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September 2019 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in September 2019, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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September 2019

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in September 2019

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

  1. 1st September 2019Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade readers to support an animal shelter.
  2. 2nd September 2019Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9
  3. 3rd September 2019A right-angled triangle has two shorter sides of length 9 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
  4. 4th September 2019A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
  5. 5th September 2019p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
  6. 6th September 2019The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
  7. 7th September 2019A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
  8. 8th September 2019A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
  9. 9th September 2019Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.
  10. 10th September 2019A box contains 7 yellow pencils, 5 blue pencils and 3 green pencils. A pencil is picked at random. Find the probability that it is not blue.
  11. 11th September 2019State one structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
  12. 12th September 2019A sample of matter has particles that are far apart and moving quickly in random directions. State which state of matter this describes.
  13. 13th September 2019In a tug of war, Team X pulls with a force of 640 N and Team Y pulls with a force of 590 N in the opposite direction. Calculate the resultant force acting on the rope.
  14. 14th September 2019A solution turns universal indicator paper red. State whether the solution is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
  15. 15th September 2019State one disadvantage of burning coal to generate electricity.
  16. 16th September 2019A pupil doubles the concentration of acid used in a reaction with a metal, keeping everything else the same. State what happens to the rate of the reaction.
  17. 17th September 2019In an investigation into reaction time, a pupil's results are 0.18 s, 0.19 s, 0.61 s, 0.18 s and 0.20 s. Identify the anomalous result, and suggest one likely reason it occurred.
  18. 18th September 2019Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The map was old and torn."
  19. 19th September 2019Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the corridor at midnight.'
  20. 20th September 2019A writer describes a departure board as 'flickering through a list of cancellations like a nervous heartbeat.' Name the technique used.
  21. 21st September 2019A character 'held his breath without realising it' as he entered a dark passage. What does this suggest about his feelings?
  22. 22nd September 2019A poem has four lines per stanza with the rhyme pattern ABAB. What is this pattern called?
  23. 23rd September 2019Is the claim 'reading is obviously more rewarding than scrolling through a screen' a fact or an opinion?
  24. 24th September 2019A question asks you to explain "how the poet's feelings towards winter change across the poem." What should your answer focus on?
  25. 25th September 2019A trapezium has parallel sides of 6 cm and 10 cm, and a height of 5 cm. Calculate its area.
  26. 26th September 2019Work out -4 - 7.
  27. 27th September 2019Find the highest common factor of 24 and 36.
  28. 28th September 2019Simplify 6x + 4 - 2x - 9.
  29. 29th September 2019A basket contains 15 lemons and 25 limes. Write the ratio of lemons to limes in its simplest form.
  30. 30th September 2019Calculate 56 + 29.