Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
March 2010 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in March 2010, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in March 2010
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2010Work out 7 x 9 - 4 x 5.
- 2nd March 2010Name the food group that provides the body with the most energy per gram.
- 3rd March 2010State the property used to arrange the elements in order in the modern periodic table.
- 4th March 2010State why an astronaut in open space, far from any planet or star, cannot hear an explosion happening nearby.
- 5th March 2010Name the green pigment found in chloroplasts that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
- 6th March 2010Calculate the mean of these three repeat readings of a force: 4.2 N, 4.6 N, 4.4 N.
- 7th March 2010A circuit has a total resistance of 12 ohm and a current of 0.5 A flowing through it. Use V = I x R to calculate the voltage across the circuit.
- 8th March 2010Which word means the same as 'ancient' in a sentence describing an old, crumbling castle: 'timeworn', 'modern', 'spacious' or 'lively'?
- 9th March 2010Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Regular ___ at the piano will improve your technique. (practice / practise)
- 10th March 2010Identify and correct the pronoun error: 'The dog wagged their tail happily.'
- 11th March 2010A poem compares old age to 'a candle guttering low, still giving light.' Name this technique.
- 12th March 2010Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The fire hissed and spat its sparks'?
- 13th March 2010Find and copy one word from 'the mist swallowed the path ahead of him' that gives the mist a human or animal-like quality.
- 14th March 2010Which punctuation mark is missing, and where, from this sentence: Please bring your pencil case ruler and calculator to the exam.
- 15th March 2010A diver signals "all clear" with a steady hand, but his eyes keep darting towards the wreck's dark entrance. Explain what the contrast between his signal and his eyes suggests.
- 16th March 2010The probability that a spinner lands on red is 0.35. Work out the probability that it does not land on red.
- 17th March 2010Find 1/3 of 96.
- 18th March 2010Work out -12 + 4 x 3.
- 19th March 2010Solve x^2 - 2x - 24 = 0.
- 20th March 2010Work out 207 divided by 9, showing your written method.
- 21st March 2010Work out 143 divided by 11.
- 22nd March 2010A cube with side length 4 cm is built from 64 unit cubes, each 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm. The outside of the large cube is painted red, then it is taken apart into the 64 unit cubes again. How many of the unit cubes have exactly two faces painted red?
- 23rd March 2010A right-angled triangle has hypotenuse 17 cm and one leg of 8 cm. Calculate the length of the other leg.
- 24th March 2010Rearrange the formula P = 2l + 2w to make w the subject.
- 25th March 2010Complete the word equation for aerobic respiration: glucose + oxygen produces ___ + ___.
- 26th March 2010State one way that painting a garden gate helps to prevent it from rusting.
- 27th March 2010Define the terms 'solute' and 'solvent'.
- 28th March 2010Name the force that causes objects to fall towards the ground when dropped.
- 29th March 2010Name the organ in the human body that produces insulin.
- 30th March 2010A cylinder of gas is labelled with a diamond-shaped symbol showing a black flame on an orange background. State what hazard this symbol represents.
- 31st March 2010A writer describes rising ocean temperatures as "a slow-burning threat to one of the planet's most colourful ecosystems." Explain what effect the phrase "slow-burning" has on the reader.