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October 2011 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in October 2011, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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October 2011

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in October 2011

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 2011A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how a writer builds a sense of danger across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
  2. 2nd October 2011A charity bake sale raises 200 pounds, split between three charities in the ratio 3 : 2 : 5. Work out the amount the largest share receives.
  3. 3rd October 2011Work out 40% of 65.
  4. 4th October 2011A jacket costs 65 pounds. Work out the cost after a 20% discount.
  5. 5th October 2011p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 8, p = 9. Work out p when q = 6.
  6. 6th October 2011Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  7. 7th October 2011Work out 5/6 of 90.
  8. 8th October 2011A regular polygon has an exterior angle of 24 degrees. Work out how many sides the polygon has.
  9. 9th October 2011A rectangle has length 9.2 cm and width 6.8 cm. Calculate its perimeter.
  10. 10th October 2011Write the next two terms of the sequence: 3, 7, 11, 15, ...
  11. 11th October 2011Name the substance that builds up in muscles during anaerobic respiration and causes fatigue.
  12. 12th October 2011Name the two substances that must both be present for iron to rust.
  13. 13th October 2011Write the number 0.048706 to 2 significant figures.
  14. 14th October 2011State the name of the rock type formed when magma cools and solidifies underground.
  15. 15th October 2011State the name of the process by which light rays bend as they pass from air into glass.
  16. 16th October 2011A student reads the volume of liquid in a measuring cylinder. The bottom of the meniscus lines up exactly halfway between the 22 cm^3 and 24 cm^3 graduation marks. State the volume of liquid.
  17. 17th October 2011A non-fiction text about volcanoes uses the heading "How an Eruption Happens." What is the purpose of this heading?
  18. 18th October 2011What is the name for a poem written in three-line stanzas?
  19. 19th October 2011A poem has four-line stanzas with an ABAB rhyme scheme throughout. What effect might this regular structure have on the reader?
  20. 20th October 2011Insert a colon in the correct place: The kit list included the following items a torch, a compass and a whistle.
  21. 21st October 2011Correct the subject-verb agreement error: The team of swimmers were training every morning.
  22. 22nd October 2011A poem compares the fox's eyes to 'two small, cold coins.' Name this technique.
  23. 23rd October 2011A magazine article about volcanoes is broken into sections titled 'How volcanoes form', 'Famous eruptions' and 'Living near a volcano'. What are these called, and what is their purpose?
  24. 24th October 2011Write down the coordinates of the point 3 units to the left of the origin and 5 units up.
  25. 25th October 2011A car valued at 12,000 pounds depreciates by 15% in its first year. Work out its value at the end of the first year.
  26. 26th October 2011Write 3/5 as a decimal.
  27. 27th October 2011After a 12% pay rise, Priya's monthly salary is 2,240 pounds. Work out her monthly salary before the pay rise.
  28. 28th October 2011On a map with a scale of 1 : 25,000, two villages are 6.8 cm apart. Work out the real-life distance between the villages, in kilometres.
  29. 29th October 2011Expand and simplify (x + 5)(x - 3).
  30. 30th October 2011Simplify sqrt(75) - sqrt(12), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(3).
  31. 31st October 2011Work out 9.6 divided by 0.4.