Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
August 2018 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in August 2018, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in August 2018
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2018A food sample turns from blue to brick-red when Benedict's solution is added and the mixture is heated. State which nutrient this positive result shows is present.
- 2nd August 2018State the method used to extract aluminium from its ore, and explain why this method is needed rather than reduction with carbon.
- 3rd August 2018Explain how a person is able to see a book resting on a table in a well-lit room, in terms of light rays.
- 4th August 2018Explain one way in which a polar bear's thick white fur helps it survive in the Arctic.
- 5th August 2018A pupil measures the volume of a gas produced in a reaction every 30 seconds. State whether the volume of gas is the independent or the dependent variable.
- 6th August 2018Amara is investigating how the mass of a paper cone affects how long it takes to fall from a fixed height. State the independent variable and the dependent variable in this investigation.
- 7th August 2018In a factual text, is the sentence "Hot air balloons were first flown in France in 1783" a fact or an opinion?
- 8th August 2018A poem repeats the phrase 'and still it climbed' at the end of every stanza. What is this technique called, and what might its effect be?
- 9th August 2018Find and copy one word from the phrase 'the old clock ticked its patient rhythm' that gives the clock a human quality.
- 10th August 2018Which punctuation mark correctly joins these two sentences without adding a joining word: 'The coach was late the pupils waited in the hall.'?
- 11th August 2018Choose the correct word: I'm not sure ___ my umbrella is. (where / were / we're)
- 12th August 2018A poem is written in a single, unbroken stanza with no rhyme. What effect might this create?
- 13th August 2018A newspaper report about a school's new library states: 'The library, funded entirely by a single anonymous donation, opened its doors last Tuesday.' What retrieval detail answers the question, how was the library funded?
- 14th August 2018A straight line passes through (0, 5) and has a gradient of -2. Write down its equation.
- 15th August 2018A survey asked 20 people how many pets they own: 5 people own 0 pets, 8 own 1 pet, 4 own 2 pets, and 3 own 3 pets. Work out the mean number of pets owned.
- 16th August 2018Write 0.72 as a percentage.
- 17th August 2018A recipe for 8 people uses flour, sugar and butter in the ratio 4 : 3 : 1 by weight, totalling 800 g. Work out how many grams of sugar are needed to make the recipe for 12 people.
- 18th August 2018A circle has a radius of 10 cm. Work out the area of a sector with an angle of 72 degrees at the centre, giving your answer to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
- 19th August 2018A chord divides a circle so that the angle at the centre is 130 degrees. Work out the angle at the circumference subtended by the same chord, on the major arc.
- 20th August 2018Factorise 2x^2 + 7x + 3.
- 21st August 2018A recipe uses 3 eggs for every 240 g of flour. Work out how many grams of flour are needed for 7 eggs, at the same ratio.
- 22nd August 2018Work out 5 + 4 x 3 - 2.
- 23rd August 2018Name the male gamete and the female gamete involved in human reproduction.
- 24th August 2018Name the acid that produces nitrate salts.
- 25th August 2018In a series circuit, an ammeter placed before a bulb reads 0.6 A. State the current a second ammeter, placed elsewhere in the same series circuit, would read.
- 26th August 2018Name the enzyme, found in saliva, that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
- 27th August 2018State the standard unit used for density in physics and chemistry.
- 28th August 2018A pupil applies a force of 10 N to move an object 2 m in the direction of the force. Use work done = force x distance to calculate the work done.
- 29th August 2018A student wears safety goggles when heating a test tube of liquid over a Bunsen burner. State the hazard that the goggles help protect against.
- 30th August 2018A question asks you to "find and copy one word" meaning "extremely cold." Which of these fits: "freezing", "mild", "warm" or "humid"?
- 31st August 2018A factual article about volcanic islands is broken into sections titled 'How islands form', 'Life on the slopes' and 'Living with the risk'. What are these called, and what is their purpose?