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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.

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April 2012

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

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.

  1. 1st April 2012A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
  2. 2nd April 2012p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
  3. 3rd April 2012The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
  4. 4th April 2012A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
  5. 5th April 2012A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
  6. 6th April 2012Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.
  7. 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.
  8. 8th April 2012State one structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 11th April 2012A solution turns universal indicator paper red. State whether the solution is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
  12. 12th April 2012State one disadvantage of burning coal to generate electricity.
  13. 13th April 2012State the name given to elements found in Group 1 of the periodic table.
  14. 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.
  15. 15th April 2012Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The map was old and torn."
  16. 16th April 2012Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the corridor at midnight.'
  17. 17th April 2012A writer describes a departure board as 'flickering through a list of cancellations like a nervous heartbeat.' Name the technique used.
  18. 18th April 2012A character 'held his breath without realising it' as he entered a dark passage. What does this suggest about his feelings?
  19. 19th April 2012A poem has four lines per stanza with the rhyme pattern ABAB. What is this pattern called?
  20. 20th April 2012Is the claim 'reading is obviously more rewarding than scrolling through a screen' a fact or an opinion?
  21. 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?
  22. 22nd April 2012A trapezium has parallel sides of 6 cm and 10 cm, and a height of 5 cm. Calculate its area.
  23. 23rd April 2012Work out -4 - 7.
  24. 24th April 2012Find the highest common factor of 24 and 36.
  25. 25th April 2012Simplify 6x + 4 - 2x - 9.
  26. 26th April 2012A basket contains 15 lemons and 25 limes. Write the ratio of lemons to limes in its simplest form.
  27. 27th April 2012Calculate 56 + 29.
  28. 28th April 2012Work out 20 - 3 x 4.
  29. 29th April 2012A number is tripled and then 5 is added, giving 32. Form an equation and find the number.
  30. 30th April 2012Simplify the ratio 18:24 to its simplest form.