Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
November 2016 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in November 2016, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in November 2016
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 2016A drawer contains 4 black socks and 6 white socks only. Two socks are taken out at random, one after another, without replacement. Work out the probability that both socks are white.
- 2nd November 2016A two-digit number is 7 times the sum of its digits. The digit in the tens place is one more than the digit in the units place. Find the two-digit number.
- 3rd November 2016Simplify 6a + 4b - 2a + 5b.
- 4th November 2016A car depreciates by 15% each year. It is worth 20,000 pounds now. Work out its value after 1 year.
- 5th November 2016Fatima earns 1800 pounds a month and saves 12% of her earnings. Calculate how much she saves each month.
- 6th November 2016State one way a red blood cell is adapted to carry oxygen efficiently.
- 7th November 2016A reaction between magnesium ribbon and hydrochloric acid gives off heat, and the temperature of the acid rises from 20 degrees C to 35 degrees C. State whether this reaction is exothermic or endothermic, and explain how you know.
- 8th November 2016Name one non-renewable energy resource used to generate electricity, other than coal.
- 9th November 2016Name the five main kingdoms into which living things can be classified.
- 10th November 2016State whether respiration in muscle cells during hard exercise, when oxygen supply cannot keep up with demand, is aerobic or anaerobic.
- 11th November 2016Name the layer of gases surrounding the Earth that contains the oxygen needed for respiration.
- 12th November 2016Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Last week, the team trains hard and wins every match.
- 13th November 2016An apprentice is described as 'chewing the inside of his cheek and avoiding his master's eye.' What does this suggest about how he feels?
- 14th November 2016Which word means the same as "cluttered" in a sentence describing a messy attic: "crammed", "empty", "tidy" or "spacious"?
- 15th November 2016Rewrite this line of dialogue to remove the overused adverb, showing the emotion instead: 'I'm not scared,' she said bravely.
- 16th November 2016Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The lights flickered, and the music started on its own.
- 17th November 2016Name the technique used in this line: New voices. New ideas. New confidence.
- 18th November 2016A leaflet states: 'Experts agree that recycling just one more item a week could transform our town's waste problem.' Name one persuasive technique used here.
- 19th November 2016Calculate the value of 7 + 2 x (6 - 3) x 2, showing your method.
- 20th November 2016In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 40 degrees and the side opposite A is 8 cm. Use trigonometry to find the length of the hypotenuse, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
- 21st November 2016A prize fund of 150 pounds is shared between two clubs in the ratio 2:3. Work out the larger share.
- 22nd November 2016In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 50 degrees and the hypotenuse is 14 cm. Work out the length of the side opposite angle A, to 1 decimal place.
- 23rd November 2016Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(-5, -2) and B(9, 6).
- 24th November 2016A rectangle has an area of 84 cm^2 and a length of 9.6 cm. Work out its width, to 1 decimal place.
- 25th November 2016Decrease 350 pounds by 18%.
- 26th November 2016Work out 2/5 of 65.
- 27th November 2016Five pupils recorded the number of minutes they spent reading yesterday: 9, 13, 20, 11, 17. Find the mean number of minutes.
- 28th November 2016Name the organelle found in both plant and animal cells that is the site of aerobic respiration.
- 29th November 2016A block of wood has a mass of 60 g and a volume of 80 cm^3. Calculate its density.
- 30th November 2016A farmer weighing 900 N stands on the ground. Her boots have a total sole area of 0.03 m^2. Use pressure = force / area to calculate the pressure she exerts on the ground, giving your answer in Pa.