Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
March 2012 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in March 2012, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in March 2012
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2012A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how the writer builds a sense of danger across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
- 2nd March 2012A travel article is written for a general newspaper audience rather than for expert climbers. How might its vocabulary and level of detail differ from a specialist mountaineering magazine?
- 3rd March 2012In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The submersible's hull must withstand immense pressure at such depths, where a single flaw could prove catastrophic.' What does 'catastrophic' mean here?
- 4th March 2012Name the technique used in this slogan: Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
- 5th March 2012Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the alleyway at dusk.'
- 6th March 2012Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The station was BUSY."
- 7th March 2012Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the fruit stall."
- 8th March 2012A fair six-sided dice is rolled once. Find the probability of rolling a number greater than 4.
- 9th March 2012A right-angled triangle has shorter sides of 5 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
- 10th March 2012The nth term of a sequence is 4n + 3. Work out the 20th term.
- 11th March 2012Work out 84 / 12.
- 12th March 2012A fair coin is flipped and a fair six-sided dice is rolled at the same time. Work out the probability of getting heads on the coin and a number greater than 4 on the dice.
- 13th March 2012Femi can complete a job alone in 2 hours, Grace can complete the same job alone in 3 hours, and Hassan can complete it alone in 6 hours. Working together at these constant rates, how long will it take them to complete the job?
- 14th March 2012p = 5, q = -2. Work out the value of 3p + q.
- 15th March 2012A bag has 4 yellow and 6 purple counters. Find the probability of picking a purple counter.
- 16th March 2012A jacket priced at 84 pounds is increased by 25% for the winter season. Calculate the new price.
- 17th March 2012State whether human eye colour is an example of inherited variation, environmental variation, or both.
- 18th March 2012State whether an exothermic reaction transfers energy to, or takes in energy from, the surroundings.
- 19th March 2012State the unit normally used for speed in physics, and name one other unit that speed could also correctly be measured in.
- 20th March 2012Two forces of 10 N and 10 N act on an object in exactly opposite directions. Calculate the resultant force.
- 21st March 2012State the unit used to measure electric current.
- 22nd March 2012State the name of the force that acts to slow down a moving object due to contact between two surfaces.
- 23rd March 2012Correct the punctuation in this sentence, which reports direct speech: the coach shouted keep going were nearly there
- 24th March 2012In an extract, a character 'set down his tools without a word and walked out into the rain.' What might this action suggest about his state of mind?
- 25th March 2012A writer describes a clock as "ticking its patient warning through the empty hall." Name the poetic technique used here.
- 26th March 2012Punctuate this exchange, adding inverted commas, capital letters and any other punctuation needed: are you sure about this asked Leo his sister nodded without looking up
- 27th March 2012Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: The funfair was SCARY.
- 28th March 2012A speaker says 'Ninety per cent of our debate club members say it changed how they see arguments.' Name the technique used here.
- 29th March 2012Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade readers to support an animal shelter.
- 30th March 2012Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9
- 31st March 2012y is directly proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 30. Work out the value of y when x = 8.