Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
November 2003 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in November 2003, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in November 2003
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 2003p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 3, p = 20. Work out p when q = 12.
- 2nd November 2003Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(2, -3) and B(-6, 9).
- 3rd November 2003A train journey of 175 km takes 2.5 hours at a constant speed. Work out the speed in km/h.
- 4th November 2003A drawer contains 4 black socks and 6 white socks only. Two socks are taken out at random, one after another, without replacement. Work out the probability that both socks are white.
- 5th November 2003A two-digit number is 7 times the sum of its digits. The digit in the tens place is one more than the digit in the units place. Find the two-digit number.
- 6th November 2003Simplify 6a + 4b - 2a + 5b.
- 7th November 2003A car depreciates by 15% each year. It is worth 20,000 pounds now. Work out its value after 1 year.
- 8th November 2003Calculate the simple interest earned on 600 pounds saved for 3 years at an annual rate of 4%.
- 9th November 2003State one way a red blood cell is adapted to carry oxygen efficiently.
- 10th November 2003A reaction between magnesium ribbon and hydrochloric acid gives off heat, and the temperature of the acid rises from 20 degrees C to 35 degrees C. State whether this reaction is exothermic or endothermic, and explain how you know.
- 11th November 2003A wind turbine and a coal power station both generate electricity, but only one of them directly burns fuel to boil water into steam. State which one this is, and name the component that this steam turns.
- 12th November 2003A car accelerates from rest to 20 m/s in 4 s. Calculate its acceleration, using acceleration = change in velocity / time.
- 13th November 2003State whether respiration in muscle cells during hard exercise, when oxygen supply cannot keep up with demand, is aerobic or anaerobic.
- 14th November 2003Name the layer of gases surrounding the Earth that contains the oxygen needed for respiration.
- 15th November 2003Add an apostrophe in the correct place: The two teams kits were both muddy after the match. (There is one kit set per team, and two teams in total.)
- 16th November 2003An apprentice is described as 'chewing the inside of his cheek and avoiding his master's eye.' What does this suggest about how he feels?
- 17th November 2003Which word means the same as "cluttered" in a sentence describing a messy attic: "crammed", "empty", "tidy" or "spacious"?
- 18th November 2003Rewrite this line of dialogue to remove the overused adverb, showing the emotion instead: 'I'm not scared,' she said bravely.
- 19th November 2003Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The lights flickered, and the music started on its own.
- 20th November 2003Name the technique used in this line: New voices. New ideas. New confidence.
- 21st November 2003A speech opens with the line: 'Imagine losing your home in a single night.' What technique is this, and why is it an effective opening?
- 22nd November 2003Calculate the value of 7 + 2 x (6 - 3) x 2, showing your method.
- 23rd November 2003In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 40 degrees and the side opposite A is 8 cm. Use trigonometry to find the length of the hypotenuse, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
- 24th November 2003A prize fund of 150 pounds is shared between two clubs in the ratio 2:3. Work out the larger share.
- 25th November 2003In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 50 degrees and the hypotenuse is 14 cm. Work out the length of the side opposite angle A, to 1 decimal place.
- 26th November 2003Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(-5, -2) and B(9, 6).
- 27th November 2003A rectangle has an area of 84 cm^2 and a length of 9.6 cm. Work out its width, to 1 decimal place.
- 28th November 2003Decrease 350 pounds by 18%.
- 29th November 2003Work out 2/5 of 65.
- 30th November 2003Five pupils recorded the number of minutes they spent reading yesterday: 9, 13, 20, 11, 17. Find the mean number of minutes.