Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
April 2012 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in April 2012, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in April 2012
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 2012A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
- 2nd April 2012p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
- 3rd April 2012The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
- 4th April 2012A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
- 5th April 2012A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
- 6th April 2012Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.
- 7th April 2012A box contains 7 yellow pencils, 5 blue pencils and 3 green pencils. A pencil is picked at random. Find the probability that it is not blue.
- 8th April 2012State one structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
- 9th April 2012A sample of matter has particles that are far apart and moving quickly in random directions. State which state of matter this describes.
- 10th April 2012In a tug of war, Team X pulls with a force of 640 N and Team Y pulls with a force of 590 N in the opposite direction. Calculate the resultant force acting on the rope.
- 11th April 2012A solution turns universal indicator paper red. State whether the solution is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
- 12th April 2012State one disadvantage of burning coal to generate electricity.
- 13th April 2012State the name given to elements found in Group 1 of the periodic table.
- 14th April 2012In an investigation into reaction time, a pupil's results are 0.18 s, 0.19 s, 0.61 s, 0.18 s and 0.20 s. Identify the anomalous result, and suggest one likely reason it occurred.
- 15th April 2012Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The map was old and torn."
- 16th April 2012Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the corridor at midnight.'
- 17th April 2012A writer describes a departure board as 'flickering through a list of cancellations like a nervous heartbeat.' Name the technique used.
- 18th April 2012A character 'held his breath without realising it' as he entered a dark passage. What does this suggest about his feelings?
- 19th April 2012A poem has four lines per stanza with the rhyme pattern ABAB. What is this pattern called?
- 20th April 2012Is the claim 'reading is obviously more rewarding than scrolling through a screen' a fact or an opinion?
- 21st April 2012A question asks you to explain "how the poet's feelings towards winter change across the poem." What should your answer focus on?
- 22nd April 2012A trapezium has parallel sides of 6 cm and 10 cm, and a height of 5 cm. Calculate its area.
- 23rd April 2012Work out -4 - 7.
- 24th April 2012Find the highest common factor of 24 and 36.
- 25th April 2012Simplify 6x + 4 - 2x - 9.
- 26th April 2012A basket contains 15 lemons and 25 limes. Write the ratio of lemons to limes in its simplest form.
- 27th April 2012Calculate 56 + 29.
- 28th April 2012Work out 20 - 3 x 4.
- 29th April 2012A number is tripled and then 5 is added, giving 32. Form an equation and find the number.
- 30th April 2012Simplify the ratio 18:24 to its simplest form.