Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
May 2016 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in May 2016, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in May 2016
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2016Simplify 6a + 9 - 2a - 4.
- 2nd May 2016Simplify 4(2x - 3) + 5.
- 3rd May 2016A stall sells 4 sandwiches at 2.20 pounds each and 3 drinks at 1.10 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.
- 4th May 2016Write the ratio 16:24 in its simplest form.
- 5th May 2016Work out 8 x 6.
- 6th May 2016Find 3/5 of 45.
- 7th May 2016Work out 15 x 14, using a written method.
- 8th May 2016Find 3/4 of 88.
- 9th May 2016Name the green pigment, found in chloroplasts, that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
- 10th May 2016Name the group of the periodic table that contains elements which are almost completely unreactive because their outer electron shell is full.
- 11th May 2016State whether the Earth's day (one full rotation on its axis) or the Earth's year (one full orbit of the Sun) takes longer.
- 12th May 2016A sound wave has a high frequency. State whether this means it has a high pitch or a low pitch.
- 13th May 2016Name the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
- 14th May 2016Name the small intestine's main job in the digestive system.
- 15th May 2016A character says 'I'm fine' through gritted teeth, then slams the door. Explain what the contrast between the character's words and actions suggests.
- 16th May 2016Correct the spelling error caused by a missing doubled consonant: 'I am hopping to finish my homework before dinner' (meaning expecting, not jumping).
- 17th May 2016Correct the tense error: 'Last week, she swims to the buoy and back without stopping.'
- 18th May 2016A poem has irregular line lengths and no rhyme scheme, but a steady, insistent rhythm created by repeating the same three-syllable phrase. What technique creates this effect?
- 19th May 2016What is the name for a poem with no regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
- 20th May 2016A character 'counted his steps instead of looking down.' What does this suggest about his feelings?
- 21st May 2016Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? A) I like tennis; and swimming. B) I like tennis; my sister prefers swimming.
- 22nd May 2016A writer describes a current as "dragging greedy fingers along the wreck." Name the technique used here.
- 23rd May 2016Simplify 5x + 3y - 2x + 7y.
- 24th May 2016A box of 15 chocolates costs 4.50 pounds. Work out the cost of one chocolate.
- 25th May 2016Work out 56 / 7.
- 26th May 2016In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 27 degrees and the opposite side is 6 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse, to 1 decimal place.
- 27th May 2016Work out 3/4 of 148.
- 28th May 2016Share 156 pounds between two people in the ratio 7:6.
- 29th May 2016At a small maths club meeting, every one of the 8 members shakes hands with every other member exactly once. Work out the total number of handshakes.
- 30th May 2016Convert 4.2 metres into centimetres.
- 31st May 2016Write the first four terms of the sequence with nth term 2n^2.