Daily Practice - 13+ Common Entrance
Common Entrance english, maths and science.
29th November 2005
- 1Working Scientifically
A student measures the length of a metal rod five times: 62.1 cm, 62.4 cm, 62.0 cm, 62.5 cm, 62.2 cm. Calculate the mean length of the rod.
- 2Science: Working Scientifically and Practical Skills Set 2
A pupil uses a stopwatch to measure how long a candle takes to burn down by 1 cm, but forgets to shield the candle from a draught in the room. State whether this makes the result less reliable or less valid, and explain your answer.
- 3Science: Working Scientifically and Practical Skills Set 3
On a graph of temperature (y-axis) against time (x-axis), a straight line rises from (0 s, 20 degrees C) to (40 s, 60 degrees C). Calculate the gradient of this line, and state what it represents.
- 4Reading and Comprehension (Prose)
A question is worth 4 marks and asks you to explain the effect of a writer's language in a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
- 5Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Set 2
In the sentence "The exhausted runner collapsed across the finish line," what word class is "exhausted"?
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