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April 2017 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in April 2017, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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April 2017

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in April 2017

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

  1. 1st April 2017In a poem, the line "Waves gnaw at the cliff's grey chin" contains an example of which technique?
  2. 2nd April 2017An article states 'Pupils who read for pleasure for just ten minutes a day report feeling calmer.' Name the technique used here.
  3. 3rd April 2017A poem describes wind as "howling" and "moaning" through bare branches. Name the technique shown by these two words.
  4. 4th April 2017A trapezium has parallel sides of 6 cm and 10 cm, and a height of 5 cm. Calculate its area.
  5. 5th April 2017Round 6.849 to 1 decimal place.
  6. 6th April 2017A coat costs 80 pounds. Its price increases by 25%. Work out the new price.
  7. 7th April 2017A prize of 240 pounds is shared between three friends in the ratio 1:2:5. Work out the smallest share.
  8. 8th April 2017A map has a scale of 1:20000. Two towns are 7cm apart on the map. Work out the real distance between them, in km.
  9. 9th April 2017Work out 3 + 6 x 2 - 4.
  10. 10th April 2017A recipe uses 2 eggs for every 150 g of flour. Work out how many grams of flour are needed for 5 eggs, at the same ratio.
  11. 11th April 2017Work out -3 - 6.
  12. 12th April 2017Work out -9 + 15.
  13. 13th April 2017State one way a communicable disease differs from a non-communicable disease.
  14. 14th April 2017State the name given to a horizontal row of the periodic table.
  15. 15th April 2017A red filter is held in front of a torch shining white light. State which colour of light passes through the filter.
  16. 16th April 2017State whether sound can travel through a vacuum (empty space), and give a reason.
  17. 17th April 2017A pupil records the mass of a beaker of ice every 2 minutes as it melts. State which variable is the independent variable in this investigation.
  18. 18th April 2017Name the three states of matter.
  19. 19th April 2017A writer describes a bell as 'clanging its complaint into the empty square.' Name the poetic or literary technique used here.
  20. 20th April 2017Add the correct negative prefix to make this word mean 'not legal': legal.
  21. 21st April 2017Choose the correct word: We had ___ time to finish the test than we expected. (less / fewer)
  22. 22nd April 2017What is the name for a poem written in stanzas of two lines each?
  23. 23rd April 2017Explain why a poet might choose short, one-syllable words to describe the strike of a hammer, rather than longer, softer words.
  24. 24th April 2017A climber notices 'his fingers had gone from cold to strangely warm.' What might this detail suggest to an alert reader?
  25. 25th April 2017In the sentence 'The overexcited puppy chewed through the new shoe,' what word class is 'chewed'?
  26. 26th April 2017A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how a writer builds a sense of danger across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
  27. 27th April 2017Find 2/5 of 65.
  28. 28th April 2017Work out 40% of 65.
  29. 29th April 2017A jacket costs 65 pounds. Work out the cost after a 20% discount.
  30. 30th April 2017p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 8, p = 9. Work out p when q = 6.