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February 2004 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in February 2004, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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February 2004

29 sheets · 145 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in February 2004

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st February 20043/4 of a number is 54. Work out 5/6 of the same number.
  2. 2nd February 2004Work out the size of each interior angle of a regular decagon (10 sides).
  3. 3rd February 2004Solve x^2 = 7x - 12.
  4. 4th February 2004Solve x^2 + 3x - 18 = 0.
  5. 5th February 2004Find 3^3 + sqrt(64).
  6. 6th February 2004120 pounds is shared between Leo and Maya in the ratio 3:5. Work out how much Maya receives.
  7. 7th February 2004Name the joint type found in the hip, and state one other place in the body where this same joint type is found.
  8. 8th February 2004Complete the word equation: hydrochloric acid + sodium hydroxide produces ___ + ___.
  9. 9th February 2004A wave has a frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 4 m. Use wave speed = frequency x wavelength to calculate its speed.
  10. 10th February 2004State the pH of a neutral solution such as pure water.
  11. 11th February 2004State whether the Earth casting a shadow that blocks sunlight from reaching the Moon is called a solar eclipse or a lunar eclipse.
  12. 12th February 2004State whether an acid has a pH value above or below 7.
  13. 13th February 2004A hazard symbol shows a skull and crossbones on an orange background. State what hazard this represents.
  14. 14th February 2004In an extract, a climber "kept checking the rope, tugging it twice before every step." What does this suggest about the climber?
  15. 15th February 2004In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The team faced constant setbacks - equipment failure, bad weather and dwindling supplies chipped away at morale.' What does 'dwindling' mean here?
  16. 16th February 2004A biography states that a scientist 'spent every evening after his factory shift teaching himself chemistry from borrowed textbooks.' What can a reader infer about this person from these facts?
  17. 17th February 2004An article opens with a short story about one seabird found tangled in plastic, before giving any wider statistics. What is this technique called?
  18. 18th February 2004Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: watch your step said the warden the path is icy
  19. 19th February 2004Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the platform was crowded, Amara found a seat by the window."
  20. 20th February 2004Identify the fronted adverbial in this sentence: "Slowly, the shutters were raised one by one."
  21. 21st February 2004A coin is flipped 200 times and lands on heads 118 times. Calculate the relative frequency of landing on heads.
  22. 22nd February 2004Write 3.6 x 10^-3 as an ordinary number.
  23. 23rd February 2004A laptop valued at 900 pounds depreciates by 12% in its first year. Work out its value at the end of the first year.
  24. 24th February 2004Work out -15 + 4 x (-2).
  25. 25th February 2004A class recorded how many books each of 25 students read in a month: 5 students read 0-2 books, 12 students read 3-5 books, and 8 students read 6-8 books. Using midpoints 1, 4 and 7, estimate the mean number of books read.
  26. 26th February 2004Prove that the sum of any three consecutive integers is always a multiple of 3.
  27. 27th February 2004Here are the first four terms of a sequence: 7, 11, 15, 19. Find an expression for the nth term.
  28. 28th February 2004Find the mean of 14, 18, 22, 16 and 20.
  29. 29th February 2004Write 3/8 as a percentage.