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February 2009 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in February 2009, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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February 2009

28 sheets · 140 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in February 2009

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 2009Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: fresh bread the baker called still warm from the oven
  2. 2nd February 2009A coin is flipped 200 times and lands on heads 118 times. Calculate the relative frequency of landing on heads.
  3. 3rd February 2009In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 32 degrees and the adjacent side is 9 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse, to 1 decimal place.
  4. 4th February 2009A cylindrical tin has radius 4 cm and height 15 cm. Work out its volume, to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
  5. 5th February 2009Simplify the ratio 32:12.
  6. 6th February 2009A spinner can land on red, blue, green or yellow only. P(red) = 0.3, P(blue) = 0.25, P(green) = 0.2. Work out P(yellow).
  7. 7th February 2009The product of two consecutive positive integers is 132. Find the two integers.
  8. 8th February 2009Factorise fully 10x + 15.
  9. 9th February 2009Work out 2^5 - 3^3.
  10. 10th February 2009Write 3/8 as a percentage.
  11. 11th February 2009A cell has a real width of 0.02 mm. In a drawing, the same cell is shown 4 mm wide. Calculate the magnification of the drawing.
  12. 12th February 2009Explain, using collision theory, why crushing a solid into a powder increases the rate of reaction.
  13. 13th February 2009State one reason, other than cost, why a country might want to reduce its reliance on non-renewable energy resources such as coal and oil.
  14. 14th February 2009State whether a frog is classified as a vertebrate or an invertebrate, and give a reason.
  15. 15th February 2009Name the group in the periodic table that contains helium, neon and argon.
  16. 16th February 2009A pupil measures a mass of 3.5 kg on a set of scales. Convert this mass to grams.
  17. 17th February 2009This sentence contains a comma splice: The match ended in a draw, both teams were happy. Correct it in one way.
  18. 18th February 2009A writer describes sawdust as 'settling like a light snowfall over every surface.' Name the technique used.
  19. 19th February 2009In an extract, a character "kept glancing at the door and twisting the strap of her bag." What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
  20. 20th February 2009Write one short sentence (no more than five words) suitable for a moment of sudden shock in a story.
  21. 21st February 2009Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The gates creaked open.
  22. 22nd February 2009What is the effect of directly addressing an audience as 'you' in a speech?
  23. 23rd February 2009A campaign letter opens with a short, true story about one family affected by flooding, before giving any statistics. What is this technique called, and why might a writer use it first?
  24. 24th February 2009Express 60 as a product of its prime factors, then use this to find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 60 and 24.
  25. 25th February 2009Write 0.00042 in standard form.
  26. 26th February 2009A cafe sells 3 coffees at 2.40 pounds each and 2 teas at 1.60 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.
  27. 27th February 2009y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 45. Work out y when x = 5.
  28. 28th February 2009A survey asked 30 people how many siblings they have: 9 have 0, 12 have 1, 6 have 2, 3 have 3. Work out the mean number of siblings.