Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
April 2014 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in April 2014, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in April 2014
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 2014Write the next two terms of the sequence: 3, 7, 11, 15, ...
- 2nd April 2014A food sample turns from blue to brick-red when Benedict's solution is added and the mixture is heated. State which nutrient this positive result shows is present.
- 3rd April 2014State the method used to extract aluminium from its ore, and explain why this method is needed rather than reduction with carbon.
- 4th April 2014Write the number 0.048706 to 2 significant figures.
- 5th April 2014State the name of the rock type formed when magma cools and solidifies underground.
- 6th April 2014A pupil measures the volume of a gas produced in a reaction every 30 seconds. State whether the volume of gas is the independent or the dependent variable.
- 7th April 2014Which piece of apparatus should be used to measure the temperature of a liquid in an experiment?
- 8th April 2014In the same text, is the sentence "There is nothing more thrilling than floating silently above the countryside" a fact or an opinion?
- 9th April 2014Find and copy one word from 'the tide dragged its heavy silver chain across the sand' that gives the tide a human or animal-like quality.
- 10th April 2014Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The wind whispered through the willow'?
- 11th April 2014Add the missing apostrophe: The three teachers offices were being redecorated. (There are three teachers, each with their own office.)
- 12th April 2014Add a semicolon in the correct place: The bus was late the queue grew longer by the minute.
- 13th April 2014Explain why a poet might choose soft, hissing sounds, sibilance, to describe a fox moving at night, rather than harsh, hard sounds.
- 14th April 2014A magazine article about volcanoes is broken into sections titled 'How volcanoes form', 'Famous eruptions' and 'Living near a volcano'. What are these called, and what is their purpose?
- 15th April 2014Write down the coordinates of the point 3 units to the left of the origin and 5 units up.
- 16th April 2014A survey asked 20 people how many pets they own: 5 people own 0 pets, 8 own 1 pet, 4 own 2 pets, and 3 own 3 pets. Work out the mean number of pets owned.
- 17th April 2014Convert the recurring decimal 0.3636... (where the digits 36 recur) to a fraction in its simplest form.
- 18th April 2014A recipe for 8 people uses flour, sugar and butter in the ratio 4 : 3 : 1 by weight, totalling 800 g. Work out how many grams of sugar are needed to make the recipe for 12 people.
- 19th April 2014A circle has a radius of 10 cm. Work out the area of a sector with an angle of 72 degrees at the centre, giving your answer to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
- 20th April 2014Factorise x^2 - 9x + 20.
- 21st April 2014Expand and simplify (2x - 3)(x + 4).
- 22nd April 2014A car's value depreciates from 18,000 pounds to 14,400 pounds in one year. Work out the percentage decrease.
- 23rd April 2014Work out 9 x 7.
- 24th April 2014Name the male gamete and the female gamete involved in human reproduction.
- 25th April 2014Name the acid that produces nitrate salts.
- 26th April 2014State whether the north pole of one bar magnet placed near the north pole of a second bar magnet will attract or repel.
- 27th April 2014A solution has pH 10. State whether it is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
- 28th April 2014A diver swims from the surface down to a depth of 10 m in a swimming pool. State how the water pressure on her body changes as she swims deeper, and give a reason.
- 29th April 2014A pupil applies a force of 10 N to move an object 2 m in the direction of the force. Use work done = force x distance to calculate the work done.
- 30th April 2014A student wears safety goggles when heating a test tube of liquid over a Bunsen burner. State the hazard that the goggles help protect against.