Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
October 2017 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in October 2017, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in October 2017
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2017Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the fruit stall."
- 2nd October 2017Find the median and the range of this data set: 7, 3, 9, 3, 12, 5.
- 3rd October 2017A right-angled triangle has shorter sides of 5 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
- 4th October 2017The nth term of a sequence is 4n + 3. Work out the 20th term.
- 5th October 2017Work out 84 / 12.
- 6th October 2017A spinner can land on red, blue, green or yellow only. P(red) = 0.3, P(blue) = 0.25, P(green) = 0.2. Work out P(yellow).
- 7th October 2017The product of two consecutive positive integers is 132. Find the two integers.
- 8th October 2017p = 5, q = -2. Work out the value of 3p + q.
- 9th October 2017A bag has 4 yellow and 6 purple counters. Find the probability of picking a purple counter.
- 10th October 2017A meal out costs 68 pounds before a 12.5% service charge is added. Calculate the total cost including the service charge.
- 11th October 2017A cell has a real width of 0.02 mm. In a drawing, the same cell is shown 4 mm wide. Calculate the magnification of the drawing.
- 12th October 2017Explain, using collision theory, why crushing a solid into a powder increases the rate of reaction.
- 13th October 2017A skateboarder travels at a constant speed of 4 m/s for 6 seconds. Use acceleration = change in velocity / time taken to state his acceleration during this time, and explain what an acceleration of zero means about his motion.
- 14th October 2017A hand warmer gets hot when a chemical reaction inside it takes place. State whether this reaction is exothermic or endothermic.
- 15th October 2017Name the group in the periodic table that contains helium, neon and argon.
- 16th October 2017A pupil measures a mass of 3.5 kg on a set of scales. Convert this mass to grams.
- 17th October 2017In the sentence "The exhausted runner collapsed across the finish line," what word class is "exhausted"?
- 18th October 2017In an extract, a character 'set down his tools without a word and walked out into the rain.' What might this action suggest about his state of mind?
- 19th October 2017A writer describes a clock as "ticking its patient warning through the empty hall." Name the poetic technique used here.
- 20th October 2017Punctuate this exchange, adding inverted commas, capital letters and any other punctuation needed: are you sure about this asked Leo his sister nodded without looking up
- 21st October 2017Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: The funfair was SCARY.
- 22nd October 2017A speaker says 'Ninety per cent of our debate club members say it changed how they see arguments.' Name the technique used here.
- 23rd October 2017Is the claim 'this is the most dangerous road crossing in the whole town' a fact or an opinion? Explain your answer.
- 24th October 2017Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9
- 25th October 2017Write 0.00042 in standard form.
- 26th October 2017A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
- 27th October 2017p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
- 28th October 2017The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
- 29th October 2017A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
- 30th October 2017A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
- 31st October 2017Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.