Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
June 2003 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in June 2003, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in June 2003
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 2003At a small maths club meeting, every one of the 8 members shakes hands with every other member exactly once. Work out the total number of handshakes.
- 2nd June 2003Convert 4.2 metres into centimetres.
- 3rd June 2003The first three terms of the triangular numbers are 1, 3, 6. If the pattern continues in the same way, what is the next term after 6?
- 4th June 2003A food sample turns from blue to brick-red when Benedict's solution is added and the mixture is heated. State which nutrient this positive result shows is present.
- 5th June 2003State the method used to extract aluminium from its ore, and explain why this method is needed rather than reduction with carbon.
- 6th June 2003The Sun is much larger than the Earth. State what type of object the Sun is, and name the force that keeps the Earth in orbit around it.
- 7th June 2003Name the type of rock formed when layers of sediment, such as sand or mud, are compressed together over a long period of time.
- 8th June 2003A pupil measures the volume of a gas produced in a reaction every 30 seconds. State whether the volume of gas is the independent or the dependent variable.
- 9th June 2003A 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.
- 10th June 2003A text about coral reefs moves from explaining what coral is, to how reefs form, to why they are under threat. What is this structure called?
- 11th June 2003Explain why a poet might use short, one-word lines to describe a sudden event, such as an accident.
- 12th June 2003A poem compares grief to 'a stone carried in the pocket, never quite forgotten.' Name this technique.
- 13th June 2003Correct the tense error: Last week, the choir practises for two hours every evening.
- 14th June 2003Punctuate this exchange between two speakers, starting a new line for each: are you ready asked sam almost said priya
- 15th June 2003Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The streetlamp's silver stare slid over its fur'?
- 16th June 2003What do the letters PAF stand for when analysing a non-fiction text?
- 17th June 2003Find the gradient of the line joining (1, 4) and (5, 16).
- 18th June 2003A survey asked 20 people how many pets they own: 5 people own 0 pets, 8 own 1 pet, 4 own 2 pets, and 3 own 3 pets. Work out the mean number of pets owned.
- 19th June 2003Find 35% of 180.
- 20th June 2003A recipe for 8 people uses flour, sugar and butter in the ratio 4 : 3 : 1 by weight, totalling 800 g. Work out how many grams of sugar are needed to make the recipe for 12 people.
- 21st June 2003A circle has a radius of 10 cm. Work out the area of a sector with an angle of 72 degrees at the centre, giving your answer to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
- 22nd June 2003Simplify sqrt(45) + sqrt(20), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(5).
- 23rd June 2003A chord subtends an angle of 76 degrees at the centre of a circle. Work out the angle it subtends at the circumference, on the major arc.
- 24th June 2003A journey of 84 km takes 1 hour 45 minutes. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 25th June 2003A car travels 210 km in 3.5 hours at a constant speed. Calculate how far it would travel in 5 hours at the same speed.
- 26th June 2003Name the male gamete and the female gamete involved in human reproduction.
- 27th June 2003Name the acid that produces nitrate salts.
- 28th June 2003A student doubles the frequency of a wave while keeping its speed the same. State what happens to the wavelength.
- 29th June 2003Two 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.
- 30th June 2003State how long it takes, approximately, for the Moon to orbit the Earth once.