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

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

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July 2003

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in July 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 July 2003A pupil applies a force of 10 N to move an object 2 m in the direction of the force. Use work done = force x distance to calculate the work done.
  2. 2nd July 2003A student wears safety goggles when heating a test tube of liquid over a Bunsen burner. State the hazard that the goggles help protect against.
  3. 3rd July 2003A writer describes the wind as "clawing at their jackets, determined to drag them off the mountain." Name the technique used here.
  4. 4th July 2003What do the letters PAF stand for when analysing a non-fiction text?
  5. 5th July 2003A newspaper report about a restored pier states: 'Engineers replaced over eleven thousand individual timbers during the two-year project.' What retrieval detail answers the question, how many timbers were replaced?
  6. 6th July 2003Give one example of a statistic a writer might use to persuade readers to use fewer plastic bags.
  7. 7th July 2003Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The wind howled, and the shutters rattled.'
  8. 8th July 2003Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The train arrived late."
  9. 9th July 2003Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: fresh bread the baker called still warm from the oven
  10. 10th July 2003Two coins are flipped at the same time. List all the possible outcomes, and find the probability of getting exactly one head.
  11. 11th July 2003In 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.
  12. 12th July 2003A cylindrical tin has radius 4 cm and height 15 cm. Work out its volume, to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
  13. 13th July 2003Simplify the ratio 32:12.
  14. 14th July 2003A fair coin is flipped and a fair six-sided dice is rolled at the same time. Work out the probability of getting heads on the coin and a number greater than 4 on the dice.
  15. 15th July 2003Femi can complete a job alone in 2 hours, Grace can complete the same job alone in 3 hours, and Hassan can complete it alone in 6 hours. Working together at these constant rates, how long will it take them to complete the job?
  16. 16th July 2003Factorise fully 10x + 15.
  17. 17th July 2003Work out 2^5 - 3^3.
  18. 18th July 2003A 750 gram box of cereal costs 2.40 pounds, and a 500 gram box of the same cereal costs 1.70 pounds. Which box offers better value for money? Show your working.
  19. 19th July 2003State whether human eye colour is an example of inherited variation, environmental variation, or both.
  20. 20th July 2003State whether an exothermic reaction transfers energy to, or takes in energy from, the surroundings.
  21. 21st July 2003State whether solar power is a renewable or a non-renewable energy resource.
  22. 22nd July 2003A book rests on a table and does not move. Name the force from the table that balances the book's weight.
  23. 23rd July 2003State the unit used to measure electric current.
  24. 24th July 2003State the name of the force that acts to slow down a moving object due to contact between two surfaces.
  25. 25th July 2003Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? A) The whistle blew; and the players stopped. B) The whistle blew; the players stopped at once.
  26. 26th July 2003A writer describes sawdust as 'settling like a light snowfall over every surface.' Name the technique used.
  27. 27th July 2003In 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?
  28. 28th July 2003Write one short sentence (no more than five words) suitable for a moment of sudden shock in a story.
  29. 29th July 2003Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The gates creaked open.
  30. 30th July 2003What is the effect of directly addressing an audience as 'you' in a speech?
  31. 31st July 2003A charity advert says: 'You could change a child's life today.' Which word directly addresses the reader, and what effect does this have?