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