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March 2000 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in March 2000, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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March 2000

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in March 2000

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st March 2000Which word means the same as "cluttered" in a sentence describing a messy attic: "crammed", "empty", "tidy" or "spacious"?
  2. 2nd March 2000Rewrite this line of dialogue to remove the overused adverb, showing the emotion instead: 'I'm not scared,' she said bravely.
  3. 3rd March 2000Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The lights flickered, and the music started on its own.
  4. 4th March 2000Name the technique used in this line: New voices. New ideas. New confidence.
  5. 5th March 2000Name the persuasive technique used in this slogan: 'Save money. Save time. Save the planet.'
  6. 6th March 2000Calculate the value of 7 + 2 x (6 - 3) x 2, showing your method.
  7. 7th March 2000A right-angled triangle has two shorter sides of length 9 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
  8. 8th March 2000A prize fund of 150 pounds is shared between two clubs in the ratio 2:3. Work out the larger share.
  9. 9th March 2000In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 50 degrees and the hypotenuse is 14 cm. Work out the length of the side opposite angle A, to 1 decimal place.
  10. 10th March 2000Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(-5, -2) and B(9, 6).
  11. 11th March 2000A rectangle has an area of 84 cm^2 and a length of 9.6 cm. Work out its width, to 1 decimal place.
  12. 12th March 2000Decrease 350 pounds by 18%.
  13. 13th March 2000Work out 2/5 of 65.
  14. 14th March 2000Five pupils recorded the number of minutes they spent reading yesterday: 9, 13, 20, 11, 17. Find the mean number of minutes.
  15. 15th March 2000Name the organelle found in both plant and animal cells that is the site of aerobic respiration.
  16. 16th March 2000A block of wood has a mass of 60 g and a volume of 80 cm^3. Calculate its density.
  17. 17th March 2000A farmer weighing 900 N stands on the ground. Her boots have a total sole area of 0.03 m^2. Use pressure = force / area to calculate the pressure she exerts on the ground, giving your answer in Pa.
  18. 18th March 2000State the name given to a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being permanently used up itself.
  19. 19th March 2000State one advantage of using solar power to generate electricity, compared with burning fossil fuels.
  20. 20th March 2000A pupil doubles the concentration of acid used in a reaction with a metal, keeping everything else the same. State what happens to the rate of the reaction.
  21. 21st March 2000A pupil wants to find out whether increasing the concentration of a salt solution affects the boiling point of water. Suggest one variable, other than salt concentration, that should be kept the same for this to be a fair test.
  22. 22nd March 2000Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the handle was rusted solid, the door creaked open at last."
  23. 23rd March 2000Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: hurry up whispered Kofi we havent got much time
  24. 24th March 2000A question asks you to 'state one reason why the train was delayed, using evidence from the text.' What kind of answer is required?
  25. 25th March 2000A diver notices 'a single brass buckle winking in the torchlight.' Which word suggests the buckle is briefly catching and reflecting the light?
  26. 26th March 2000In the phrase "silent, secret snow", which technique is being used?
  27. 27th March 2000What is a counter-argument, and why might a writer include one?
  28. 28th March 2000In the phrase "silent, snow-hushed streets", which technique is being used?
  29. 29th March 2000Calculate the area of a circle with a diameter of 20 cm. Use pi = 3.14.
  30. 30th March 2000A pack of 24 pencils costs 3.60 pounds. Work out the cost of one pencil.
  31. 31st March 2000Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.