Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
November 2011 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in November 2011, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in November 2011
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 2011Calculate 47 + 36.
- 2nd November 2011State two functions of the human skeleton.
- 3rd November 2011Describe the test for carbon dioxide gas, and state the positive result.
- 4th November 2011State whether the north pole of one bar magnet placed near the north pole of a second bar magnet will attract or repel.
- 5th November 2011A solution has pH 10. State whether it is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
- 6th November 2011A diver swims from the surface down to a depth of 10 m in a swimming pool. State how the water pressure on her body changes as she swims deeper, and give a reason.
- 7th November 2011A pupil measures the resultant force on an object as 0 N even though several forces are acting on it. State the term used to describe forces in this situation.
- 8th November 2011State the name given to a value read from a graph that lies between two points that were actually measured.
- 9th November 2011A guide tells the group "we're nearly there" in a steady voice, but keeps glancing anxiously at the darkening sky. Explain what the contrast between his words and his glances suggests.
- 10th November 2011You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 11th November 2011Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 12th November 2011What is emotive language, and why might a writer use it in a leaflet about ocean pollution?
- 13th November 2011Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The storm was BIG.'
- 14th November 2011Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The doors opened, and passengers spilled onto the platform."
- 15th November 2011Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The market was NOISY."
- 16th November 2011A survey of 40 students' favourite sport is shown in a pie chart. If football takes up a sector of 90 degrees, what percentage of students chose football?
- 17th November 2011y is directly proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 15. Work out y when x = 10.
- 18th November 2011A bag contains 8 red, 9 blue and 7 green counters only. A counter is picked at random. Work out the probability it is red, giving your answer as a decimal to 3 significant figures.
- 19th November 2011Find 3/5 of 120.
- 20th November 2011A researcher wants to find the average pocket money received by pupils at a school, so she surveys only the pupils waiting outside the head teacher's office. Give one reason this is likely to produce a biased sample.
- 21st November 2011A triangle is inscribed in a circle so that one of its sides is a diameter of the circle. Explain, using a circle theorem, why the angle at the third vertex (opposite that side) must be 90 degrees.
- 22nd November 2011Solve 5x - 4 = 21.
- 23rd November 2011A train travels 245 km in 3.5 hours. Work out its average speed.
- 24th November 2011Fatima earns 1800 pounds a month and saves 12% of her earnings. Calculate how much she saves each month.
- 25th November 2011On a microscope, the eyepiece lens has a magnification of x10 and the objective lens in use has a magnification of x40. Calculate the total magnification.
- 26th November 2011In the disappearing cross experiment, a student times how long it takes for a cross under the flask to disappear from view. Explain why a shorter time indicates a faster reaction.
- 27th November 2011Name one non-renewable energy resource used to generate electricity, other than coal.
- 28th November 2011Name the five main kingdoms into which living things can be classified.
- 29th November 2011A solid is heated until it turns directly into a gas without becoming a liquid first. Name this change of state.
- 30th November 2011State the approximate time it takes for light from the Sun to reach the Earth.