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April 2013 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in April 2013, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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April 2013

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in April 2013

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 2013Find 10% of 95 pounds.
  2. 2nd April 2013Work out 9 x 8.
  3. 3rd April 2013A coat costs 80 pounds. It is reduced by 35% in a sale. Work out the sale price.
  4. 4th April 2013Work out 15% of 60.
  5. 5th April 2013In the food chain 'grass, rabbit, fox', name the primary consumer.
  6. 6th April 2013State one physical property that distinguishes a typical non-metal from a typical metal.
  7. 7th April 2013A ray of light travels from air into a glass block. State whether the ray bends towards the normal or away from the normal as it enters the glass.
  8. 8th April 2013Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
  9. 9th April 2013State one function of the human skeleton, other than support.
  10. 10th April 2013Name the enzyme found in saliva that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
  11. 11th April 2013A question asks you to 'summarise the passage in your own words.' What must you avoid doing when answering it?
  12. 12th April 2013Is the relative clause in this sentence defining or non-defining, and should it have commas: 'The teacher who marked our essays gave detailed feedback' (assume there are several teachers)?
  13. 13th April 2013Which sentence is correct if you mean you carried your umbrella with you: 'I brought my umbrella yesterday' or 'I bought my umbrella yesterday'?
  14. 14th April 2013Find and copy one word from 'the wind stripped the last brave leaves from the oak' that suggests the leaves were trying to resist the wind.
  15. 15th April 2013A poem compares old age to 'a coat grown heavy with wear.' Name this technique.
  16. 16th April 2013A question worth 4 marks asks you to explain the effect of a writer's description. Roughly how many separate points should your answer include?
  17. 17th April 2013Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Yesterday, Priya walks to school and meets her friend Tom.
  18. 18th April 2013In an extract, a diver "checked her air gauge twice in under a minute." What does this suggest about how she is feeling?
  19. 19th April 2013A cinema charges 6.50 pounds for an adult ticket and 4.20 pounds for a child ticket. A family buys tickets for 2 adults and 3 children. Work out the total cost, without using a calculator.
  20. 20th April 2013Simplify the ratio 45:30.
  21. 21st April 2013Write 5:20 as a ratio in its simplest form.
  22. 22nd April 2013A right-angled triangle has shorter sides of 9 cm and 40 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
  23. 23rd April 2013A jacket costs 64 pounds. It is reduced by 15% in a sale. Work out the sale price.
  24. 24th April 2013A jug holds 1.8 litres. Work out how many millilitres this is.
  25. 25th April 2013A dice has its six faces numbered 1 to 6, arranged so opposite faces always add up to 7. The face showing 2 is on top, and the face showing 3 is facing you. Work out which number is on the bottom face, and which number is on the face directly opposite the one facing you.
  26. 26th April 2013A triangle has a base of 14 cm and a perpendicular height of 5 cm. Calculate its area.
  27. 27th April 2013The first three terms of the triangular numbers are 1, 3, 6. If the pattern continues in the same way, what is the next term after 6?
  28. 28th April 2013State one way bile helps with the digestion of fats.
  29. 29th April 2013In the reactivity series, state which is more reactive: zinc or copper.
  30. 30th April 2013The Sun is much larger than the Earth. State what type of object the Sun is, and name the force that keeps the Earth in orbit around it.