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February 2006 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in February 2006, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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February 2006

28 sheets · 140 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in February 2006

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 2006A parcel of mass 2.5 kg is lifted onto a shelf 2 m above the ground. Take g = 10 N/kg and use GPE = mass x g x height. Calculate the gain in gravitational potential energy.
  2. 2nd February 2006Name the type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart under high pressure.
  3. 3rd February 2006State whether gold is a very reactive or a very unreactive metal, given that it is found in the Earth as the pure metal rather than in a compound.
  4. 4th February 2006Name the part of a plant cell, not found in an animal cell, that carries out photosynthesis.
  5. 5th February 2006Before starting a watering investigation, a pupil writes this prediction: a plant given more water each day will grow taller than one given less water. State one piece of scientific reasoning that could support this prediction.
  6. 6th February 2006Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Dust rose from the floor, and Elias covered his mouth."
  7. 7th February 2006Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The old house was SCARY.'
  8. 8th February 2006Which word from 'the tannoy crackled out another indistinct apology' suggests the announcement was hard to understand?
  9. 9th February 2006A diver 'counted her breaths, trying to make each one last longer than the last.' What does this suggest about her situation?
  10. 10th February 2006In a poem, the line "Waves gnaw at the cliff's grey chin" contains an example of which technique?
  11. 11th February 2006An article states 'Pupils who read for pleasure for just ten minutes a day report feeling calmer.' Name the technique used here.
  12. 12th February 2006A poem describes wind as "howling" and "moaning" through bare branches. Name the technique shown by these two words.
  13. 13th February 2006Calculate the circumference of a circle with a radius of 9 cm. Use pi = 3.14.
  14. 14th February 2006Round 6.849 to 1 decimal place.
  15. 15th February 2006A coat costs 80 pounds. Its price increases by 25%. Work out the new price.
  16. 16th February 2006A prize of 240 pounds is shared between three friends in the ratio 1:2:5. Work out the smallest share.
  17. 17th February 2006A map has a scale of 1:20000. Two towns are 7cm apart on the map. Work out the real distance between them, in km.
  18. 18th February 2006Work out 3 + 6 x 2 - 4.
  19. 19th February 2006A recipe uses 2 eggs for every 150 g of flour. Work out how many grams of flour are needed for 5 eggs, at the same ratio.
  20. 20th February 2006Work out -3 - 6.
  21. 21st February 2006Work out -9 + 15.
  22. 22nd February 2006State one way the xylem is adapted for transporting water up a plant.
  23. 23rd February 2006In a chromatography experiment, the solvent front travels 10 cm and a dye spot travels 4 cm. Calculate the Rf value of the dye.
  24. 24th February 2006An astronaut has a mass of 70 kg on Earth. State her mass on the Moon, and explain why her weight on the Moon is less than her weight on Earth.
  25. 25th February 2006Using the periodic table, state whether the element chlorine (Cl) is a metal or a non-metal.
  26. 26th February 2006State the name given to a chemical reaction that releases heat energy to the surroundings.
  27. 27th February 2006State the products formed when a metal reacts with an acid.
  28. 28th February 2006A writer describes a bell as 'clanging its complaint into the empty square.' Name the poetic or literary technique used here.