Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
November 1998 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in November 1998, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in November 1998
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 1998Simplify sqrt(75) - sqrt(12), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(3).
- 2nd November 1998Work out 9.6 divided by 0.4.
- 3rd November 1998Calculate 47 + 36.
- 4th November 1998State two functions of the human skeleton.
- 5th November 1998Describe the test for carbon dioxide gas, and state the positive result.
- 6th November 1998In a series circuit, an ammeter placed before a bulb reads 0.6 A. State the current a second ammeter, placed elsewhere in the same series circuit, would read.
- 7th November 1998Name the enzyme, found in saliva, that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
- 8th November 1998State the standard unit used for density in physics and chemistry.
- 9th November 1998A pupil measures the resultant force on an object as 0 N even though several forces are acting on it. State the term used to describe forces in this situation.
- 10th November 1998State the name given to a value read from a graph that lies between two points that were actually measured.
- 11th November 1998A guide tells the group "we're nearly there" in a steady voice, but keeps glancing anxiously at the darkening sky. Explain what the contrast between his words and his glances suggests.
- 12th November 1998You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 13th November 1998Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 14th November 1998What is emotive language, and why might a writer use it in a leaflet about ocean pollution?
- 15th November 1998Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The storm was BIG.'
- 16th November 1998Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The doors opened, and passengers spilled onto the platform."
- 17th November 1998Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The market was NOISY."
- 18th November 1998A spinner has a probability of 0.3 of landing on red, a probability of 0.45 of landing on blue, and the remaining probability of landing on green. Find the probability of landing on green.
- 19th November 1998y is directly proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 15. Work out y when x = 10.
- 20th November 1998A bag contains 8 red, 9 blue and 7 green counters only. A counter is picked at random. Work out the probability it is red, giving your answer as a decimal to 3 significant figures.
- 21st November 1998Find 3/5 of 120.
- 22nd November 1998A researcher wants to find the average pocket money received by pupils at a school, so she surveys only the pupils waiting outside the head teacher's office. Give one reason this is likely to produce a biased sample.
- 23rd November 1998A triangle is inscribed in a circle so that one of its sides is a diameter of the circle. Explain, using a circle theorem, why the angle at the third vertex (opposite that side) must be 90 degrees.
- 24th November 1998Solve 5x - 4 = 21.
- 25th November 1998A train travels 245 km in 3.5 hours. Work out its average speed.
- 26th November 1998Calculate the simple interest earned on 600 pounds saved for 3 years at an annual rate of 4%.
- 27th November 1998On a microscope, the eyepiece lens has a magnification of x10 and the objective lens in use has a magnification of x40. Calculate the total magnification.
- 28th November 1998In the disappearing cross experiment, a student times how long it takes for a cross under the flask to disappear from view. Explain why a shorter time indicates a faster reaction.
- 29th November 1998A 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.
- 30th November 1998A car accelerates from rest to 20 m/s in 4 s. Calculate its acceleration, using acceleration = change in velocity / time.