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

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

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March 2009

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in March 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 March 2009A machine produces 480 items in a day that lasts 7.5 hours. Work out the number of items produced per hour.
  2. 2nd March 2009Work out 6^2 - sqrt(49).
  3. 3rd March 2009Write 0.6 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  4. 4th March 2009Two fair coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting at least one tail.
  5. 5th March 2009Which of the seven life processes describes an organism getting rid of waste products made inside its body?
  6. 6th March 2009State the name of the change of state when a solid changes directly into a liquid.
  7. 7th March 2009A trolley of mass 20 kg is pushed with a resultant force of 60 N. Use force = mass x acceleration to calculate its acceleration.
  8. 8th March 2009Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves through tiny pores called stomata.
  9. 9th March 2009Name the structure inside a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
  10. 10th March 2009A wave has a wavelength of 2 m and a frequency of 5 Hz. Use wave speed = frequency x wavelength to calculate its speed.
  11. 11th March 2009A pupil is choosing between two thermometers to measure a temperature change of about 5 degrees C: one has markings every 2 degrees C, and the other has markings every 0.2 degrees C. State which thermometer would give the more precise reading, and explain why.
  12. 12th March 2009Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the map in the drawer."
  13. 13th March 2009Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The fog rolled in from the sea.'
  14. 14th March 2009A character 'checked her watch for the third time in a minute and sighed.' What does this suggest about how she is feeling?
  15. 15th March 2009Which word class is 'cautiously' in the sentence 'She cautiously ran her glove along the rusted rail'?
  16. 16th March 2009A question asks you to "compare how the two poets present the sea." What is the best way to structure your answer?
  17. 17th March 2009Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade pupils that reading is enjoyable rather than a chore.
  18. 18th March 2009In the line "Icicles hang like daggers from the eaves", which technique is used?
  19. 19th March 2009A triangular prism has a cross-sectional area of 15 cm^2 and a length of 12 cm. Calculate its volume.
  20. 20th March 2009Find 30% of 150.
  21. 21st March 2009Work out 13^2.
  22. 22nd March 2009Find 5/6 of 72.
  23. 23rd March 2009A recipe for 4 people uses 200g of butter. How much butter is needed for 10 people?
  24. 24th March 2009A tap fills a bucket at a constant rate of 3 litres every 2 minutes. Work out how many litres it fills in 10 minutes.
  25. 25th March 2009Calculate 74 - 38.
  26. 26th March 2009Work out -7 + 15.
  27. 27th March 2009A journey of 240 km takes 4 hours at a constant speed. Work out the speed in km/h.
  28. 28th March 2009Complete the word equation for photosynthesis: carbon dioxide + water produces ___ + ___.
  29. 29th March 2009Explain why a pencil, not a pen, must be used to draw the baseline on chromatography paper.
  30. 30th March 2009State the law of reflection.
  31. 31st March 2009A student shouts and hears an echo 0.6 s later off a distant wall. Given the speed of sound in air is 340 m/s, calculate the total distance travelled by the sound (there and back).