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

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

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October 2014

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in October 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 October 2014A trolley of mass 20 kg is pushed with a resultant force of 60 N. Use force = mass x acceleration to calculate its acceleration.
  2. 2nd October 2014A solution turns universal indicator paper red. State whether the solution is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
  3. 3rd October 2014State one disadvantage of burning coal to generate electricity.
  4. 4th October 2014Name the part of a plant cell, not found in an animal cell, that carries out photosynthesis.
  5. 5th October 2014In 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.
  6. 6th October 2014Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the map in the drawer."
  7. 7th October 2014Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The fog rolled in from the sea.'
  8. 8th October 2014A character 'checked her watch for the third time in a minute and sighed.' What does this suggest about how she is feeling?
  9. 9th October 2014Which word class is 'cautiously' in the sentence 'She cautiously ran her glove along the rusted rail'?
  10. 10th October 2014A question asks you to "compare how the two poets present the sea." What is the best way to structure your answer?
  11. 11th October 2014Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade pupils that reading is enjoyable rather than a chore.
  12. 12th October 2014In the line "Icicles hang like daggers from the eaves", which technique is used?
  13. 13th October 2014A trapezium has parallel sides of 6 cm and 10 cm, and a height of 5 cm. Calculate its area.
  14. 14th October 2014Find 30% of 150.
  15. 15th October 2014Work out 13^2.
  16. 16th October 2014Find 5/6 of 72.
  17. 17th October 2014A recipe for 4 people uses 200g of butter. How much butter is needed for 10 people?
  18. 18th October 2014A tap fills a bucket at a constant rate of 3 litres every 2 minutes. Work out how many litres it fills in 10 minutes.
  19. 19th October 2014Calculate 74 - 38.
  20. 20th October 2014Work out -7 + 15.
  21. 21st October 2014A journey of 240 km takes 4 hours at a constant speed. Work out the speed in km/h.
  22. 22nd October 2014State one way the xylem is adapted for transporting water up a plant.
  23. 23rd October 2014In a chromatography experiment, the solvent front travels 10 cm and a dye spot travels 4 cm. Calculate the Rf value of the dye.
  24. 24th October 2014A red filter is held in front of a torch shining white light. State which colour of light passes through the filter.
  25. 25th October 2014State whether sound can travel through a vacuum (empty space), and give a reason.
  26. 26th October 2014State the name given to a chemical reaction that releases heat energy to the surroundings.
  27. 27th October 2014State the products formed when a metal reacts with an acid.
  28. 28th October 2014A question is worth 4 marks and asks you to explain the effect of a writer's language in a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
  29. 29th October 2014Which punctuation mark correctly joins these two related sentences into one: 'The rain finally stopped ___ the match could go ahead after all.'
  30. 30th October 2014Add a hyphen where needed: a ten year old girl won the competition.
  31. 31st October 2014Explain why a poet might end a poem about autumn with a single short line, such as 'Then, silence.'