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January 2001 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in January 2001, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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January 2001

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in January 2001

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

  1. 1st January 2001Work out the mean of 8, 12, 15, 9 and 11.
  2. 2nd January 2001Find 25% of 84 pounds.
  3. 3rd January 2001State two functions of the human skeleton.
  4. 4th January 2001Describe the test for carbon dioxide gas, and state the positive result.
  5. 5th January 2001A student doubles the frequency of a wave while keeping its speed the same. State what happens to the wavelength.
  6. 6th January 2001Two identical bulbs are each connected on their own to an identical battery. State how the brightness of a bulb connected on its own compares with an identical bulb connected in series with a second bulb to the same type of battery.
  7. 7th January 2001State how long it takes, approximately, for the Moon to orbit the Earth once.
  8. 8th January 2001A pupil measures the resultant force on an object as 0 N even though several forces are acting on it. State the term used to describe forces in this situation.
  9. 9th January 2001State the name given to a value read from a graph that lies between two points that were actually measured.
  10. 10th January 2001A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how the writer builds a sense of danger across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
  11. 11th January 2001A travel article is written for a general newspaper audience rather than for expert climbers. How might its vocabulary and level of detail differ from a specialist mountaineering magazine?
  12. 12th January 2001In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The submersible's hull must withstand immense pressure at such depths, where a single flaw could prove catastrophic.' What does 'catastrophic' mean here?
  13. 13th January 2001Name the technique used in this slogan: Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
  14. 14th January 2001Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the alleyway at dusk.'
  15. 15th January 2001Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The station was BUSY."
  16. 16th January 2001Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the fruit stall."
  17. 17th January 2001Two coins are flipped at the same time. List all the possible outcomes, and find the probability of getting exactly one head.
  18. 18th January 2001A right-angled triangle has shorter sides of 5 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
  19. 19th January 2001The nth term of a sequence is 4n + 3. Work out the 20th term.
  20. 20th January 2001Work out 84 / 12.
  21. 21st January 2001A researcher wants to find the average pocket money received by pupils at a school, so she surveys only the pupils waiting outside the head teacher's office. Give one reason this is likely to produce a biased sample.
  22. 22nd January 2001A triangle is inscribed in a circle so that one of its sides is a diameter of the circle. Explain, using a circle theorem, why the angle at the third vertex (opposite that side) must be 90 degrees.
  23. 23rd January 2001p = 5, q = -2. Work out the value of 3p + q.
  24. 24th January 2001A bag has 4 yellow and 6 purple counters. Find the probability of picking a purple counter.
  25. 25th January 2001A 750 gram box of cereal costs 2.40 pounds, and a 500 gram box of the same cereal costs 1.70 pounds. Which box offers better value for money? Show your working.
  26. 26th January 2001On a microscope, the eyepiece lens has a magnification of x10 and the objective lens in use has a magnification of x40. Calculate the total magnification.
  27. 27th January 2001In the disappearing cross experiment, a student times how long it takes for a cross under the flask to disappear from view. Explain why a shorter time indicates a faster reaction.
  28. 28th January 2001State whether solar power is a renewable or a non-renewable energy resource.
  29. 29th January 2001A book rests on a table and does not move. Name the force from the table that balances the book's weight.
  30. 30th January 2001A solid is heated until it turns directly into a gas without becoming a liquid first. Name this change of state.
  31. 31st January 2001State the approximate time it takes for light from the Sun to reach the Earth.