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

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

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April 1999

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in April 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 April 1999A campaign letter opens with a short, true story about one family affected by flooding, before giving any statistics. What is this technique called, and why might a writer use it first?
  2. 2nd April 1999Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9
  3. 3rd April 1999y is directly proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 30. Work out the value of y when x = 8.
  4. 4th April 1999A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
  5. 5th April 1999p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
  6. 6th April 1999The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
  7. 7th April 1999A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
  8. 8th April 1999A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
  9. 9th April 1999Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.
  10. 10th April 1999A box contains 7 yellow pencils, 5 blue pencils and 3 green pencils. A pencil is picked at random. Find the probability that it is not blue.
  11. 11th April 1999State one structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
  12. 12th April 1999A sample of matter has particles that are far apart and moving quickly in random directions. State which state of matter this describes.
  13. 13th April 1999In a tug of war, Team X pulls with a force of 640 N and Team Y pulls with a force of 590 N in the opposite direction. Calculate the resultant force acting on the rope.
  14. 14th April 1999Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves through tiny pores called stomata.
  15. 15th April 1999Name the structure inside a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
  16. 16th April 1999State the name given to elements found in Group 1 of the periodic table.
  17. 17th April 1999A pupil is choosing between two thermometers to measure a temperature change of about 5 degrees C: one has markings every 2 degrees C, and the other has markings every 0.2 degrees C. State which thermometer would give the more precise reading, and explain why.
  18. 18th April 1999Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The map was old and torn."
  19. 19th April 1999Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the corridor at midnight.'
  20. 20th April 1999A writer describes a departure board as 'flickering through a list of cancellations like a nervous heartbeat.' Name the technique used.
  21. 21st April 1999A character 'held his breath without realising it' as he entered a dark passage. What does this suggest about his feelings?
  22. 22nd April 1999A poem has four lines per stanza with the rhyme pattern ABAB. What is this pattern called?
  23. 23rd April 1999Is the claim 'reading is obviously more rewarding than scrolling through a screen' a fact or an opinion?
  24. 24th April 1999A question asks you to explain "how the poet's feelings towards winter change across the poem." What should your answer focus on?
  25. 25th April 1999A triangular prism has a cross-sectional area of 15 cm^2 and a length of 12 cm. Calculate its volume.
  26. 26th April 1999Work out -4 - 7.
  27. 27th April 1999Find the highest common factor of 24 and 36.
  28. 28th April 1999Simplify 6x + 4 - 2x - 9.
  29. 29th April 1999A basket contains 15 lemons and 25 limes. Write the ratio of lemons to limes in its simplest form.
  30. 30th April 1999Calculate 56 + 29.