Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
September 2001 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in September 2001, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in September 2001
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 2001In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 32 degrees and the adjacent side is 9 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse, to 1 decimal place.
- 2nd September 2001A cylindrical tin has radius 4 cm and height 15 cm. Work out its volume, to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
- 3rd September 2001Simplify the ratio 32:12.
- 4th September 2001A drawer contains 4 black socks and 6 white socks only. Two socks are taken out at random, one after another, without replacement. Work out the probability that both socks are white.
- 5th September 2001A two-digit number is 7 times the sum of its digits. The digit in the tens place is one more than the digit in the units place. Find the two-digit number.
- 6th September 2001Factorise fully 10x + 15.
- 7th September 2001Work out 2^5 - 3^3.
- 8th September 2001Write 3/8 as a percentage.
- 9th September 2001State one way a red blood cell is adapted to carry oxygen efficiently.
- 10th September 2001A reaction between magnesium ribbon and hydrochloric acid gives off heat, and the temperature of the acid rises from 20 degrees C to 35 degrees C. State whether this reaction is exothermic or endothermic, and explain how you know.
- 11th September 2001State one reason, other than cost, why a country might want to reduce its reliance on non-renewable energy resources such as coal and oil.
- 12th September 2001State whether a frog is classified as a vertebrate or an invertebrate, and give a reason.
- 13th September 2001State whether respiration in muscle cells during hard exercise, when oxygen supply cannot keep up with demand, is aerobic or anaerobic.
- 14th September 2001Name the layer of gases surrounding the Earth that contains the oxygen needed for respiration.
- 15th September 2001This sentence contains a comma splice: The match ended in a draw, both teams were happy. Correct it in one way.
- 16th September 2001A writer describes sawdust as 'settling like a light snowfall over every surface.' Name the technique used.
- 17th September 2001In an extract, a character "kept glancing at the door and twisting the strap of her bag." What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
- 18th September 2001Write one short sentence (no more than five words) suitable for a moment of sudden shock in a story.
- 19th September 2001Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The gates creaked open.
- 20th September 2001What is the effect of directly addressing an audience as 'you' in a speech?
- 21st September 2001A campaign letter opens with a short, true story about one family affected by flooding, before giving any statistics. What is this technique called, and why might a writer use it first?
- 22nd September 2001Express 60 as a product of its prime factors, then use this to find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 60 and 24.
- 23rd September 2001In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 40 degrees and the side opposite A is 8 cm. Use trigonometry to find the length of the hypotenuse, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
- 24th September 2001A cafe sells 3 coffees at 2.40 pounds each and 2 teas at 1.60 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.
- 25th September 2001y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 45. Work out y when x = 5.
- 26th September 2001A survey asked 30 people how many siblings they have: 9 have 0, 12 have 1, 6 have 2, 3 have 3. Work out the mean number of siblings.
- 27th September 2001A machine produces 480 items in a day that lasts 7.5 hours. Work out the number of items produced per hour.
- 28th September 2001Work out 6^2 - sqrt(49).
- 29th September 2001Write 0.6 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 30th September 2001Two fair coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting at least one tail.