Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
May 2011 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in May 2011, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in May 2011
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2011A rectangle has an area of 84 cm^2 and a length of 9.6 cm. Work out its width, to 1 decimal place.
- 2nd May 2011Decrease 350 pounds by 18%.
- 3rd May 2011Work out 2/5 of 65.
- 4th May 2011Five pupils recorded the number of minutes they spent reading yesterday: 9, 13, 20, 11, 17. Find the mean number of minutes.
- 5th May 2011Name the organelle found in both plant and animal cells that is the site of aerobic respiration.
- 6th May 2011A block of wood has a mass of 60 g and a volume of 80 cm^3. Calculate its density.
- 7th May 2011A farmer weighing 900 N stands on the ground. Her boots have a total sole area of 0.03 m^2. Use pressure = force / area to calculate the pressure she exerts on the ground, giving your answer in Pa.
- 8th May 2011State whether burning magnesium ribbon in air to form magnesium oxide is a physical change or a chemical change, and give a reason.
- 9th May 2011Using the reactivity series, state whether iron would react with a solution of copper sulfate, given that iron is more reactive than copper.
- 10th May 2011A wave has a wavelength of 2 m and a frequency of 5 Hz. Use wave speed = frequency x wavelength to calculate its speed.
- 11th May 2011A pupil uses a stopwatch to measure how long a candle takes to burn down by 1 cm, but forgets to shield the candle from a draught in the room. State whether this makes the result less reliable or less valid, and explain your answer.
- 12th May 2011Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the handle was rusted solid, the door creaked open at last."
- 13th May 2011Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: hurry up whispered Kofi we havent got much time
- 14th May 2011A question asks you to 'state one reason why the train was delayed, using evidence from the text.' What kind of answer is required?
- 15th May 2011A diver notices 'a single brass buckle winking in the torchlight.' Which word suggests the buckle is briefly catching and reflecting the light?
- 16th May 2011In the phrase "silent, secret snow", which technique is being used?
- 17th May 2011What is a counter-argument, and why might a writer include one?
- 18th May 2011In the phrase "silent, snow-hushed streets", which technique is being used?
- 19th May 2011A cuboid measures 7 cm by 5 cm by 4 cm. Calculate its volume.
- 20th May 2011A pack of 24 pencils costs 3.60 pounds. Work out the cost of one pencil.
- 21st May 2011Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 22nd May 2011A parallelogram has base 12 cm and perpendicular height 5 cm. Work out its area.
- 23rd May 20113 workers can paint a fence in 8 hours, working at the same constant rate. How long would it take 4 workers to paint the same fence?
- 24th May 2011Find 10% of 95 pounds.
- 25th May 2011Work out 9 x 8.
- 26th May 2011A coat costs 80 pounds. It is reduced by 35% in a sale. Work out the sale price.
- 27th May 2011Work out 15% of 60.
- 28th May 2011Complete the word equation for photosynthesis: carbon dioxide + water produces ___ + ___.
- 29th May 2011Explain why a pencil, not a pen, must be used to draw the baseline on chromatography paper.
- 30th May 2011State whether the Earth's day (one full rotation on its axis) or the Earth's year (one full orbit of the Sun) takes longer.
- 31st May 2011A sound wave has a high frequency. State whether this means it has a high pitch or a low pitch.