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

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

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October 2019

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in October 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 October 2019Work out 20 - 3 x 4.
  2. 2nd October 2019A number is tripled and then 5 is added, giving 32. Form an equation and find the number.
  3. 3rd October 2019Simplify the ratio 18:24 to its simplest form.
  4. 4th October 2019In the food chain 'grass, rabbit, fox', name the primary consumer.
  5. 5th October 2019State one physical property that distinguishes a typical non-metal from a typical metal.
  6. 6th October 2019A red filter is held in front of a torch shining white light. State which colour of light passes through the filter.
  7. 7th October 2019State whether sound can travel through a vacuum (empty space), and give a reason.
  8. 8th October 2019State one function of the human skeleton, other than support.
  9. 9th October 2019Name the enzyme found in saliva that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
  10. 10th October 2019In an extract, a character 'chewed his lip and stared at his shoes.' What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
  11. 11th October 2019Add a colon to this sentence in the correct place: The expedition needed three things warm clothing enough food and a reliable map.
  12. 12th October 2019Choose the correct word: There were ___ people at the concert than last year. (less / fewer)
  13. 13th October 2019Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The branches creaked and clawed at the window'?
  14. 14th October 2019Find and copy one word from 'the anvil's patient, unmoving weight' that gives the anvil a human quality.
  15. 15th October 2019Which word class is 'desperately' in 'He desperately searched for a handhold'?
  16. 16th October 2019In the sentence 'The overexcited puppy chewed through the new shoe,' what word class is 'chewed'?
  17. 17th October 2019A question asks you to "find and copy one phrase" meaning "completely dark." Which of these fits: "pitch black", "faintly lit", "clear blue" or "softly glowing"?
  18. 18th October 2019A 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.
  19. 19th October 2019Convert 2 hours 15 minutes into minutes.
  20. 20th October 2019Find 2/9 of 63.
  21. 21st October 2019Write 5.4 x 10^4 as an ordinary number.
  22. 22nd October 2019A recipe needs 250 g of flour to make 8 muffins. Work out how much flour is needed to make 20 muffins at the same recipe strength.
  23. 23rd October 2019Write 0.72 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  24. 24th October 2019A 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.
  25. 25th October 2019A cuboid has dimensions 6 cm by 4 cm by 3 cm. Calculate its volume.
  26. 26th October 2019Find the nth term of the sequence 2, 5, 8, 11, ...
  27. 27th October 2019State one way bile helps with the digestion of fats.
  28. 28th October 2019In the reactivity series, state which is more reactive: zinc or copper.
  29. 29th October 2019A results table has columns for 'Time (s)' and 'Temperature (degrees C)'. State which of these two variables would normally be plotted on the x-axis of a line graph.
  30. 30th October 2019State which planet in the Solar System is closest to the Sun.
  31. 31st October 2019Write the word equation for photosynthesis.