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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.

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June 2003

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

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.

  1. 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.
  2. 2nd June 2003Convert 4.2 metres into centimetres.
  3. 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?
  4. 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.
  5. 5th June 2003State the method used to extract aluminium from its ore, and explain why this method is needed rather than reduction with carbon.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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?
  11. 11th June 2003Explain why a poet might use short, one-word lines to describe a sudden event, such as an accident.
  12. 12th June 2003A poem compares grief to 'a stone carried in the pocket, never quite forgotten.' Name this technique.
  13. 13th June 2003Correct the tense error: Last week, the choir practises for two hours every evening.
  14. 14th June 2003Punctuate this exchange between two speakers, starting a new line for each: are you ready asked sam almost said priya
  15. 15th June 2003Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The streetlamp's silver stare slid over its fur'?
  16. 16th June 2003What do the letters PAF stand for when analysing a non-fiction text?
  17. 17th June 2003Find the gradient of the line joining (1, 4) and (5, 16).
  18. 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.
  19. 19th June 2003Find 35% of 180.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.)
  22. 22nd June 2003Simplify sqrt(45) + sqrt(20), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(5).
  23. 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.
  24. 24th June 2003A journey of 84 km takes 1 hour 45 minutes. Work out the average speed in km/h.
  25. 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.
  26. 26th June 2003Name the male gamete and the female gamete involved in human reproduction.
  27. 27th June 2003Name the acid that produces nitrate salts.
  28. 28th June 2003A student doubles the frequency of a wave while keeping its speed the same. State what happens to the wavelength.
  29. 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.
  30. 30th June 2003State how long it takes, approximately, for the Moon to orbit the Earth once.