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January 1999 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in January 1999, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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January 1999

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in January 1999

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 1999A poem has six lines in each stanza with no regular rhyme pattern. What is this style called?
  2. 2nd January 1999A cuboid measures 7 cm by 5 cm by 4 cm. Calculate its volume.
  3. 3rd January 1999Work out 12 x 7.
  4. 4th January 1999Work out 7 x 8 + 6 x 3.
  5. 5th January 1999Without a calculator, work out 45% of 160.
  6. 6th January 1999Ade and Bo share 56 sweets in the ratio 3:4. How many sweets does Bo receive?
  7. 7th January 1999108 pounds is shared between Amir and Bea in the ratio 4:5.
  8. 8th January 1999Write 0.4 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  9. 9th January 1999Write 5/8 as a decimal.
  10. 10th January 1999Work out 7 x 9 - 4 x 5.
  11. 11th January 1999Name the green pigment, found in chloroplasts, that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
  12. 12th January 1999Name the group of the periodic table that contains elements which are almost completely unreactive because their outer electron shell is full.
  13. 13th January 1999State whether the Earth's day (one full rotation on its axis) or the Earth's year (one full orbit of the Sun) takes longer.
  14. 14th January 1999A sound wave has a high frequency. State whether this means it has a high pitch or a low pitch.
  15. 15th January 1999Name the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
  16. 16th January 1999Name the small intestine's main job in the digestive system.
  17. 17th January 1999Which word means the same as 'ancient' in a sentence describing an old, crumbling castle: 'timeworn', 'modern', 'spacious' or 'lively'?
  18. 18th January 1999Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Regular ___ at the piano will improve your technique. (practice / practise)
  19. 19th January 1999Identify and correct the pronoun error: 'The dog wagged their tail happily.'
  20. 20th January 1999A poem compares old age to 'a candle guttering low, still giving light.' Name this technique.
  21. 21st January 1999Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The fire hissed and spat its sparks'?
  22. 22nd January 1999Find and copy one word from 'the mist swallowed the path ahead of him' that gives the mist a human or animal-like quality.
  23. 23rd January 1999Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? A) I like tennis; and swimming. B) I like tennis; my sister prefers swimming.
  24. 24th January 1999A diver signals "all clear" with a steady hand, but his eyes keep darting towards the wreck's dark entrance. Explain what the contrast between his signal and his eyes suggests.
  25. 25th January 1999Simplify 5x + 3y - 2x + 7y.
  26. 26th January 1999Find 1/3 of 96.
  27. 27th January 1999Work out -12 + 4 x 3.
  28. 28th January 1999Solve x^2 - 2x - 24 = 0.
  29. 29th January 1999Work out 207 divided by 9, showing your written method.
  30. 30th January 1999Work out 143 divided by 11.
  31. 31st January 1999At a small maths club meeting, every one of the 8 members shakes hands with every other member exactly once. Work out the total number of handshakes.