Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
September 2018 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in September 2018, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in September 2018
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 2018You are asked to summarise a whole article in two sentences. What should you prioritise including?
- 2nd September 2018Is the claim 'recycling is clearly the most important thing you can do for the planet' a fact or an opinion?
- 3rd September 2018Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'Because the tide was rising, the children ran back up the beach.'
- 4th September 2018Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: mind the gap called the guard as the doors slid shut
- 5th September 2018Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "A trader called out his prices, and shoppers began to gather."
- 6th September 2018A spinner has a probability of 0.3 of landing on red, a probability of 0.45 of landing on blue, and the remaining probability of landing on green. Find the probability of landing on green.
- 7th September 2018p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 3, p = 20. Work out p when q = 12.
- 8th September 2018Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(2, -3) and B(-6, 9).
- 9th September 2018A train journey of 175 km takes 2.5 hours at a constant speed. Work out the speed in km/h.
- 10th September 2018A fair coin is flipped and a fair six-sided dice is rolled at the same time. Work out the probability of getting heads on the coin and a number greater than 4 on the dice.
- 11th September 2018Femi can complete a job alone in 2 hours, Grace can complete the same job alone in 3 hours, and Hassan can complete it alone in 6 hours. Working together at these constant rates, how long will it take them to complete the job?
- 12th September 2018Simplify 6a + 4b - 2a + 5b.
- 13th September 2018A car depreciates by 15% each year. It is worth 20,000 pounds now. Work out its value after 1 year.
- 14th September 2018Calculate the simple interest earned on 600 pounds saved for 3 years at an annual rate of 4%.
- 15th September 2018State whether human eye colour is an example of inherited variation, environmental variation, or both.
- 16th September 2018State whether an exothermic reaction transfers energy to, or takes in energy from, the surroundings.
- 17th September 2018A wind turbine and a coal power station both generate electricity, but only one of them directly burns fuel to boil water into steam. State which one this is, and name the component that this steam turns.
- 18th September 2018A car accelerates from rest to 20 m/s in 4 s. Calculate its acceleration, using acceleration = change in velocity / time.
- 19th September 2018State the unit used to measure electric current.
- 20th September 2018State the name of the force that acts to slow down a moving object due to contact between two surfaces.
- 21st September 2018Add an apostrophe in the correct place: The two teams kits were both muddy after the match. (There is one kit set per team, and two teams in total.)
- 22nd September 2018An apprentice is described as 'chewing the inside of his cheek and avoiding his master's eye.' What does this suggest about how he feels?
- 23rd September 2018Which word means the same as "cluttered" in a sentence describing a messy attic: "crammed", "empty", "tidy" or "spacious"?
- 24th September 2018Rewrite this line of dialogue to remove the overused adverb, showing the emotion instead: 'I'm not scared,' she said bravely.
- 25th September 2018Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The lights flickered, and the music started on its own.
- 26th September 2018Name the technique used in this line: New voices. New ideas. New confidence.
- 27th September 2018A speech opens with the line: 'Imagine losing your home in a single night.' What technique is this, and why is it an effective opening?
- 28th September 2018Calculate the value of 7 + 2 x (6 - 3) x 2, showing your method.
- 29th September 2018y is directly proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 30. Work out the value of y when x = 8.
- 30th September 2018A prize fund of 150 pounds is shared between two clubs in the ratio 2:3. Work out the larger share.