Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
August 2017 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in August 2017, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in August 2017
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2017Write 0.4 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 2nd August 2017Write 5/8 as a decimal.
- 3rd August 2017Work out 7 x 9 - 4 x 5.
- 4th August 2017In the food chain 'grass, rabbit, fox', name the primary consumer.
- 5th August 2017State one physical property that distinguishes a typical non-metal from a typical metal.
- 6th August 2017State why an astronaut in open space, far from any planet or star, cannot hear an explosion happening nearby.
- 7th August 2017Name the green pigment found in chloroplasts that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
- 8th August 2017State one function of the human skeleton, other than support.
- 9th August 2017Name the enzyme found in saliva that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
- 10th August 2017Which word means the same as 'ancient' in a sentence describing an old, crumbling castle: 'timeworn', 'modern', 'spacious' or 'lively'?
- 11th August 2017Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Regular ___ at the piano will improve your technique. (practice / practise)
- 12th August 2017Identify and correct the pronoun error: 'The dog wagged their tail happily.'
- 13th August 2017A poem compares old age to 'a candle guttering low, still giving light.' Name this technique.
- 14th August 2017Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The fire hissed and spat its sparks'?
- 15th August 2017Find and copy one word from 'the mist swallowed the path ahead of him' that gives the mist a human or animal-like quality.
- 16th August 2017Which punctuation mark is missing, and where, from this sentence: Please bring your pencil case ruler and calculator to the exam.
- 17th August 2017A diver signals "all clear" with a steady hand, but his eyes keep darting towards the wreck's dark entrance. Explain what the contrast between his signal and his eyes suggests.
- 18th August 2017A cinema charges 6.50 pounds for an adult ticket and 4.20 pounds for a child ticket. A family buys tickets for 2 adults and 3 children. Work out the total cost, without using a calculator.
- 19th August 2017Find 1/3 of 96.
- 20th August 2017Work out -12 + 4 x 3.
- 21st August 2017Solve x^2 - 2x - 24 = 0.
- 22nd August 2017Work out 207 divided by 9, showing your written method.
- 23rd August 2017Work out 143 divided by 11.
- 24th August 2017A dice has its six faces numbered 1 to 6, arranged so opposite faces always add up to 7. The face showing 2 is on top, and the face showing 3 is facing you. Work out which number is on the bottom face, and which number is on the face directly opposite the one facing you.
- 25th August 2017A right-angled triangle has hypotenuse 17 cm and one leg of 8 cm. Calculate the length of the other leg.
- 26th August 2017Rearrange the formula P = 2l + 2w to make w the subject.
- 27th August 2017State one way bile helps with the digestion of fats.
- 28th August 2017In the reactivity series, state which is more reactive: zinc or copper.
- 29th August 2017Define the terms 'solute' and 'solvent'.
- 30th August 2017Name the force that causes objects to fall towards the ground when dropped.
- 31st August 2017Write the word equation for photosynthesis.