Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
September 1998 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in September 1998, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in September 1998
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1998State whether gold is a very reactive or a very unreactive metal, given that it is found in the Earth as the pure metal rather than in a compound.
- 2nd September 1998Name the process of cell division that produces two genetically identical daughter cells for growth and repair.
- 3rd September 1998Before starting a watering investigation, a pupil writes this prediction: a plant given more water each day will grow taller than one given less water. State one piece of scientific reasoning that could support this prediction.
- 4th September 1998Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Dust rose from the floor, and Elias covered his mouth."
- 5th September 1998Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The old house was SCARY.'
- 6th September 1998Which word from 'the tannoy crackled out another indistinct apology' suggests the announcement was hard to understand?
- 7th September 1998A diver 'counted her breaths, trying to make each one last longer than the last.' What does this suggest about her situation?
- 8th September 1998In a poem, the line "Waves gnaw at the cliff's grey chin" contains an example of which technique?
- 9th September 1998An article states 'Pupils who read for pleasure for just ten minutes a day report feeling calmer.' Name the technique used here.
- 10th September 1998A poem describes wind as "howling" and "moaning" through bare branches. Name the technique shown by these two words.
- 11th September 1998Calculate the circumference of a circle with a radius of 9 cm. Use pi = 3.14.
- 12th September 1998Round 6.849 to 1 decimal place.
- 13th September 1998A coat costs 80 pounds. Its price increases by 25%. Work out the new price.
- 14th September 1998A prize of 240 pounds is shared between three friends in the ratio 1:2:5. Work out the smallest share.
- 15th September 1998A map has a scale of 1:20000. Two towns are 7cm apart on the map. Work out the real distance between them, in km.
- 16th September 1998Work out 3 + 6 x 2 - 4.
- 17th September 1998A recipe uses 2 eggs for every 150 g of flour. Work out how many grams of flour are needed for 5 eggs, at the same ratio.
- 18th September 1998Work out -3 - 6.
- 19th September 1998Work out -9 + 15.
- 20th September 1998A polar bear has thick white fur. State whether this is a structural or a behavioural adaptation, and explain why.
- 21st September 1998State whether reactivity increases or decreases going down Group 1, the alkali metals.
- 22nd September 1998An astronaut has a mass of 70 kg on Earth. State her mass on the Moon, and explain why her weight on the Moon is less than her weight on Earth.
- 23rd September 1998Using the periodic table, state whether the element chlorine (Cl) is a metal or a non-metal.
- 24th September 1998A ball is dropped from a height and falls freely towards the ground. State the type of energy the ball gains as it speeds up.
- 25th September 1998A pupil applies a force of 8 N to a spring and it extends by 4 cm. Use spring constant = force / extension to calculate the spring constant, in N/cm.
- 26th September 1998A writer describes a bell as 'clanging its complaint into the empty square.' Name the poetic or literary technique used here.
- 27th September 1998Add the correct negative prefix to make this word mean 'not legal': legal.
- 28th September 1998Choose the correct word: We had ___ time to finish the test than we expected. (less / fewer)
- 29th September 1998What is the name for a poem written in stanzas of two lines each?
- 30th September 1998Explain why a poet might choose short, one-syllable words to describe the strike of a hammer, rather than longer, softer words.