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

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

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July 2001

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in July 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 July 2001Work out 15 x 14, using a written method.
  2. 2nd July 2001Find 3/4 of 88.
  3. 3rd July 2001Name the food group that provides the body with the most energy per gram.
  4. 4th July 2001State the property used to arrange the elements in order in the modern periodic table.
  5. 5th July 2001State whether the Earth's day (one full rotation on its axis) or the Earth's year (one full orbit of the Sun) takes longer.
  6. 6th July 2001A sound wave has a high frequency. State whether this means it has a high pitch or a low pitch.
  7. 7th July 2001Calculate the mean of these three repeat readings of a force: 4.2 N, 4.6 N, 4.4 N.
  8. 8th July 2001A circuit has a total resistance of 12 ohm and a current of 0.5 A flowing through it. Use V = I x R to calculate the voltage across the circuit.
  9. 9th July 2001A character says 'I'm fine' through gritted teeth, then slams the door. Explain what the contrast between the character's words and actions suggests.
  10. 10th July 2001Correct the spelling error caused by a missing doubled consonant: 'I am hopping to finish my homework before dinner' (meaning expecting, not jumping).
  11. 11th July 2001Correct the tense error: 'Last week, she swims to the buoy and back without stopping.'
  12. 12th July 2001A poem has irregular line lengths and no rhyme scheme, but a steady, insistent rhythm created by repeating the same three-syllable phrase. What technique creates this effect?
  13. 13th July 2001What is the name for a poem with no regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
  14. 14th July 2001A character 'counted his steps instead of looking down.' What does this suggest about his feelings?
  15. 15th July 2001Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? A) I like tennis; and swimming. B) I like tennis; my sister prefers swimming.
  16. 16th July 2001A writer describes a current as "dragging greedy fingers along the wreck." Name the technique used here.
  17. 17th July 2001The probability that a spinner lands on red is 0.35. Work out the probability that it does not land on red.
  18. 18th July 2001A box of 15 chocolates costs 4.50 pounds. Work out the cost of one chocolate.
  19. 19th July 2001Work out 56 / 7.
  20. 20th July 2001In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 27 degrees and the opposite side is 6 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse, to 1 decimal place.
  21. 21st July 2001Work out 3/4 of 148.
  22. 22nd July 2001Share 156 pounds between two people in the ratio 7:6.
  23. 23rd July 2001A cube with side length 4 cm is built from 64 unit cubes, each 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm. The outside of the large cube is painted red, then it is taken apart into the 64 unit cubes again. How many of the unit cubes have exactly two faces painted red?
  24. 24th July 2001Convert 4.2 metres into centimetres.
  25. 25th July 2001Write the first four terms of the sequence with nth term 2n^2.
  26. 26th July 2001Complete the word equation for aerobic respiration: glucose + oxygen produces ___ + ___.
  27. 27th July 2001State one way that painting a garden gate helps to prevent it from rusting.
  28. 28th July 2001A pupil measures a length as 250 mm. State this length in metres.
  29. 29th July 2001State how many natural moons orbit the Earth.
  30. 30th July 2001Name the organ in the human body that produces insulin.
  31. 31st July 2001A thermometer has graduations every 1 degree C. A student takes a single temperature reading of 40 degrees C. Calculate the percentage uncertainty in this reading.