Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
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.
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.
- 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.
- 2nd February 2006Name the type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart under high pressure.
- 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.
- 4th February 2006Name the part of a plant cell, not found in an animal cell, that carries out photosynthesis.
- 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.
- 6th February 2006Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Dust rose from the floor, and Elias covered his mouth."
- 7th February 2006Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The old house was SCARY.'
- 8th February 2006Which word from 'the tannoy crackled out another indistinct apology' suggests the announcement was hard to understand?
- 9th February 2006A diver 'counted her breaths, trying to make each one last longer than the last.' What does this suggest about her situation?
- 10th February 2006In a poem, the line "Waves gnaw at the cliff's grey chin" contains an example of which technique?
- 11th February 2006An article states 'Pupils who read for pleasure for just ten minutes a day report feeling calmer.' Name the technique used here.
- 12th February 2006A poem describes wind as "howling" and "moaning" through bare branches. Name the technique shown by these two words.
- 13th February 2006Calculate the circumference of a circle with a radius of 9 cm. Use pi = 3.14.
- 14th February 2006Round 6.849 to 1 decimal place.
- 15th February 2006A coat costs 80 pounds. Its price increases by 25%. Work out the new price.
- 16th February 2006A prize of 240 pounds is shared between three friends in the ratio 1:2:5. Work out the smallest share.
- 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.
- 18th February 2006Work out 3 + 6 x 2 - 4.
- 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.
- 20th February 2006Work out -3 - 6.
- 21st February 2006Work out -9 + 15.
- 22nd February 2006State one way the xylem is adapted for transporting water up a plant.
- 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.
- 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.
- 25th February 2006Using the periodic table, state whether the element chlorine (Cl) is a metal or a non-metal.
- 26th February 2006State the name given to a chemical reaction that releases heat energy to the surroundings.
- 27th February 2006State the products formed when a metal reacts with an acid.
- 28th February 2006A writer describes a bell as 'clanging its complaint into the empty square.' Name the poetic or literary technique used here.