Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
July 2015 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in July 2015, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in July 2015
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 2015Name the continuous process by which rocks are broken down, transported, deposited, and can eventually reform into new rock types.
- 2nd July 2015Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
- 3rd July 2015A student reads the volume of liquid in a measuring cylinder. The bottom of the meniscus lines up exactly halfway between the 22 cm^3 and 24 cm^3 graduation marks. State the volume of liquid.
- 4th July 2015A non-fiction text about volcanoes uses the heading "How an Eruption Happens." What is the purpose of this heading?
- 5th July 2015What is the name for a poem written in three-line stanzas?
- 6th July 2015A poem has four-line stanzas with an ABAB rhyme scheme throughout. What effect might this regular structure have on the reader?
- 7th July 2015Insert a colon in the correct place: The kit list included the following items a torch, a compass and a whistle.
- 8th July 2015Correct the subject-verb agreement error: The team of swimmers were training every morning.
- 9th July 2015A poem compares the fox's eyes to 'two small, cold coins.' Name this technique.
- 10th July 2015You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 11th July 2015A conversion graph shows that 5 miles is equivalent to 8 kilometres. Using this scale, convert 20 miles to kilometres.
- 12th July 2015Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(-3, 5) and B(7, -1).
- 13th July 2015Write 3/5 as a decimal.
- 14th July 2015A shop increases a price by 25%, then later reduces the new price by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change from the original price.
- 15th July 2015An open-top fish tank, with no lid, is a cuboid with length 50 cm, width 30 cm and height 25 cm. Work out the total area of glass needed to make the tank.
- 16th July 2015Expand and simplify (x + 5)(x - 3).
- 17th July 2015Simplify sqrt(75) - sqrt(12), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(3).
- 18th July 2015Work out 9.6 divided by 0.4.
- 19th July 2015Calculate 47 + 36.
- 20th July 2015Name the organelle in a plant cell that contains chlorophyll and is the site of photosynthesis.
- 21st July 2015State the colour universal indicator turns in a strong alkali.
- 22nd July 2015Name the circuit component whose symbol is a circle with a cross inside it.
- 23rd July 2015Name the process by which digested food molecules pass from the small intestine into the blood.
- 24th July 2015An old-style filament light bulb transfers 100 J of electrical energy. Of this, 20 J is transferred usefully as light, and the rest is wasted as heat. Calculate the energy wasted as heat.
- 25th July 2015State the word equation for aerobic respiration.
- 26th July 2015State the name given to a value read from a graph beyond the range of the data that was actually measured.
- 27th July 2015A guide tells the group "we're nearly there" in a steady voice, but keeps glancing anxiously at the darkening sky. Explain what the contrast between his words and his glances suggests.
- 28th July 2015You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 29th July 2015Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 30th July 2015What is emotive language, and why might a writer use it in a leaflet about ocean pollution?
- 31st July 2015Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The storm was BIG.'