Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
July 2012 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in July 2012, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in July 2012
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 2012A survey asked 25 people how many books they read last month: 6 people read 0, 10 read 1, 6 read 2, 3 read 3. Work out the mean number of books read.
- 2nd July 2012Work out 60% of 45.
- 3rd July 2012A drawer contains 4 black socks and 6 white socks only. Two socks are taken out at random, one after another, without replacement. Work out the probability that both socks are white.
- 4th July 2012A two-digit number is 7 times the sum of its digits. The digit in the tens place is one more than the digit in the units place. Find the two-digit number.
- 5th July 2012Expand 4(3x + 2).
- 6th July 2012Work out 12.6 divided by 0.3.
- 7th July 2012A laptop is on sale for 340 pounds after a 15% reduction. Calculate its original price.
- 8th July 2012State one way a red blood cell is adapted to carry oxygen efficiently.
- 9th July 2012A reaction between magnesium ribbon and hydrochloric acid gives off heat, and the temperature of the acid rises from 20 degrees C to 35 degrees C. State whether this reaction is exothermic or endothermic, and explain how you know.
- 10th July 2012A car's velocity increases from 5 m/s to 17 m/s in 4 seconds. Use acceleration = change in velocity / time taken to calculate its acceleration.
- 11th July 2012Name the reaction type in which a fuel reacts with oxygen, releasing energy as heat and light.
- 12th July 2012State whether respiration in muscle cells during hard exercise, when oxygen supply cannot keep up with demand, is aerobic or anaerobic.
- 13th July 2012Name the layer of gases surrounding the Earth that contains the oxygen needed for respiration.
- 14th July 2012Which punctuation mark is missing, and where, from this sentence: Bring your boots shin pads and water bottle to training.
- 15th July 2012In the sentence 'The old clock in the hallway ticked with the patience of a watchman,' which word gives the clock a human quality?
- 16th July 2012A character mutters "It's nothing" while quickly hiding a letter in his pocket. Explain what the contrast between his words and actions suggests.
- 17th July 2012Explain one way an ending can 'connect back' to the opening of a story.
- 18th July 2012Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: Although the fair had closed years ago, the carousel still turned.
- 19th July 2012Give one example of emotive language a speaker might use to persuade pupils that public speaking is worth the risk.
- 20th July 2012Name the persuasive technique used in this slogan: 'Save money. Save time. Save the planet.'
- 21st July 2012Round 4826 to the nearest hundred.
- 22nd July 2012In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 40 degrees and the side opposite A is 8 cm. Use trigonometry to find the length of the hypotenuse, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
- 23rd July 2012Without a calculator, work out 35% of 220.
- 24th July 2012Solve x^2 + 4x - 21 = 0.
- 25th July 2012A motorbike valued at 5,500 pounds depreciates by 18% in its first year. Work out its value at the end of the first year.
- 26th July 2012Work out 4.7 x 3.6, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
- 27th July 2012A car travels 189 miles using 7 gallons of fuel. Work out the miles per gallon.
- 28th July 2012A pair of trainers costs 45 pounds. The price increases by 20%. Work out the new price.
- 29th July 2012A bag contains 5 red counters and 7 blue counters. Two counters are taken from the bag at random, one after the other, without replacement. Find the probability that both counters are the same colour.
- 30th July 2012Put these organs in the order food passes through them during digestion: large intestine, mouth, stomach, small intestine, oesophagus.
- 31st July 2012A pupil finds the volume of an irregular stone using a measuring cylinder. The water level rises from 35 cm^3 to 52 cm^3 when the stone is added. The stone has a mass of 42.5 g. Calculate the density of the stone, giving your answer to 2 significant figures.