Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
March 2016 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in March 2016, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in March 2016
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2016Work out 9 x 7.
- 2nd March 2016State two functions of the human skeleton.
- 3rd March 2016Describe the test for carbon dioxide gas, and state the positive result.
- 4th March 2016In a series circuit, an ammeter placed before a bulb reads 0.6 A. State the current a second ammeter, placed elsewhere in the same series circuit, would read.
- 5th March 2016Name the enzyme, found in saliva, that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
- 6th March 2016State the standard unit used for density in physics and chemistry.
- 7th March 2016A pupil measures the resultant force on an object as 0 N even though several forces are acting on it. State the term used to describe forces in this situation.
- 8th March 2016State the name given to a value read from a graph that lies between two points that were actually measured.
- 9th March 2016Which word means the same as "exhausted" in a sentence describing tired climbers: "drained", "energetic", "cheerful" or "restless"?
- 10th March 2016A biography states that a person 'taught herself to read at six using her grandfather's newspapers, and published her first book by twenty.' What can a reader infer about this person's character from these facts?
- 11th March 2016A travel brochure and a science textbook both describe coral reefs. Which is more likely to use exaggerated, emotive language, and why?
- 12th March 2016A leaflet states 'You could help save a hundred bottles a year.' Which word directly addresses the reader?
- 13th March 2016Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The rain fell steadily.'
- 14th March 2016Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the suitcase on the platform."
- 15th March 2016Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Crates of fruit lined the pavement."
- 16th March 2016A spinner has a probability of 0.3 of landing on red, a probability of 0.45 of landing on blue, and the remaining probability of landing on green. Find the probability of landing on green.
- 17th March 2016Solve x^2 - 5x + 6 = 0.
- 18th March 2016A survey asked 25 people how many books they read last month: 6 people read 0, 10 read 1, 6 read 2, 3 read 3. Work out the mean number of books read.
- 19th March 2016Work out 60% of 45.
- 20th March 2016A researcher wants to find the average pocket money received by pupils at a school, so she surveys only the pupils waiting outside the head teacher's office. Give one reason this is likely to produce a biased sample.
- 21st March 2016A triangle is inscribed in a circle so that one of its sides is a diameter of the circle. Explain, using a circle theorem, why the angle at the third vertex (opposite that side) must be 90 degrees.
- 22nd March 2016Expand 4(3x + 2).
- 23rd March 2016Work out 12.6 divided by 0.3.
- 24th March 2016Calculate the simple interest earned on 600 pounds saved for 3 years at an annual rate of 4%.
- 25th March 2016On a microscope, the eyepiece lens has a magnification of x10 and the objective lens in use has a magnification of x40. Calculate the total magnification.
- 26th March 2016In the disappearing cross experiment, a student times how long it takes for a cross under the flask to disappear from view. Explain why a shorter time indicates a faster reaction.
- 27th March 2016A wind turbine and a coal power station both generate electricity, but only one of them directly burns fuel to boil water into steam. State which one this is, and name the component that this steam turns.
- 28th March 2016A car accelerates from rest to 20 m/s in 4 s. Calculate its acceleration, using acceleration = change in velocity / time.
- 29th March 2016A solid is heated until it turns directly into a gas without becoming a liquid first. Name this change of state.
- 30th March 2016State the approximate time it takes for light from the Sun to reach the Earth.
- 31st March 2016Add an apostrophe in the correct place: The two teams kits were both muddy after the match. (There is one kit set per team, and two teams in total.)