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

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

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November 2015

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in November 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 November 2015Find the gradient of the line joining (1, 4) and (5, 16).
  2. 2nd November 2015A bag contains 12 red counters, 15 blue counters and 9 green counters only. A counter is picked at random. Work out the probability that it is blue, giving your answer as a decimal to 3 significant figures.
  3. 3rd November 2015Find 3/8 of 64.
  4. 4th November 2015Two joggers start together at a park gate. One returns to the gate every 18 minutes, the other every 24 minutes. After how many minutes will they next be at the gate together?
  5. 5th November 2015Two parallel lines are cut by a transversal. One of the angles formed is 63 degrees. State the size of the co-interior (allied) angle on the same side of the transversal, and explain why.
  6. 6th November 2015In a right-angled triangle, the hypotenuse is 13 cm and one other side is 5 cm. Work out the size of the angle opposite the 5 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  7. 7th November 2015A triangle has sides 7 cm and 9 cm with an included angle of 50 degrees. Work out its area, to 1 decimal place.
  8. 8th November 2015Work out the mean of 8, 12, 15, 9 and 11.
  9. 9th November 2015Find 25% of 84 pounds.
  10. 10th November 2015Explain why muscles must work in antagonistic pairs rather than alone.
  11. 11th November 2015State whether a solution with pH 3 is acidic, neutral, or alkaline.
  12. 12th November 2015A student doubles the frequency of a wave while keeping its speed the same. State what happens to the wavelength.
  13. 13th November 2015Two identical bulbs are each connected on their own to an identical battery. State how the brightness of a bulb connected on its own compares with an identical bulb connected in series with a second bulb to the same type of battery.
  14. 14th November 2015State how long it takes, approximately, for the Moon to orbit the Earth once.
  15. 15th November 2015Name the force that pulls all objects with mass towards each other, keeping planets in orbit.
  16. 16th November 2015On a graph of temperature (y-axis) against time (x-axis), a straight line rises from (0 s, 20 degrees C) to (40 s, 60 degrees C). Calculate the gradient of this line, and state what it represents.
  17. 17th November 2015A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how the writer builds a sense of danger across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
  18. 18th November 2015A travel article is written for a general newspaper audience rather than for expert climbers. How might its vocabulary and level of detail differ from a specialist mountaineering magazine?
  19. 19th November 2015In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The submersible's hull must withstand immense pressure at such depths, where a single flaw could prove catastrophic.' What does 'catastrophic' mean here?
  20. 20th November 2015Name the technique used in this slogan: Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
  21. 21st November 2015Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the alleyway at dusk.'
  22. 22nd November 2015Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The station was BUSY."
  23. 23rd November 2015Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the fruit stall."
  24. 24th November 2015Two coins are flipped at the same time. List all the possible outcomes, and find the probability of getting exactly one head.
  25. 25th November 2015A right-angled triangle has shorter sides of 5 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
  26. 26th November 2015The nth term of a sequence is 4n + 3. Work out the 20th term.
  27. 27th November 2015Work out 84 / 12.
  28. 28th November 2015A scatter graph plots the number of hours 10 students spent revising against their test scores. The points show that more hours of revision is generally associated with a higher test score, though not perfectly. Describe the type of correlation shown, and state one thing this correlation does not prove.
  29. 29th November 2015Simplify (3x^2 y^3)^2 divided by 9x^3 y^4, giving your answer as simply as possible.
  30. 30th November 2015p = 5, q = -2. Work out the value of 3p + q.