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

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

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October 2001

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in October 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 October 2001Which of the seven life processes describes an organism getting rid of waste products made inside its body?
  2. 2nd October 2001State the name of the change of state when a solid changes directly into a liquid.
  3. 3rd October 2001A trolley of mass 20 kg is pushed with a resultant force of 60 N. Use force = mass x acceleration to calculate its acceleration.
  4. 4th October 2001Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves through tiny pores called stomata.
  5. 5th October 2001Name the structure inside a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
  6. 6th October 2001Name the part of a plant cell, not found in an animal cell, that carries out photosynthesis.
  7. 7th October 2001A pupil is choosing between two thermometers to measure a temperature change of about 5 degrees C: one has markings every 2 degrees C, and the other has markings every 0.2 degrees C. State which thermometer would give the more precise reading, and explain why.
  8. 8th October 2001Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the map in the drawer."
  9. 9th October 2001Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The fog rolled in from the sea.'
  10. 10th October 2001A character 'checked her watch for the third time in a minute and sighed.' What does this suggest about how she is feeling?
  11. 11th October 2001Which word class is 'cautiously' in the sentence 'She cautiously ran her glove along the rusted rail'?
  12. 12th October 2001A question asks you to "compare how the two poets present the sea." What is the best way to structure your answer?
  13. 13th October 2001Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade pupils that reading is enjoyable rather than a chore.
  14. 14th October 2001In the line "Icicles hang like daggers from the eaves", which technique is used?
  15. 15th October 2001A triangular prism has a cross-sectional area of 15 cm^2 and a length of 12 cm. Calculate its volume.
  16. 16th October 2001Find 30% of 150.
  17. 17th October 2001Work out 13^2.
  18. 18th October 2001Find 5/6 of 72.
  19. 19th October 2001A recipe for 4 people uses 200g of butter. How much butter is needed for 10 people?
  20. 20th October 2001A tap fills a bucket at a constant rate of 3 litres every 2 minutes. Work out how many litres it fills in 10 minutes.
  21. 21st October 2001Calculate 74 - 38.
  22. 22nd October 2001Work out -7 + 15.
  23. 23rd October 2001A journey of 240 km takes 4 hours at a constant speed. Work out the speed in km/h.
  24. 24th October 2001State one way the xylem is adapted for transporting water up a plant.
  25. 25th October 2001In a chromatography experiment, the solvent front travels 10 cm and a dye spot travels 4 cm. Calculate the Rf value of the dye.
  26. 26th October 2001State the law of reflection.
  27. 27th October 2001A student shouts and hears an echo 0.6 s later off a distant wall. Given the speed of sound in air is 340 m/s, calculate the total distance travelled by the sound (there and back).
  28. 28th October 2001State the name given to a chemical reaction that releases heat energy to the surroundings.
  29. 29th October 2001State the products formed when a metal reacts with an acid.
  30. 30th October 2001A question is worth 4 marks and asks you to explain the effect of a writer's language in a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
  31. 31st October 2001Which punctuation mark correctly joins these two related sentences into one: 'The rain finally stopped ___ the match could go ahead after all.'