Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
May 1997 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 1997
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1997Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the fruit stall."
- 2nd May 1997A fair six-sided dice is rolled once. Find the probability of rolling a number greater than 4.
- 3rd May 1997A right-angled triangle has shorter sides of 5 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
- 4th May 1997The nth term of a sequence is 4n + 3. Work out the 20th term.
- 5th May 1997Work out 84 / 12.
- 6th May 1997A drawer contains 4 black socks and 6 white socks only. Two socks are taken out at random, one after another, without replacement. Work out the probability that both socks are white.
- 7th May 1997A two-digit number is 7 times the sum of its digits. The digit in the tens place is one more than the digit in the units place. Find the two-digit number.
- 8th May 1997p = 5, q = -2. Work out the value of 3p + q.
- 9th May 1997A bag has 4 yellow and 6 purple counters. Find the probability of picking a purple counter.
- 10th May 1997A jacket priced at 84 pounds is increased by 25% for the winter season. Calculate the new price.
- 11th May 1997State one way a red blood cell is adapted to carry oxygen efficiently.
- 12th May 1997A reaction between magnesium ribbon and hydrochloric acid gives off heat, and the temperature of the acid rises from 20 degrees C to 35 degrees C. State whether this reaction is exothermic or endothermic, and explain how you know.
- 13th May 1997State the unit normally used for speed in physics, and name one other unit that speed could also correctly be measured in.
- 14th May 1997Two forces of 10 N and 10 N act on an object in exactly opposite directions. Calculate the resultant force.
- 15th May 1997State whether respiration in muscle cells during hard exercise, when oxygen supply cannot keep up with demand, is aerobic or anaerobic.
- 16th May 1997Name the layer of gases surrounding the Earth that contains the oxygen needed for respiration.
- 17th May 1997Correct the punctuation in this sentence, which reports direct speech: the coach shouted keep going were nearly there
- 18th May 1997In 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?
- 19th May 1997A writer describes a clock as "ticking its patient warning through the empty hall." Name the poetic technique used here.
- 20th May 1997Punctuate 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
- 21st May 1997Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: The funfair was SCARY.
- 22nd May 1997A speaker says 'Ninety per cent of our debate club members say it changed how they see arguments.' Name the technique used here.
- 23rd May 1997Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade readers to support an animal shelter.
- 24th May 1997Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9
- 25th May 1997In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 40 degrees and the side opposite A is 8 cm. Use trigonometry to find the length of the hypotenuse, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
- 26th May 1997A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
- 27th May 1997p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
- 28th May 1997The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
- 29th May 1997A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
- 30th May 1997A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
- 31st May 1997Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.