Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
August 2016 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in August 2016, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in August 2016
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2016y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 45. Work out y when x = 5.
- 2nd August 2016A survey asked 30 people how many siblings they have: 9 have 0, 12 have 1, 6 have 2, 3 have 3. Work out the mean number of siblings.
- 3rd August 2016A machine produces 480 items in a day that lasts 7.5 hours. Work out the number of items produced per hour.
- 4th August 2016Work out 6^2 - sqrt(49).
- 5th August 2016Write 0.6 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 6th August 2016Two fair coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting at least one tail.
- 7th August 2016Which of the seven life processes describes an organism getting rid of waste products made inside its body?
- 8th August 2016State the name of the change of state when a solid changes directly into a liquid.
- 9th August 2016A trolley of mass 20 kg is pushed with a resultant force of 60 N. Use force = mass x acceleration to calculate its acceleration.
- 10th August 2016Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves through tiny pores called stomata.
- 11th August 2016Name the structure inside a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
- 12th August 2016State the name given to elements found in Group 1 of the periodic table.
- 13th August 2016A pupil is choosing between two thermometers to measure a temperature change of about 5 degrees C: one has markings every 2 degrees C, and the other has markings every 0.2 degrees C. State which thermometer would give the more precise reading, and explain why.
- 14th August 2016Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the map in the drawer."
- 15th August 2016Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The fog rolled in from the sea.'
- 16th August 2016A character 'checked her watch for the third time in a minute and sighed.' What does this suggest about how she is feeling?
- 17th August 2016Which word class is 'cautiously' in the sentence 'She cautiously ran her glove along the rusted rail'?
- 18th August 2016A question asks you to "compare how the two poets present the sea." What is the best way to structure your answer?
- 19th August 2016Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade pupils that reading is enjoyable rather than a chore.
- 20th August 2016In the line "Icicles hang like daggers from the eaves", which technique is used?
- 21st August 2016A triangular prism has a cross-sectional area of 15 cm^2 and a length of 12 cm. Calculate its volume.
- 22nd August 2016Find 30% of 150.
- 23rd August 2016Work out 13^2.
- 24th August 2016Find 5/6 of 72.
- 25th August 2016A recipe for 4 people uses 200g of butter. How much butter is needed for 10 people?
- 26th August 2016A tap fills a bucket at a constant rate of 3 litres every 2 minutes. Work out how many litres it fills in 10 minutes.
- 27th August 2016Calculate 74 - 38.
- 28th August 2016Work out -7 + 15.
- 29th August 2016A journey of 240 km takes 4 hours at a constant speed. Work out the speed in km/h.
- 30th August 2016Name the food group that provides the body with the most energy per gram.
- 31st August 2016State the property used to arrange the elements in order in the modern periodic table.