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July 2016 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in July 2016, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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July 2016

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in July 2016

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st July 2016What do the letters PAF stand for when analysing a non-fiction text?
  2. 2nd July 2016A newspaper report about a restored pier states: 'Engineers replaced over eleven thousand individual timbers during the two-year project.' What retrieval detail answers the question, how many timbers were replaced?
  3. 3rd July 2016Give one example of a statistic a writer might use to persuade readers to use fewer plastic bags.
  4. 4th July 2016Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The wind howled, and the shutters rattled.'
  5. 5th July 2016Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The train arrived late."
  6. 6th July 2016Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: fresh bread the baker called still warm from the oven
  7. 7th July 2016A coin is flipped 200 times and lands on heads 118 times. Calculate the relative frequency of landing on heads.
  8. 8th July 2016In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 32 degrees and the adjacent side is 9 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse, to 1 decimal place.
  9. 9th July 2016A cylindrical tin has radius 4 cm and height 15 cm. Work out its volume, to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
  10. 10th July 2016Simplify the ratio 32:12.
  11. 11th July 2016A fair coin is flipped and a fair six-sided dice is rolled at the same time. Work out the probability of getting heads on the coin and a number greater than 4 on the dice.
  12. 12th July 2016Femi can complete a job alone in 2 hours, Grace can complete the same job alone in 3 hours, and Hassan can complete it alone in 6 hours. Working together at these constant rates, how long will it take them to complete the job?
  13. 13th July 2016Factorise fully 10x + 15.
  14. 14th July 2016Work out 2^5 - 3^3.
  15. 15th July 2016Write 3/8 as a percentage.
  16. 16th July 2016State whether human eye colour is an example of inherited variation, environmental variation, or both.
  17. 17th July 2016State whether an exothermic reaction transfers energy to, or takes in energy from, the surroundings.
  18. 18th July 2016State one reason, other than cost, why a country might want to reduce its reliance on non-renewable energy resources such as coal and oil.
  19. 19th July 2016State whether a frog is classified as a vertebrate or an invertebrate, and give a reason.
  20. 20th July 2016State the unit used to measure electric current.
  21. 21st July 2016State the name of the force that acts to slow down a moving object due to contact between two surfaces.
  22. 22nd July 2016This sentence contains a comma splice: The match ended in a draw, both teams were happy. Correct it in one way.
  23. 23rd July 2016A writer describes sawdust as 'settling like a light snowfall over every surface.' Name the technique used.
  24. 24th July 2016In an extract, a character "kept glancing at the door and twisting the strap of her bag." What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
  25. 25th July 2016Write one short sentence (no more than five words) suitable for a moment of sudden shock in a story.
  26. 26th July 2016Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The gates creaked open.
  27. 27th July 2016What is the effect of directly addressing an audience as 'you' in a speech?
  28. 28th July 2016A campaign letter opens with a short, true story about one family affected by flooding, before giving any statistics. What is this technique called, and why might a writer use it first?
  29. 29th July 2016Express 60 as a product of its prime factors, then use this to find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 60 and 24.
  30. 30th July 2016y is directly proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 30. Work out the value of y when x = 8.
  31. 31st July 2016A cafe sells 3 coffees at 2.40 pounds each and 2 teas at 1.60 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.