Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
September 1997 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 1997
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1997In 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.
- 2nd September 1997State two factors, other than using a catalyst, that increase the rate of a reaction between a solid and a solution.
- 3rd September 1997A car's velocity increases from 5 m/s to 17 m/s in 4 seconds. Use acceleration = change in velocity / time taken to calculate its acceleration.
- 4th September 1997Name the reaction type in which a fuel reacts with oxygen, releasing energy as heat and light.
- 5th September 1997Name the two products of photosynthesis.
- 6th September 1997A pupil adds universal indicator to a solution and it turns red. State whether the solution is acidic, alkaline or neutral.
- 7th September 1997Which punctuation mark is missing, and where, from this sentence: Bring your boots shin pads and water bottle to training.
- 8th September 1997In the sentence 'The old clock in the hallway ticked with the patience of a watchman,' which word gives the clock a human quality?
- 9th September 1997A character mutters "It's nothing" while quickly hiding a letter in his pocket. Explain what the contrast between his words and actions suggests.
- 10th September 1997Explain one way an ending can 'connect back' to the opening of a story.
- 11th September 1997Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: Although the fair had closed years ago, the carousel still turned.
- 12th September 1997Give one example of emotive language a speaker might use to persuade pupils that public speaking is worth the risk.
- 13th September 1997Name the persuasive technique used in this slogan: 'Save money. Save time. Save the planet.'
- 14th September 1997Round 4826 to the nearest hundred.
- 15th September 1997Solve x^2 + 3x - 10 = 0.
- 16th September 1997Without a calculator, work out 35% of 220.
- 17th September 1997Solve x^2 + 4x - 21 = 0.
- 18th September 1997A motorbike valued at 5,500 pounds depreciates by 18% in its first year. Work out its value at the end of the first year.
- 19th September 1997Work out 4.7 x 3.6, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
- 20th September 1997A car travels 189 miles using 7 gallons of fuel. Work out the miles per gallon.
- 21st September 1997A pair of trainers costs 45 pounds. The price increases by 20%. Work out the new price.
- 22nd September 1997A bag contains 5 red counters and 7 blue counters. Two counters are taken from the bag at random, one after the other, without replacement. Find the probability that both counters are the same colour.
- 23rd September 1997Put these organs in the order food passes through them during digestion: large intestine, mouth, stomach, small intestine, oesophagus.
- 24th September 1997A pupil finds the volume of an irregular stone using a measuring cylinder. The water level rises from 35 cm^3 to 52 cm^3 when the stone is added. The stone has a mass of 42.5 g. Calculate the density of the stone, giving your answer to 2 significant figures.
- 25th September 1997State whether the main force acting when a compass needle points north is a contact force or a non-contact force.
- 26th September 1997State the name given to a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being permanently used up itself.
- 27th September 1997State one advantage of using solar power to generate electricity, compared with burning fossil fuels.
- 28th September 1997Name the piece of equipment used to separate an insoluble solid from a liquid.
- 29th September 1997A pupil wants to find out whether increasing the concentration of a salt solution affects the boiling point of water. Suggest one variable, other than salt concentration, that should be kept the same for this to be a fair test.
- 30th September 1997Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: dont go any further whispered grace something isnt right down here