Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
September 2011 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in September 2011, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in September 2011
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 2011A pupil is choosing between two thermometers to measure a temperature change of about 5 degrees C: one has markings every 2 degrees C, and the other has markings every 0.2 degrees C. State which thermometer would give the more precise reading, and explain why.
- 2nd September 2011Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Dust rose from the floor, and Elias covered his mouth."
- 3rd September 2011Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The old house was SCARY.'
- 4th September 2011Which word from 'the tannoy crackled out another indistinct apology' suggests the announcement was hard to understand?
- 5th September 2011A diver 'counted her breaths, trying to make each one last longer than the last.' What does this suggest about her situation?
- 6th September 2011In a poem, the line "Waves gnaw at the cliff's grey chin" contains an example of which technique?
- 7th September 2011An article states 'Pupils who read for pleasure for just ten minutes a day report feeling calmer.' Name the technique used here.
- 8th September 2011A poem describes wind as "howling" and "moaning" through bare branches. Name the technique shown by these two words.
- 9th September 2011A triangular prism has a cross-sectional area of 15 cm^2 and a length of 12 cm. Calculate its volume.
- 10th September 2011Round 6.849 to 1 decimal place.
- 11th September 2011A coat costs 80 pounds. Its price increases by 25%. Work out the new price.
- 12th September 2011A prize of 240 pounds is shared between three friends in the ratio 1:2:5. Work out the smallest share.
- 13th September 2011A map has a scale of 1:20000. Two towns are 7cm apart on the map. Work out the real distance between them, in km.
- 14th September 2011Work out 3 + 6 x 2 - 4.
- 15th September 2011A recipe uses 2 eggs for every 150 g of flour. Work out how many grams of flour are needed for 5 eggs, at the same ratio.
- 16th September 2011Work out -3 - 6.
- 17th September 2011Work out -9 + 15.
- 18th September 2011A polar bear has thick white fur. State whether this is a structural or a behavioural adaptation, and explain why.
- 19th September 2011State whether reactivity increases or decreases going down Group 1, the alkali metals.
- 20th September 2011State the law of reflection.
- 21st September 2011A student shouts and hears an echo 0.6 s later off a distant wall. Given the speed of sound in air is 340 m/s, calculate the total distance travelled by the sound (there and back).
- 22nd September 2011A ball is dropped from a height and falls freely towards the ground. State the type of energy the ball gains as it speeds up.
- 23rd September 2011A pupil applies a force of 8 N to a spring and it extends by 4 cm. Use spring constant = force / extension to calculate the spring constant, in N/cm.
- 24th September 2011A writer describes a bell as 'clanging its complaint into the empty square.' Name the poetic or literary technique used here.
- 25th September 2011Add the correct negative prefix to make this word mean 'not legal': legal.
- 26th September 2011Choose the correct word: We had ___ time to finish the test than we expected. (less / fewer)
- 27th September 2011What is the name for a poem written in stanzas of two lines each?
- 28th September 2011Explain why a poet might choose short, one-syllable words to describe the strike of a hammer, rather than longer, softer words.
- 29th September 2011A climber notices 'his fingers had gone from cold to strangely warm.' What might this detail suggest to an alert reader?
- 30th September 2011Add an apostrophe in the correct place: The three girls coats were left on the bus. (There is one coat per girl, and three girls in total.)