Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
October 2003 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in October 2003, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in October 2003
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2003In a factual text, is the sentence "Hot air balloons were first flown in France in 1783" a fact or an opinion?
- 2nd October 2003A poem repeats the phrase 'and still it climbed' at the end of every stanza. What is this technique called, and what might its effect be?
- 3rd October 2003Find and copy one word from the phrase 'the old clock ticked its patient rhythm' that gives the clock a human quality.
- 4th October 2003Which punctuation mark correctly joins these two sentences without adding a joining word: 'The coach was late the pupils waited in the hall.'?
- 5th October 2003Choose the correct word: I'm not sure ___ my umbrella is. (where / were / we're)
- 6th October 2003A poem is written in a single, unbroken stanza with no rhyme. What effect might this create?
- 7th October 2003A newspaper report about a school's new library states: 'The library, funded entirely by a single anonymous donation, opened its doors last Tuesday.' What retrieval detail answers the question, how was the library funded?
- 8th October 2003A straight line passes through (0, 5) and has a gradient of -2. Write down its equation.
- 9th October 2003A phone contract costs 18.50 pounds per month for 24 months, plus an upfront cost of 49 pounds. Work out the total cost of the contract.
- 10th October 2003Write 0.72 as a percentage.
- 11th October 2003Solve 3(2x - 1) = x + 17.
- 12th October 2003Describe the locus of points that are equidistant from two fixed points, A and B.
- 13th October 2003A chord divides a circle so that the angle at the centre is 130 degrees. Work out the angle at the circumference subtended by the same chord, on the major arc.
- 14th October 2003Factorise 2x^2 + 7x + 3.
- 15th October 2003A recipe uses 3 eggs for every 240 g of flour. Work out how many grams of flour are needed for 7 eggs, at the same ratio.
- 16th October 2003Work out 5 + 4 x 3 - 2.
- 17th October 2003A doctor records that a foetus is 38 weeks old. Given that human gestation lasts approximately 40 weeks, state approximately how many weeks of pregnancy remain.
- 18th October 2003A student adds a piece of unknown grey solid to dilute acid and no bubbles are produced, even after several minutes. Suggest whether the solid is a metal or a non-metal, and explain your reasoning.
- 19th October 2003In a series circuit, an ammeter placed before a bulb reads 0.6 A. State the current a second ammeter, placed elsewhere in the same series circuit, would read.
- 20th October 2003Name the enzyme, found in saliva, that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
- 21st October 2003State the standard unit used for density in physics and chemistry.
- 22nd October 2003Name the gas needed by the body for aerobic respiration to take place.
- 23rd October 2003A student investigates how the mass of five different metal samples affects their volume, with mass as a continuous numerical variable. State whether a bar chart or a line graph is the more appropriate way to display these results.
- 24th October 2003A question asks you to "find and copy one word" meaning "extremely cold." Which of these fits: "freezing", "mild", "warm" or "humid"?
- 25th October 2003A factual article about volcanic islands is broken into sections titled 'How islands form', 'Life on the slopes' and 'Living with the risk'. What are these called, and what is their purpose?
- 26th October 2003You are asked to summarise a whole article in two sentences. What should you prioritise including?
- 27th October 2003Is the claim 'recycling is clearly the most important thing you can do for the planet' a fact or an opinion?
- 28th October 2003Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'Because the tide was rising, the children ran back up the beach.'
- 29th October 2003Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: mind the gap called the guard as the doors slid shut
- 30th October 2003Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "A trader called out his prices, and shoppers began to gather."
- 31st October 2003A spinner has a probability of 0.3 of landing on red, a probability of 0.45 of landing on blue, and the remaining probability of landing on green. Find the probability of landing on green.