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June 2015 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in June 2015, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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June 2015

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in June 2015

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

  1. 1st June 2015Work out 3 + 6 x 2 - 4.
  2. 2nd June 2015A recipe uses 2 eggs for every 150 g of flour. Work out how many grams of flour are needed for 5 eggs, at the same ratio.
  3. 3rd June 2015Work out -3 - 6.
  4. 4th June 2015Work out -9 + 15.
  5. 5th June 2015In the food chain 'grass, rabbit, fox', name the primary consumer.
  6. 6th June 2015State one physical property that distinguishes a typical non-metal from a typical metal.
  7. 7th June 2015A cliff is 170 m from a person who claps and hears the echo. Use distance = speed x time and a speed of sound of 340 m/s to calculate how long after the clap the echo is heard.
  8. 8th June 2015State the number of protons found in an atom of oxygen, given that oxygen's atomic number is 8.
  9. 9th June 2015State one function of the human skeleton, other than support.
  10. 10th June 2015Name the enzyme found in saliva that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
  11. 11th June 2015A writer describes a bell as 'clanging its complaint into the empty square.' Name the poetic or literary technique used here.
  12. 12th June 2015Add the correct negative prefix to make this word mean 'not legal': legal.
  13. 13th June 2015Choose the correct word: We had ___ time to finish the test than we expected. (less / fewer)
  14. 14th June 2015What is the name for a poem written in stanzas of two lines each?
  15. 15th June 2015Explain why a poet might choose short, one-syllable words to describe the strike of a hammer, rather than longer, softer words.
  16. 16th June 2015A climber notices 'his fingers had gone from cold to strangely warm.' What might this detail suggest to an alert reader?
  17. 17th June 2015Correct the punctuation in this sentence, which reports direct speech: she shouted watch out and pulled her brother back from the road
  18. 18th June 2015A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how a writer builds a sense of danger across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
  19. 19th June 2015A 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 June 2015Work out 40% of 65.
  21. 21st June 2015A jacket costs 65 pounds. Work out the cost after a 20% discount.
  22. 22nd June 2015p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 8, p = 9. Work out p when q = 6.
  23. 23rd June 2015Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  24. 24th June 2015Work out 5/6 of 90.
  25. 25th June 2015A 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 June 2015A rectangle has length 9.2 cm and width 6.8 cm. Calculate its perimeter.
  27. 27th June 2015The nth term of a sequence is 5n - 2. Find the 12th term.
  28. 28th June 2015State one way bile helps with the digestion of fats.
  29. 29th June 2015In the reactivity series, state which is more reactive: zinc or copper.
  30. 30th June 2015Name the organs whose main job is to filter waste products out of the blood and produce urine.