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March 2014 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in March 2014, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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March 2014

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in March 2014

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st March 2014A triangular prism has a cross-sectional area of 15 cm^2 and a length of 12 cm. Calculate its volume.
  2. 2nd March 2014Work out -4 - 7.
  3. 3rd March 2014Find the highest common factor of 24 and 36.
  4. 4th March 2014Simplify 6x + 4 - 2x - 9.
  5. 5th March 2014A basket contains 15 lemons and 25 limes. Write the ratio of lemons to limes in its simplest form.
  6. 6th March 2014Calculate 56 + 29.
  7. 7th March 2014Work out 20 - 3 x 4.
  8. 8th March 2014A number is tripled and then 5 is added, giving 32. Form an equation and find the number.
  9. 9th March 2014Simplify the ratio 18:24 to its simplest form.
  10. 10th March 2014Name the green pigment, found in chloroplasts, that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
  11. 11th March 2014Name the group of the periodic table that contains elements which are almost completely unreactive because their outer electron shell is full.
  12. 12th March 2014State the law of reflection.
  13. 13th March 2014A student shouts and hears an echo 0.6 s later off a distant wall. Given the speed of sound in air is 340 m/s, calculate the total distance travelled by the sound (there and back).
  14. 14th March 2014Name the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
  15. 15th March 2014Name the small intestine's main job in the digestive system.
  16. 16th March 2014In an extract, a character 'chewed his lip and stared at his shoes.' What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
  17. 17th March 2014Add a colon to this sentence in the correct place: The expedition needed three things warm clothing enough food and a reliable map.
  18. 18th March 2014Choose the correct word: There were ___ people at the concert than last year. (less / fewer)
  19. 19th March 2014Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The branches creaked and clawed at the window'?
  20. 20th March 2014Find and copy one word from 'the anvil's patient, unmoving weight' that gives the anvil a human quality.
  21. 21st March 2014Which word class is 'desperately' in 'He desperately searched for a handhold'?
  22. 22nd March 2014Add an apostrophe in the correct place: The three girls coats were left on the bus. (There is one coat per girl, and three girls in total.)
  23. 23rd March 2014A question asks you to "find and copy one phrase" meaning "completely dark." Which of these fits: "pitch black", "faintly lit", "clear blue" or "softly glowing"?
  24. 24th March 2014Simplify 5x + 3y - 2x + 7y.
  25. 25th March 2014Convert 2 hours 15 minutes into minutes.
  26. 26th March 2014Find 2/9 of 63.
  27. 27th March 2014Write 5.4 x 10^4 as an ordinary number.
  28. 28th March 2014A recipe needs 250 g of flour to make 8 muffins. Work out how much flour is needed to make 20 muffins at the same recipe strength.
  29. 29th March 2014Write 0.72 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  30. 30th March 2014At a small maths club meeting, every one of the 8 members shakes hands with every other member exactly once. Work out the total number of handshakes.
  31. 31st March 2014A cuboid has dimensions 6 cm by 4 cm by 3 cm. Calculate its volume.