Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
November 2000 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in November 2000, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in November 2000
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 2000Name the process of cell division that produces two genetically identical daughter cells for growth and repair.
- 2nd November 2000A pupil's teacher suggests using a data logger to measure temperature every second during an experiment, instead of a pupil reading a thermometer every minute. Suggest one advantage of using a data logger in this experiment.
- 3rd November 2000Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The cellar was DARK."
- 4th November 2000Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'Although the fog was thick, the fishermen still set out.'
- 5th November 2000In an extract, the writer moves from describing the busy platform to focusing closely on one child crying by the ticket barrier. What effect might this shift in focus create?
- 6th November 2000Find and copy one word from 'the corridor swallowed the beam of her torch' that gives the corridor a human or animal-like quality.
- 7th November 2000A poem describes a train as having a "rattling, roaring, rumbling" journey. Name the technique shown by these three words together.
- 8th November 2000An article opens with a short story about one pupil who found a favourite book by accident, before making any wider argument. What is this technique called?
- 9th November 2000A poem has six lines in each stanza with no regular rhyme pattern. What is this style called?
- 10th November 2000Calculate the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 9 cm.
- 11th November 2000Work out 12 x 7.
- 12th November 2000Work out 7 x 8 + 6 x 3.
- 13th November 2000Without a calculator, work out 45% of 160.
- 14th November 2000Ade and Bo share 56 sweets in the ratio 3:4. How many sweets does Bo receive?
- 15th November 2000108 pounds is shared between Amir and Bea in the ratio 4:5.
- 16th November 2000Write 0.4 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 17th November 2000Write 5/8 as a decimal.
- 18th November 2000Work out 7 x 9 - 4 x 5.
- 19th November 2000A polar bear has thick white fur. State whether this is a structural or a behavioural adaptation, and explain why.
- 20th November 2000State whether reactivity increases or decreases going down Group 1, the alkali metals.
- 21st November 2000A ray of light travels from air into a glass block. State whether the ray bends towards the normal or away from the normal as it enters the glass.
- 22nd November 2000Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
- 23rd November 2000A ball is dropped from a height and falls freely towards the ground. State the type of energy the ball gains as it speeds up.
- 24th November 2000A pupil applies a force of 8 N to a spring and it extends by 4 cm. Use spring constant = force / extension to calculate the spring constant, in N/cm.
- 25th November 2000Which word means the same as 'ancient' in a sentence describing an old, crumbling castle: 'timeworn', 'modern', 'spacious' or 'lively'?
- 26th November 2000Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Regular ___ at the piano will improve your technique. (practice / practise)
- 27th November 2000Identify and correct the pronoun error: 'The dog wagged their tail happily.'
- 28th November 2000A poem compares old age to 'a candle guttering low, still giving light.' Name this technique.
- 29th November 2000Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The fire hissed and spat its sparks'?
- 30th November 2000Find and copy one word from 'the mist swallowed the path ahead of him' that gives the mist a human or animal-like quality.