Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
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.
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.
- 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?
- 2nd April 1999Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9
- 3rd April 1999y is directly proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 30. Work out the value of y when x = 8.
- 4th April 1999A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
- 5th April 1999p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
- 6th April 1999The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
- 7th April 1999A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
- 8th April 1999A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
- 9th April 1999Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.
- 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.
- 11th April 1999State one structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
- 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.
- 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.
- 14th April 1999Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves through tiny pores called stomata.
- 15th April 1999Name the structure inside a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
- 16th April 1999State the name given to elements found in Group 1 of the periodic table.
- 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.
- 18th April 1999Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The map was old and torn."
- 19th April 1999Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the corridor at midnight.'
- 20th April 1999A writer describes a departure board as 'flickering through a list of cancellations like a nervous heartbeat.' Name the technique used.
- 21st April 1999A character 'held his breath without realising it' as he entered a dark passage. What does this suggest about his feelings?
- 22nd April 1999A poem has four lines per stanza with the rhyme pattern ABAB. What is this pattern called?
- 23rd April 1999Is the claim 'reading is obviously more rewarding than scrolling through a screen' a fact or an opinion?
- 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?
- 25th April 1999A triangular prism has a cross-sectional area of 15 cm^2 and a length of 12 cm. Calculate its volume.
- 26th April 1999Work out -4 - 7.
- 27th April 1999Find the highest common factor of 24 and 36.
- 28th April 1999Simplify 6x + 4 - 2x - 9.
- 29th April 1999A basket contains 15 lemons and 25 limes. Write the ratio of lemons to limes in its simplest form.
- 30th April 1999Calculate 56 + 29.