Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
May 2010 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in May 2010, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in May 2010
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2010A right-angled triangle has shorter sides of 5 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
- 2nd May 2010The nth term of a sequence is 4n + 3. Work out the 20th term.
- 3rd May 2010Work out 84 / 12.
- 4th May 2010A drawer contains 4 black socks and 6 white socks only. Two socks are taken out at random, one after another, without replacement. Work out the probability that both socks are white.
- 5th May 2010A two-digit number is 7 times the sum of its digits. The digit in the tens place is one more than the digit in the units place. Find the two-digit number.
- 6th May 2010p = 5, q = -2. Work out the value of 3p + q.
- 7th May 2010A bag has 4 yellow and 6 purple counters. Find the probability of picking a purple counter.
- 8th May 2010A meal out costs 68 pounds before a 12.5% service charge is added. Calculate the total cost including the service charge.
- 9th May 2010State one way a red blood cell is adapted to carry oxygen efficiently.
- 10th May 2010A reaction between magnesium ribbon and hydrochloric acid gives off heat, and the temperature of the acid rises from 20 degrees C to 35 degrees C. State whether this reaction is exothermic or endothermic, and explain how you know.
- 11th May 2010A 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.
- 12th May 2010A hand warmer gets hot when a chemical reaction inside it takes place. State whether this reaction is exothermic or endothermic.
- 13th May 2010State whether respiration in muscle cells during hard exercise, when oxygen supply cannot keep up with demand, is aerobic or anaerobic.
- 14th May 2010Name the layer of gases surrounding the Earth that contains the oxygen needed for respiration.
- 15th May 2010In the sentence "The exhausted runner collapsed across the finish line," what word class is "exhausted"?
- 16th May 2010In an extract, a character 'set down his tools without a word and walked out into the rain.' What might this action suggest about his state of mind?
- 17th May 2010A writer describes a clock as "ticking its patient warning through the empty hall." Name the poetic technique used here.
- 18th May 2010Punctuate this exchange, adding inverted commas, capital letters and any other punctuation needed: are you sure about this asked Leo his sister nodded without looking up
- 19th May 2010Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: The funfair was SCARY.
- 20th May 2010A speaker says 'Ninety per cent of our debate club members say it changed how they see arguments.' Name the technique used here.
- 21st May 2010Is the claim 'this is the most dangerous road crossing in the whole town' a fact or an opinion? Explain your answer.
- 22nd May 2010Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9
- 23rd May 2010In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 40 degrees and the side opposite A is 8 cm. Use trigonometry to find the length of the hypotenuse, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
- 24th May 2010A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
- 25th May 2010p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
- 26th May 2010The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
- 27th May 2010A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
- 28th May 2010A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
- 29th May 2010Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.
- 30th May 2010A box contains 7 yellow pencils, 5 blue pencils and 3 green pencils. A pencil is picked at random. Find the probability that it is not blue.
- 31st May 2010State one structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.