Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
August 2010 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in August 2010, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in August 2010
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 20103/4 of a number is 54. Work out 5/6 of the same number.
- 2nd August 2010Work out the size of each interior angle of a regular decagon (10 sides).
- 3rd August 2010Factorise x^2 - 9x + 20.
- 4th August 2010Expand and simplify (2x - 3)(x + 4).
- 5th August 2010A car's value depreciates from 18,000 pounds to 14,400 pounds in one year. Work out the percentage decrease.
- 6th August 2010Work out 9 x 7.
- 7th August 2010Name the joint type found in the hip, and state one other place in the body where this same joint type is found.
- 8th August 2010Complete the word equation: hydrochloric acid + sodium hydroxide produces ___ + ___.
- 9th August 2010Name the circuit component whose symbol is a circle with a cross inside it.
- 10th August 2010Name the process by which digested food molecules pass from the small intestine into the blood.
- 11th August 2010An old-style filament light bulb transfers 100 J of electrical energy. Of this, 20 J is transferred usefully as light, and the rest is wasted as heat. Calculate the energy wasted as heat.
- 12th August 2010State whether an acid has a pH value above or below 7.
- 13th August 2010A hazard symbol shows a skull and crossbones on an orange background. State what hazard this represents.
- 14th August 2010Which word means the same as "exhausted" in a sentence describing tired climbers: "drained", "energetic", "cheerful" or "restless"?
- 15th August 2010A biography states that a person 'taught herself to read at six using her grandfather's newspapers, and published her first book by twenty.' What can a reader infer about this person's character from these facts?
- 16th August 2010A travel brochure and a science textbook both describe coral reefs. Which is more likely to use exaggerated, emotive language, and why?
- 17th August 2010A leaflet states 'You could help save a hundred bottles a year.' Which word directly addresses the reader?
- 18th August 2010Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The rain fell steadily.'
- 19th August 2010Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the suitcase on the platform."
- 20th August 2010Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Crates of fruit lined the pavement."
- 21st August 2010Find the mean of these test scores: 14, 18, 12, 20, 16.
- 22nd August 2010Solve x^2 - 5x + 6 = 0.
- 23rd August 2010A survey asked 25 people how many books they read last month: 6 people read 0, 10 read 1, 6 read 2, 3 read 3. Work out the mean number of books read.
- 24th August 2010Work out 60% of 45.
- 25th August 2010A class recorded how many books each of 25 students read in a month: 5 students read 0-2 books, 12 students read 3-5 books, and 8 students read 6-8 books. Using midpoints 1, 4 and 7, estimate the mean number of books read.
- 26th August 2010Prove that the sum of any three consecutive integers is always a multiple of 3.
- 27th August 2010Expand 4(3x + 2).
- 28th August 2010Work out 12.6 divided by 0.3.
- 29th August 2010Find 35% of 160 pounds.
- 30th August 2010In pea plants, the allele for tall (T) is dominant over the allele for short (t). State the possible genotype(s) of a tall pea plant.
- 31st August 2010State two factors, other than using a catalyst, that increase the rate of a reaction between a solid and a solution.