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

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

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July 2000

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in July 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 July 2000A cylindrical bucket has radius 12 cm and height 25 cm. Work out its volume, to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
  2. 2nd July 2000Work out sqrt(169) + 4^2.
  3. 3rd July 2000Increase 240 pounds by 12%.
  4. 4th July 2000Work out 312 divided by 8, using a written method.
  5. 5th July 2000The list shows the number of pets owned by 9 pupils: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 0, 1. Write down the mode.
  6. 6th July 2000During vigorous exercise, a sprinter's muscles cannot get enough oxygen. Name the substance that builds up in the muscles as a result, and state one effect this has.
  7. 7th July 2000The density of olive oil is 0.92 g/cm^3. State, with a reason, whether olive oil would float or sink in water (density 1.0 g/cm^3).
  8. 8th July 2000A parcel of mass 2.5 kg is lifted onto a shelf 2 m above the ground. Take g = 10 N/kg and use GPE = mass x g x height. Calculate the gain in gravitational potential energy.
  9. 9th July 2000A cyclist travels 300 m in 25 s. Calculate her average speed.
  10. 10th July 2000Name the gas produced when a reactive metal reacts with a dilute acid.
  11. 11th July 2000A wave has a wavelength of 2 m and a frequency of 5 Hz. Use wave speed = frequency x wavelength to calculate its speed.
  12. 12th July 2000A pupil measures the mass of a metal washer five times using a balance and gets: 14.2 g, 14.5 g, 14.1 g, 14.6 g, 14.1 g. Calculate the mean mass, giving your answer to 3 significant figures.
  13. 13th July 2000Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Dust rose from the floor, and Elias covered his mouth."
  14. 14th July 2000Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The old house was SCARY.'
  15. 15th July 2000Which word from 'the tannoy crackled out another indistinct apology' suggests the announcement was hard to understand?
  16. 16th July 2000A diver 'counted her breaths, trying to make each one last longer than the last.' What does this suggest about her situation?
  17. 17th July 2000In a poem, the line "Waves gnaw at the cliff's grey chin" contains an example of which technique?
  18. 18th July 2000An article states 'Pupils who read for pleasure for just ten minutes a day report feeling calmer.' Name the technique used here.
  19. 19th July 2000A poem describes wind as "howling" and "moaning" through bare branches. Name the technique shown by these two words.
  20. 20th July 2000An L-shaped room is made from a 6 m by 4 m rectangle with a 2 m by 3 m rectangle removed from one corner. Calculate the area of the room.
  21. 21st July 2000Round 6.849 to 1 decimal place.
  22. 22nd July 2000A coat costs 80 pounds. Its price increases by 25%. Work out the new price.
  23. 23rd July 2000A prize of 240 pounds is shared between three friends in the ratio 1:2:5. Work out the smallest share.
  24. 24th July 2000A map has a scale of 1:20000. Two towns are 7cm apart on the map. Work out the real distance between them, in km.
  25. 25th July 2000Work out 3 + 6 x 2 - 4.
  26. 26th July 2000A recipe uses 2 eggs for every 150 g of flour. Work out how many grams of flour are needed for 5 eggs, at the same ratio.
  27. 27th July 2000Work out -3 - 6.
  28. 28th July 2000Work out -9 + 15.
  29. 29th July 2000Complete the word equation for photosynthesis: carbon dioxide + water produces ___ + ___.
  30. 30th July 2000Explain why a pencil, not a pen, must be used to draw the baseline on chromatography paper.
  31. 31st July 2000A cliff is 170 m from a person who claps and hears the echo. Use distance = speed x time and a speed of sound of 340 m/s to calculate how long after the clap the echo is heard.