Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
March 2017 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in March 2017, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in March 2017
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2017State the unit normally used for speed in physics, and name one other unit that speed could also correctly be measured in.
- 2nd March 2017Two forces of 10 N and 10 N act on an object in exactly opposite directions. Calculate the resultant force.
- 3rd March 2017Name the two products of photosynthesis.
- 4th March 2017A pupil adds universal indicator to a solution and it turns red. State whether the solution is acidic, alkaline or neutral.
- 5th March 2017Correct the punctuation in this sentence, which reports direct speech: the coach shouted keep going were nearly there
- 6th March 2017A question asks you to 'find and copy one word which shows that the workshop was untidy.' What kind of question is this, and how should you answer it?
- 7th March 2017A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how a writer builds atmosphere across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
- 8th March 2017Which of these would best speed up the pace of an action scene: a long sentence with several clauses, or a short, three-word sentence?
- 9th March 2017Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the funfair at midnight.'
- 10th March 2017Is the claim 'debating is clearly the single best way to build confidence' a fact or an opinion?
- 11th March 2017Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade readers to support an animal shelter.
- 12th March 2017Work out (-5) + (-8) - (-6).
- 13th March 2017Solve x^2 + 3x - 10 = 0.
- 14th March 2017Find 3/8 of 64.
- 15th March 2017Write 0.000078 in standard form.
- 16th March 2017A cylindrical bucket has radius 12 cm and height 25 cm. Work out its volume, to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
- 17th March 2017Work out sqrt(169) + 4^2.
- 18th March 2017Increase 240 pounds by 12%.
- 19th March 2017Work out 312 divided by 8, using a written method.
- 20th March 2017The list shows the number of pets owned by 9 pupils: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 0, 1. Write down the mode.
- 21st March 2017During vigorous exercise, a sprinter's muscles cannot get enough oxygen. Name the substance that builds up in the muscles as a result, and state one effect this has.
- 22nd March 2017The density of olive oil is 0.92 g/cm^3. State, with a reason, whether olive oil would float or sink in water (density 1.0 g/cm^3).
- 23rd March 2017A parcel of mass 2.5 kg is lifted onto a shelf 2 m above the ground. Take g = 10 N/kg and use GPE = mass x g x height. Calculate the gain in gravitational potential energy.
- 24th March 2017A solution turns universal indicator paper red. State whether the solution is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
- 25th March 2017State one disadvantage of burning coal to generate electricity.
- 26th March 2017Name the piece of equipment used to separate an insoluble solid from a liquid.
- 27th March 2017In an investigation into reaction time, a pupil's results are 0.18 s, 0.19 s, 0.61 s, 0.18 s and 0.20 s. Identify the anomalous result, and suggest one likely reason it occurred.
- 28th March 2017Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Dust rose from the floor, and Elias covered his mouth."
- 29th March 2017Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The old house was SCARY.'
- 30th March 2017Which word from 'the tannoy crackled out another indistinct apology' suggests the announcement was hard to understand?
- 31st March 2017A diver 'counted her breaths, trying to make each one last longer than the last.' What does this suggest about her situation?