Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
November 2007 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in November 2007, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in November 2007
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 2007In an extract, a climber "kept checking the rope, tugging it twice before every step." What does this suggest about the climber?
- 2nd November 2007In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The team faced constant setbacks - equipment failure, bad weather and dwindling supplies chipped away at morale.' What does 'dwindling' mean here?
- 3rd November 2007A biography states that a scientist 'spent every evening after his factory shift teaching himself chemistry from borrowed textbooks.' What can a reader infer about this person from these facts?
- 4th November 2007An article opens with a short story about one seabird found tangled in plastic, before giving any wider statistics. What is this technique called?
- 5th November 2007Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: watch your step said the warden the path is icy
- 6th November 2007Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the platform was crowded, Amara found a seat by the window."
- 7th November 2007Identify the fronted adverbial in this sentence: "Slowly, the shutters were raised one by one."
- 8th November 2007Find the median and the range of this data set: 7, 3, 9, 3, 12, 5.
- 9th November 2007Write 3.6 x 10^-3 as an ordinary number.
- 10th November 2007A laptop valued at 900 pounds depreciates by 12% in its first year. Work out its value at the end of the first year.
- 11th November 2007Work out -15 + 4 x (-2).
- 12th November 2007A 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 November 2007Femi 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 November 2007Here are the first four terms of a sequence: 7, 11, 15, 19. Find an expression for the nth term.
- 15th November 2007Find the mean of 14, 18, 22, 16 and 20.
- 16th November 2007A meal out costs 68 pounds before a 12.5% service charge is added. Calculate the total cost including the service charge.
- 17th November 2007State whether human eye colour is an example of inherited variation, environmental variation, or both.
- 18th November 2007State whether an exothermic reaction transfers energy to, or takes in energy from, the surroundings.
- 19th November 2007A skateboarder travels at a constant speed of 4 m/s for 6 seconds. Use acceleration = change in velocity / time taken to state his acceleration during this time, and explain what an acceleration of zero means about his motion.
- 20th November 2007A hand warmer gets hot when a chemical reaction inside it takes place. State whether this reaction is exothermic or endothermic.
- 21st November 2007State the unit used to measure electric current.
- 22nd November 2007State the name of the force that acts to slow down a moving object due to contact between two surfaces.
- 23rd November 2007In the sentence "The exhausted runner collapsed across the finish line," what word class is "exhausted"?
- 24th November 2007A question asks you to 'find and copy one word which shows that the workshop was untidy.' What kind of question is this, and how should you answer it?
- 25th November 2007A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how a writer builds atmosphere across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
- 26th November 2007Which of these would best speed up the pace of an action scene: a long sentence with several clauses, or a short, three-word sentence?
- 27th November 2007Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the funfair at midnight.'
- 28th November 2007Is the claim 'debating is clearly the single best way to build confidence' a fact or an opinion?
- 29th November 2007Is the claim 'this is the most dangerous road crossing in the whole town' a fact or an opinion? Explain your answer.
- 30th November 2007Work out (-5) + (-8) - (-6).