Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
September 2005 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in September 2005, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in September 2005
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 2005A question asks you to "find and copy one word" meaning "extremely cold." Which of these fits: "freezing", "mild", "warm" or "humid"?
- 2nd September 2005A 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?
- 3rd September 2005You are asked to summarise a whole article in two sentences. What should you prioritise including?
- 4th September 2005Is the claim 'recycling is clearly the most important thing you can do for the planet' a fact or an opinion?
- 5th September 2005Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'Because the tide was rising, the children ran back up the beach.'
- 6th September 2005Punctuate 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
- 7th September 2005Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "A trader called out his prices, and shoppers began to gather."
- 8th September 2005Find the mean of these test scores: 14, 18, 12, 20, 16.
- 9th September 2005p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 3, p = 20. Work out p when q = 12.
- 10th September 2005Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(2, -3) and B(-6, 9).
- 11th September 2005A train journey of 175 km takes 2.5 hours at a constant speed. Work out the speed in km/h.
- 12th September 2005A fair coin is flipped and a fair six-sided dice is rolled at the same time. Work out the probability of getting heads on the coin and a number greater than 4 on the dice.
- 13th September 2005Femi can complete a job alone in 2 hours, Grace can complete the same job alone in 3 hours, and Hassan can complete it alone in 6 hours. Working together at these constant rates, how long will it take them to complete the job?
- 14th September 2005Simplify 6a + 4b - 2a + 5b.
- 15th September 2005A car depreciates by 15% each year. It is worth 20,000 pounds now. Work out its value after 1 year.
- 16th September 2005Find 35% of 160 pounds.
- 17th September 2005State whether human eye colour is an example of inherited variation, environmental variation, or both.
- 18th September 2005State whether an exothermic reaction transfers energy to, or takes in energy from, the surroundings.
- 19th September 2005A runner covers 400 m in 50 seconds at a constant speed. Use speed = distance / time to calculate her speed.
- 20th September 2005Some endothermic reactions cause the temperature of their surroundings to fall. Explain, in terms of energy, why this happens.
- 21st September 2005State the unit used to measure electric current.
- 22nd September 2005State the name of the force that acts to slow down a moving object due to contact between two surfaces.
- 23rd September 2005Choose the correct homophone to complete the sentence: The team celebrated ___ victory together. (their / there / they're)
- 24th September 2005An apprentice is described as 'chewing the inside of his cheek and avoiding his master's eye.' What does this suggest about how he feels?
- 25th September 2005Which word means the same as "cluttered" in a sentence describing a messy attic: "crammed", "empty", "tidy" or "spacious"?
- 26th September 2005Rewrite this line of dialogue to remove the overused adverb, showing the emotion instead: 'I'm not scared,' she said bravely.
- 27th September 2005Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The lights flickered, and the music started on its own.
- 28th September 2005Name the technique used in this line: New voices. New ideas. New confidence.
- 29th September 2005What is a rhetorical question, and why do persuasive writers use them?
- 30th September 2005Calculate the value of 7 + 2 x (6 - 3) x 2, showing your method.