Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
August 2003 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in August 2003, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in August 2003
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2003Express 60 as a product of its prime factors, then use this to find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 60 and 24.
- 2nd August 2003y is directly proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 30. Work out the value of y when x = 8.
- 3rd August 2003A cafe sells 3 coffees at 2.40 pounds each and 2 teas at 1.60 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.
- 4th August 2003y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 45. Work out y when x = 5.
- 5th August 2003A survey asked 30 people how many siblings they have: 9 have 0, 12 have 1, 6 have 2, 3 have 3. Work out the mean number of siblings.
- 6th August 2003A machine produces 480 items in a day that lasts 7.5 hours. Work out the number of items produced per hour.
- 7th August 2003Work out 6^2 - sqrt(49).
- 8th August 2003Write 0.6 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 9th August 2003Two fair coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting at least one tail.
- 10th August 2003Which of the seven life processes describes an organism getting rid of waste products made inside its body?
- 11th August 2003State the name of the change of state when a solid changes directly into a liquid.
- 12th August 2003A trolley of mass 20 kg is pushed with a resultant force of 60 N. Use force = mass x acceleration to calculate its acceleration.
- 13th August 2003Name the type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart under high pressure.
- 14th August 2003State whether gold is a very reactive or a very unreactive metal, given that it is found in the Earth as the pure metal rather than in a compound.
- 15th August 2003State the name given to elements found in Group 1 of the periodic table.
- 16th August 2003Before starting a watering investigation, a pupil writes this prediction: a plant given more water each day will grow taller than one given less water. State one piece of scientific reasoning that could support this prediction.
- 17th August 2003Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the map in the drawer."
- 18th August 2003Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The fog rolled in from the sea.'
- 19th August 2003A character 'checked her watch for the third time in a minute and sighed.' What does this suggest about how she is feeling?
- 20th August 2003Which word class is 'cautiously' in the sentence 'She cautiously ran her glove along the rusted rail'?
- 21st August 2003A question asks you to "compare how the two poets present the sea." What is the best way to structure your answer?
- 22nd August 2003Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade pupils that reading is enjoyable rather than a chore.
- 23rd August 2003In the line "Icicles hang like daggers from the eaves", which technique is used?
- 24th August 2003Calculate the circumference of a circle with a radius of 9 cm. Use pi = 3.14.
- 25th August 2003Find 30% of 150.
- 26th August 2003Work out 13^2.
- 27th August 2003Find 5/6 of 72.
- 28th August 2003A recipe for 4 people uses 200g of butter. How much butter is needed for 10 people?
- 29th August 2003A tap fills a bucket at a constant rate of 3 litres every 2 minutes. Work out how many litres it fills in 10 minutes.
- 30th August 2003Calculate 74 - 38.
- 31st August 2003Work out -7 + 15.