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January 1998 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

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January 1998

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st January 1998Write one short sentence (no more than five words) suitable for a moment of sudden shock in a story.
  2. 2nd January 1998Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The gates creaked open.
  3. 3rd January 1998What is the effect of directly addressing an audience as 'you' in a speech?
  4. 4th January 1998Is the claim 'this is the most dangerous road crossing in the whole town' a fact or an opinion? Explain your answer.
  5. 5th January 1998Express 60 as a product of its prime factors, then use this to find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 60 and 24.
  6. 6th January 1998A right-angled triangle has two shorter sides of length 9 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
  7. 7th January 1998A 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.
  8. 8th January 1998y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 45. Work out y when x = 5.
  9. 9th January 1998A survey asked 30 people how many siblings they have: 9 have 0, 12 have 1, 6 have 2, 3 have 3. Work out the mean number of siblings.
  10. 10th January 1998A machine produces 480 items in a day that lasts 7.5 hours. Work out the number of items produced per hour.
  11. 11th January 1998Work out 6^2 - sqrt(49).
  12. 12th January 1998Write 0.6 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  13. 13th January 1998Two fair coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting at least one tail.
  14. 14th January 1998Which of the seven life processes describes an organism getting rid of waste products made inside its body?
  15. 15th January 1998State the name of the change of state when a solid changes directly into a liquid.
  16. 16th January 1998A trolley of mass 20 kg is pushed with a resultant force of 60 N. Use force = mass x acceleration to calculate its acceleration.
  17. 17th January 1998A cyclist travels 300 m in 25 s. Calculate her average speed.
  18. 18th January 1998Name the gas produced when a reactive metal reacts with a dilute acid.
  19. 19th January 1998A pupil doubles the concentration of acid used in a reaction with a metal, keeping everything else the same. State what happens to the rate of the reaction.
  20. 20th January 1998A pupil measures the mass of a metal washer five times using a balance and gets: 14.2 g, 14.5 g, 14.1 g, 14.6 g, 14.1 g. Calculate the mean mass, giving your answer to 3 significant figures.
  21. 21st January 1998Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the map in the drawer."
  22. 22nd January 1998Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The fog rolled in from the sea.'
  23. 23rd January 1998A character 'checked her watch for the third time in a minute and sighed.' What does this suggest about how she is feeling?
  24. 24th January 1998Which word class is 'cautiously' in the sentence 'She cautiously ran her glove along the rusted rail'?
  25. 25th January 1998A question asks you to "compare how the two poets present the sea." What is the best way to structure your answer?
  26. 26th January 1998Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade pupils that reading is enjoyable rather than a chore.
  27. 27th January 1998In the line "Icicles hang like daggers from the eaves", which technique is used?
  28. 28th January 1998An L-shaped room is made from a 6 m by 4 m rectangle with a 2 m by 3 m rectangle removed from one corner. Calculate the area of the room.
  29. 29th January 1998Find 30% of 150.
  30. 30th January 1998Work out 13^2.
  31. 31st January 1998Find 5/6 of 72.