b - 2a + 5b.
- 4th June 1996A car depreciates by 15% each year. It is worth 20,000 pounds now. Work out its value after 1 year.
- 5th June 1996Calculate the simple interest earned on 600 pounds saved for 3 years at an annual rate of 4%.
- 6th June 1996Name the specialised cell in humans that is adapted with a long tail and many mitochondria to swim toward an egg cell.
- 7th June 1996State what happens to a catalyst during a chemical reaction.
- 8th June 1996A wind turbine and a coal power station both generate electricity, but only one of them directly burns fuel to boil water into steam. State which one this is, and name the component that this steam turns.
- 9th June 1996A car accelerates from rest to 20 m/s in 4 s. Calculate its acceleration, using acceleration = change in velocity / time.
- 10th June 1996A trolley of mass 2 kg is raised to a height of 5 m. Use GPE = mass x gravitational field strength x height (g = 10 N/kg) to calculate its gravitational potential energy.
- 11th June 1996Name the planet in our solar system that is closest to the Sun.
- 12th June 1996Add an apostrophe in the correct place: The two teams kits were both muddy after the match. (There is one kit set per team, and two teams in total.)
- 13th June 1996An apprentice is described as 'chewing the inside of his cheek and avoiding his master's eye.' What does this suggest about how he feels?
- 14th June 1996Which word means the same as "cluttered" in a sentence describing a messy attic: "crammed", "empty", "tidy" or "spacious"?
- 15th June 1996Rewrite this line of dialogue to remove the overused adverb, showing the emotion instead: 'I'm not scared,' she said bravely.
- 16th June 1996Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The lights flickered, and the music started on its own.
- 17th June 1996Name the technique used in this line: New voices. New ideas. New confidence.
- 18th June 1996A speech opens with the line: 'Imagine losing your home in a single night.' What technique is this, and why is it an effective opening?
- 19th June 1996Calculate the value of 7 + 2 x (6 - 3) x 2, showing your method.
- 20th June 1996p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 4, p = 15. Work out the value of p when q = 10.
- 21st June 1996A prize fund of 150 pounds is shared between two clubs in the ratio 2:3. Work out the larger share.
- 22nd June 1996In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 50 degrees and the hypotenuse is 14 cm. Work out the length of the side opposite angle A, to 1 decimal place.
- 23rd June 1996Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(-5, -2) and B(9, 6).
- 24th June 1996A rectangle has an area of 84 cm^2 and a length of 9.6 cm. Work out its width, to 1 decimal place.
- 25th June 1996Decrease 350 pounds by 18%.
- 26th June 1996Work out 2/5 of 65.
- 27th June 1996Five pupils recorded the number of minutes they spent reading yesterday: 9, 13, 20, 11, 17. Find the mean number of minutes.
- 28th June 1996Name the organelle found in both plant and animal cells that is the site of aerobic respiration.
- 29th June 1996A block of wood has a mass of 60 g and a volume of 80 cm^3. Calculate its density.
- 30th June 1996A farmer weighing 900 N stands on the ground. Her boots have a total sole area of 0.03 m^2. Use pressure = force / area to calculate the pressure she exerts on the ground, giving your answer in Pa.