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January 2003 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in January 2003, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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January 2003

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in January 2003

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 2003Name the process of cell division that produces two genetically identical daughter cells for growth and repair.
  2. 2nd January 2003A pupil measures the mass of a metal washer five times using a balance and gets: 14.2 g, 14.5 g, 14.1 g, 14.6 g, 14.1 g. Calculate the mean mass, giving your answer to 3 significant figures.
  3. 3rd January 2003Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The map was old and torn."
  4. 4th January 2003Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the corridor at midnight.'
  5. 5th January 2003A writer describes a departure board as 'flickering through a list of cancellations like a nervous heartbeat.' Name the technique used.
  6. 6th January 2003A character 'held his breath without realising it' as he entered a dark passage. What does this suggest about his feelings?
  7. 7th January 2003A poem has four lines per stanza with the rhyme pattern ABAB. What is this pattern called?
  8. 8th January 2003Is the claim 'reading is obviously more rewarding than scrolling through a screen' a fact or an opinion?
  9. 9th January 2003A question asks you to explain "how the poet's feelings towards winter change across the poem." What should your answer focus on?
  10. 10th January 2003An L-shaped room is made from a 6 m by 4 m rectangle with a 2 m by 3 m rectangle removed from one corner. Calculate the area of the room.
  11. 11th January 2003Work out -4 - 7.
  12. 12th January 2003Find the highest common factor of 24 and 36.
  13. 13th January 2003Simplify 6x + 4 - 2x - 9.
  14. 14th January 2003A basket contains 15 lemons and 25 limes. Write the ratio of lemons to limes in its simplest form.
  15. 15th January 2003Calculate 56 + 29.
  16. 16th January 2003Work out 20 - 3 x 4.
  17. 17th January 2003A number is tripled and then 5 is added, giving 32. Form an equation and find the number.
  18. 18th January 2003Simplify the ratio 18:24 to its simplest form.
  19. 19th January 2003A polar bear has thick white fur. State whether this is a structural or a behavioural adaptation, and explain why.
  20. 20th January 2003State whether reactivity increases or decreases going down Group 1, the alkali metals.
  21. 21st January 2003A cliff is 170 m from a person who claps and hears the echo. Use distance = speed x time and a speed of sound of 340 m/s to calculate how long after the clap the echo is heard.
  22. 22nd January 2003State the number of protons found in an atom of oxygen, given that oxygen's atomic number is 8.
  23. 23rd January 2003A ball is dropped from a height and falls freely towards the ground. State the type of energy the ball gains as it speeds up.
  24. 24th January 2003A 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.
  25. 25th January 2003In an extract, a character 'chewed his lip and stared at his shoes.' What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
  26. 26th January 2003Add a colon to this sentence in the correct place: The expedition needed three things warm clothing enough food and a reliable map.
  27. 27th January 2003Choose the correct word: There were ___ people at the concert than last year. (less / fewer)
  28. 28th January 2003Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The branches creaked and clawed at the window'?
  29. 29th January 2003Find and copy one word from 'the anvil's patient, unmoving weight' that gives the anvil a human quality.
  30. 30th January 2003Which word class is 'desperately' in 'He desperately searched for a handhold'?
  31. 31st January 2003Correct the punctuation in this sentence, which reports direct speech: she shouted watch out and pulled her brother back from the road