Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
February 2000 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in February 2000, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in February 2000
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 2000State whether sound is a transverse wave or a longitudinal wave.
- 2nd February 2000Name the organ that produces bile, which helps to digest fats.
- 3rd February 2000State whether melting ice is a physical change or a chemical change, and give a reason.
- 4th February 2000Name the type of teeth used mainly for cutting food.
- 5th February 2000State why it is good practice to run a quick preliminary (trial) experiment before starting the main investigation.
- 6th February 2000A question asks you to "find and copy one word" meaning "extremely cold." Which of these fits: "freezing", "mild", "warm" or "humid"?
- 7th February 2000A factual article about volcanic islands is broken into sections titled 'How islands form', 'Life on the slopes' and 'Living with the risk'. What are these called, and what is their purpose?
- 8th February 2000You are asked to summarise a whole article in two sentences. What should you prioritise including?
- 9th February 2000Is the claim 'recycling is clearly the most important thing you can do for the planet' a fact or an opinion?
- 10th February 2000Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'Because the tide was rising, the children ran back up the beach.'
- 11th February 2000Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: mind the gap called the guard as the doors slid shut
- 12th February 2000Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "A trader called out his prices, and shoppers began to gather."
- 13th February 2000A bag contains only red and yellow beads. The probability of picking a red bead is 0.65. If there are 140 beads in total, how many are yellow?
- 14th February 2000p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 3, p = 20. Work out p when q = 12.
- 15th February 2000Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(2, -3) and B(-6, 9).
- 16th February 2000A train journey of 175 km takes 2.5 hours at a constant speed. Work out the speed in km/h.
- 17th February 2000Two hockey teams recorded the number of goals they scored in their last 5 matches. Team A: 2, 3, 2, 4, 4. Team B: 0, 1, 5, 6, 3. Compare the two teams by working out the mean and the range for each.
- 18th February 2000Simplify sqrt(50) - sqrt(8), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(2).
- 19th February 2000Simplify 6a + 4b - 2a + 5b.
- 20th February 2000A car depreciates by 15% each year. It is worth 20,000 pounds now. Work out its value after 1 year.
- 21st February 2000A laptop is on sale for 340 pounds after a 15% reduction. Calculate its original price.
- 22nd February 2000A pupil views onion cells under a microscope after adding a drop of iodine solution to the slide. State why the iodine solution was added.
- 23rd February 2000A student dissolves ammonium nitrate in water and the temperature of the solution falls. State whether this process is exothermic or endothermic.
- 24th February 2000A car's velocity increases from 5 m/s to 17 m/s in 4 seconds. Use acceleration = change in velocity / time taken to calculate its acceleration.
- 25th February 2000Name the reaction type in which a fuel reacts with oxygen, releasing energy as heat and light.
- 26th February 2000Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves.
- 27th February 2000Name the process used to neutralise an acid using an alkali.
- 28th February 2000Which punctuation mark is missing, and where, from this sentence: Bring your boots shin pads and water bottle to training.
- 29th February 2000An apprentice is described as 'chewing the inside of his cheek and avoiding his master's eye.' What does this suggest about how he feels?