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February 2005 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in February 2005, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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February 2005

28 sheets · 140 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in February 2005

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 2005Work out 12.6 divided by 0.3.
  2. 2nd February 2005A laptop is on sale for 340 pounds after a 15% reduction. Calculate its original price.
  3. 3rd February 2005Name the specialised cell in humans that is adapted with a long tail and many mitochondria to swim toward an egg cell.
  4. 4th February 2005State what happens to a catalyst during a chemical reaction.
  5. 5th February 2005A car's velocity increases from 5 m/s to 17 m/s in 4 seconds. Use acceleration = change in velocity / time taken to calculate its acceleration.
  6. 6th February 2005Name the reaction type in which a fuel reacts with oxygen, releasing energy as heat and light.
  7. 7th February 2005A trolley of mass 2 kg is raised to a height of 5 m. Use GPE = mass x gravitational field strength x height (g = 10 N/kg) to calculate its gravitational potential energy.
  8. 8th February 2005Name the planet in our solar system that is closest to the Sun.
  9. 9th February 2005Which punctuation mark is missing, and where, from this sentence: Bring your boots shin pads and water bottle to training.
  10. 10th February 2005In the sentence 'The old clock in the hallway ticked with the patience of a watchman,' which word gives the clock a human quality?
  11. 11th February 2005A character mutters "It's nothing" while quickly hiding a letter in his pocket. Explain what the contrast between his words and actions suggests.
  12. 12th February 2005Explain one way an ending can 'connect back' to the opening of a story.
  13. 13th February 2005Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: Although the fair had closed years ago, the carousel still turned.
  14. 14th February 2005Give one example of emotive language a speaker might use to persuade pupils that public speaking is worth the risk.
  15. 15th February 2005Name the persuasive technique used in this slogan: 'Save money. Save time. Save the planet.'
  16. 16th February 2005Round 4826 to the nearest hundred.
  17. 17th February 2005p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 4, p = 15. Work out the value of p when q = 10.
  18. 18th February 2005Without a calculator, work out 35% of 220.
  19. 19th February 2005Solve x^2 + 4x - 21 = 0.
  20. 20th February 2005A motorbike valued at 5,500 pounds depreciates by 18% in its first year. Work out its value at the end of the first year.
  21. 21st February 2005Work out 4.7 x 3.6, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
  22. 22nd February 2005A car travels 189 miles using 7 gallons of fuel. Work out the miles per gallon.
  23. 23rd February 2005A pair of trainers costs 45 pounds. The price increases by 20%. Work out the new price.
  24. 24th February 2005A bag contains 5 red counters and 7 blue counters. Two counters are taken from the bag at random, one after the other, without replacement. Find the probability that both counters are the same colour.
  25. 25th February 2005Put these organs in the order food passes through them during digestion: large intestine, mouth, stomach, small intestine, oesophagus.
  26. 26th February 2005A pupil finds the volume of an irregular stone using a measuring cylinder. The water level rises from 35 cm^3 to 52 cm^3 when the stone is added. The stone has a mass of 42.5 g. Calculate the density of the stone, giving your answer to 2 significant figures.
  27. 27th February 2005State whether the main force acting when a compass needle points north is a contact force or a non-contact force.
  28. 28th February 2005State the name given to a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being permanently used up itself.