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October 2010 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in October 2010, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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October 2010

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in October 2010

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st October 2010A question is worth 3 marks and asks you to explain the effect of a description. Roughly how many separate points should your answer include?
  2. 2nd October 2010If a poem's rhythm becomes short and broken in its final stanza after being steady throughout, what might this suggest?
  3. 3rd October 2010Name the technique used in this line: New worlds. New characters. New ideas, every single time.
  4. 4th October 2010If a poem starts with long, flowing lines and ends with very short, clipped lines, what effect might this create?
  5. 5th October 2010Calculate the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 9 cm.
  6. 6th October 2010Simplify 6a + 9 - 2a - 4.
  7. 7th October 2010Simplify 4(2x - 3) + 5.
  8. 8th October 2010A stall sells 4 sandwiches at 2.20 pounds each and 3 drinks at 1.10 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.
  9. 9th October 2010Write the ratio 16:24 in its simplest form.
  10. 10th October 2010Work out 8 x 6.
  11. 11th October 2010Find 3/5 of 45.
  12. 12th October 2010Work out 15 x 14, using a written method.
  13. 13th October 2010Find 3/4 of 88.
  14. 14th October 2010State one way a communicable disease differs from a non-communicable disease.
  15. 15th October 2010State the name given to a horizontal row of the periodic table.
  16. 16th October 2010A ray of light travels from air into a glass block. State whether the ray bends towards the normal or away from the normal as it enters the glass.
  17. 17th October 2010Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
  18. 18th October 2010A pupil records the mass of a beaker of ice every 2 minutes as it melts. State which variable is the independent variable in this investigation.
  19. 19th October 2010Name the three states of matter.
  20. 20th October 2010A character says 'I'm fine' through gritted teeth, then slams the door. Explain what the contrast between the character's words and actions suggests.
  21. 21st October 2010Correct the spelling error caused by a missing doubled consonant: 'I am hopping to finish my homework before dinner' (meaning expecting, not jumping).
  22. 22nd October 2010Correct the tense error: 'Last week, she swims to the buoy and back without stopping.'
  23. 23rd October 2010A poem has irregular line lengths and no rhyme scheme, but a steady, insistent rhythm created by repeating the same three-syllable phrase. What technique creates this effect?
  24. 24th October 2010What is the name for a poem with no regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
  25. 25th October 2010A character 'counted his steps instead of looking down.' What does this suggest about his feelings?
  26. 26th October 2010Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Yesterday, Priya walks to school and meets her friend Tom.
  27. 27th October 2010A writer describes a current as "dragging greedy fingers along the wreck." Name the technique used here.
  28. 28th October 2010Find 2/5 of 65.
  29. 29th October 2010A box of 15 chocolates costs 4.50 pounds. Work out the cost of one chocolate.
  30. 30th October 2010Work out 56 / 7.
  31. 31st October 2010In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 27 degrees and the opposite side is 6 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse, to 1 decimal place.