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

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

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October 2000

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in October 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 October 2000Simplify (3x^2 y^3)^2 divided by 9x^3 y^4, giving your answer as simply as possible.
  2. 2nd October 2000Solve 5x - 4 = 21.
  3. 3rd October 2000A train travels 245 km in 3.5 hours. Work out its average speed.
  4. 4th October 2000Find 35% of 160 pounds.
  5. 5th October 2000Name the specialised cell in humans that is adapted with a long tail and many mitochondria to swim toward an egg cell.
  6. 6th October 2000State what happens to a catalyst during a chemical reaction.
  7. 7th October 2000A runner covers 400 m in 50 seconds at a constant speed. Use speed = distance / time to calculate her speed.
  8. 8th October 2000Some endothermic reactions cause the temperature of their surroundings to fall. Explain, in terms of energy, why this happens.
  9. 9th October 2000A trolley of mass 2 kg is raised to a height of 5 m. Use GPE = mass x gravitational field strength x height (g = 10 N/kg) to calculate its gravitational potential energy.
  10. 10th October 2000Name the planet in our solar system that is closest to the Sun.
  11. 11th October 2000Choose the correct homophone to complete the sentence: The team celebrated ___ victory together. (their / there / they're)
  12. 12th October 2000A four-mark question asks you to explain the effect of the writer's language in one paragraph. Roughly how many separate points should your answer include?
  13. 13th October 2000A question asks you to "find and copy one word" meaning "silent." Which of these fits: "hushed", "loud", "busy" or "bright"?
  14. 14th October 2000Identify the four stages of a well-structured short narrative.
  15. 15th October 2000Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: dont go near the big wheel warned tom its not safe
  16. 16th October 2000A speaker opens with a short, true story about one shy pupil who became the club's best speaker. What is this technique called?
  17. 17th October 2000What is a rhetorical question, and why do persuasive writers use them?
  18. 18th October 2000List all the factors of 30, and state the highest common factor (HCF) of 30 and 45.
  19. 19th October 2000p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 4, p = 15. Work out the value of p when q = 10.
  20. 20th October 2000Simplify 7x - 3y + 2x + 8y.
  21. 21st October 2000A right-angled triangle has shorter sides of 7 cm and 24 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
  22. 22nd October 2000A bag contains 9 red, 8 blue and 7 green counters only. A counter is picked at random. Work out the probability it is green, giving your answer as a decimal to 3 significant figures.
  23. 23rd October 2000Work out 15% of 340 pounds.
  24. 24th October 2000Work out 8.3 x 5.2, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
  25. 25th October 2000Simplify the ratio 45:60.
  26. 26th October 2000A netball team played 20 matches. The table shows goals scored per match. Goals: 0, 1, 2, 3. Frequency: 4, 7, 6, 3. Calculate the mean number of goals per match.
  27. 27th October 2000A slice of toast contains 12 g of carbohydrate, 4 g of protein and 3 g of fat. Each gram of carbohydrate and each gram of protein provides 4 kcal of energy, and each gram of fat provides 9 kcal. Calculate the total energy content of the toast.
  28. 28th October 2000Name the technique used to separate sand from a mixture of sand and water.
  29. 29th October 2000Ben has a mass of 12 kg. Calculate his weight on Earth. Use weight = mass x gravitational field strength, with g = 10 N/kg.
  30. 30th October 2000Name the process by which cells release energy from glucose using oxygen.
  31. 31st October 2000Name one renewable energy resource.