Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
June 2016 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in June 2016, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in June 2016
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 2016A food sample turns from blue to brick-red when Benedict's solution is added and the mixture is heated. State which nutrient this positive result shows is present.
- 2nd June 2016State the method used to extract aluminium from its ore, and explain why this method is needed rather than reduction with carbon.
- 3rd June 2016A pupil measures a length as 250 mm. State this length in metres.
- 4th June 2016State how many natural moons orbit the Earth.
- 5th June 2016A pupil measures the volume of a gas produced in a reaction every 30 seconds. State whether the volume of gas is the independent or the dependent variable.
- 6th June 2016A thermometer has graduations every 1 degree C. A student takes a single temperature reading of 40 degrees C. Calculate the percentage uncertainty in this reading.
- 7th June 2016A text about coral reefs moves from explaining what coral is, to how reefs form, to why they are under threat. What is this structure called?
- 8th June 2016Explain why a poet might use short, one-word lines to describe a sudden event, such as an accident.
- 9th June 2016A poem compares grief to 'a stone carried in the pocket, never quite forgotten.' Name this technique.
- 10th June 2016Correct the tense error: Last week, the choir practises for two hours every evening.
- 11th June 2016Punctuate this exchange between two speakers, starting a new line for each: are you ready asked sam almost said priya
- 12th June 2016Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The streetlamp's silver stare slid over its fur'?
- 13th June 2016In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The expedition team faced constant attrition - illness, injury and exhaustion wore down their numbers day by day.' What does 'attrition' mean here?
- 14th June 2016A train travels 90 km in 1.5 hours at a constant speed, shown as a straight line on a distance-time graph. Calculate the gradient of this line, and state what it represents.
- 15th June 2016A survey asked 20 people how many pets they own: 5 people own 0 pets, 8 own 1 pet, 4 own 2 pets, and 3 own 3 pets. Work out the mean number of pets owned.
- 16th June 2016Find 35% of 180.
- 17th June 2016A recipe for 8 people uses flour, sugar and butter in the ratio 4 : 3 : 1 by weight, totalling 800 g. Work out how many grams of sugar are needed to make the recipe for 12 people.
- 18th June 2016A circle has a radius of 10 cm. Work out the area of a sector with an angle of 72 degrees at the centre, giving your answer to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
- 19th June 2016Simplify sqrt(45) + sqrt(20), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(5).
- 20th June 2016A chord subtends an angle of 76 degrees at the centre of a circle. Work out the angle it subtends at the circumference, on the major arc.
- 21st June 2016A journey of 84 km takes 1 hour 45 minutes. Work out the average speed in km/h.
- 22nd June 2016A car travels 210 km in 3.5 hours at a constant speed. Calculate how far it would travel in 5 hours at the same speed.
- 23rd June 2016Name the male gamete and the female gamete involved in human reproduction.
- 24th June 2016Name the acid that produces nitrate salts.
- 25th June 2016A wave has a frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 4 m. Use wave speed = frequency x wavelength to calculate its speed.
- 26th June 2016State the pH of a neutral solution such as pure water.
- 27th June 2016State whether the Earth casting a shadow that blocks sunlight from reaching the Moon is called a solar eclipse or a lunar eclipse.
- 28th June 2016A pupil applies a force of 10 N to move an object 2 m in the direction of the force. Use work done = force x distance to calculate the work done.
- 29th June 2016A student wears safety goggles when heating a test tube of liquid over a Bunsen burner. State the hazard that the goggles help protect against.
- 30th June 2016A writer describes the wind as "clawing at their jackets, determined to drag them off the mountain." Name the technique used here.