Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
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.
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.
- 1st March 2000Which word means the same as "cluttered" in a sentence describing a messy attic: "crammed", "empty", "tidy" or "spacious"?
- 2nd March 2000Rewrite this line of dialogue to remove the overused adverb, showing the emotion instead: 'I'm not scared,' she said bravely.
- 3rd March 2000Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The lights flickered, and the music started on its own.
- 4th March 2000Name the technique used in this line: New voices. New ideas. New confidence.
- 5th March 2000Name the persuasive technique used in this slogan: 'Save money. Save time. Save the planet.'
- 6th March 2000Calculate the value of 7 + 2 x (6 - 3) x 2, showing your method.
- 7th March 2000A right-angled triangle has two shorter sides of length 9 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
- 8th March 2000A prize fund of 150 pounds is shared between two clubs in the ratio 2:3. Work out the larger share.
- 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.
- 10th March 2000Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(-5, -2) and B(9, 6).
- 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.
- 12th March 2000Decrease 350 pounds by 18%.
- 13th March 2000Work out 2/5 of 65.
- 14th March 2000Five pupils recorded the number of minutes they spent reading yesterday: 9, 13, 20, 11, 17. Find the mean number of minutes.
- 15th March 2000Name the organelle found in both plant and animal cells that is the site of aerobic respiration.
- 16th March 2000A block of wood has a mass of 60 g and a volume of 80 cm^3. Calculate its density.
- 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.
- 18th March 2000State the name given to a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being permanently used up itself.
- 19th March 2000State one advantage of using solar power to generate electricity, compared with burning fossil fuels.
- 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.
- 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.
- 22nd March 2000Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the handle was rusted solid, the door creaked open at last."
- 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
- 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?
- 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?
- 26th March 2000In the phrase "silent, secret snow", which technique is being used?
- 27th March 2000What is a counter-argument, and why might a writer include one?
- 28th March 2000In the phrase "silent, snow-hushed streets", which technique is being used?
- 29th March 2000Calculate the area of a circle with a diameter of 20 cm. Use pi = 3.14.
- 30th March 2000A pack of 24 pencils costs 3.60 pounds. Work out the cost of one pencil.
- 31st March 2000Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.