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April 2020 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in April 2020, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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April 2020

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in April 2020

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

  1. 1st April 2020A meal out costs 68 pounds before a 12.5% service charge is added. Calculate the total cost including the service charge.
  2. 2nd April 2020Name the specialised cell in humans that is adapted with a long tail and many mitochondria to swim toward an egg cell.
  3. 3rd April 2020State what happens to a catalyst during a chemical reaction.
  4. 4th April 2020A 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.
  5. 5th April 2020A hand warmer gets hot when a chemical reaction inside it takes place. State whether this reaction is exothermic or endothermic.
  6. 6th April 2020A trolley of mass 2 kg is raised to a height of 5 m. Use GPE = mass x gravitational field strength x height (g = 10 N/kg) to calculate its gravitational potential energy.
  7. 7th April 2020Name the planet in our solar system that is closest to the Sun.
  8. 8th April 2020In the sentence "The exhausted runner collapsed across the finish line," what word class is "exhausted"?
  9. 9th April 2020A writer describes sawdust as 'settling like a light snowfall over every surface.' Name the technique used.
  10. 10th April 2020In an extract, a character "kept glancing at the door and twisting the strap of her bag." What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
  11. 11th April 2020Write one short sentence (no more than five words) suitable for a moment of sudden shock in a story.
  12. 12th April 2020Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The gates creaked open.
  13. 13th April 2020What is the effect of directly addressing an audience as 'you' in a speech?
  14. 14th April 2020Is the claim 'this is the most dangerous road crossing in the whole town' a fact or an opinion? Explain your answer.
  15. 15th April 2020Express 60 as a product of its prime factors, then use this to find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 60 and 24.
  16. 16th April 2020p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 4, p = 15. Work out the value of p when q = 10.
  17. 17th April 2020A cafe sells 3 coffees at 2.40 pounds each and 2 teas at 1.60 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.
  18. 18th April 2020y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 45. Work out y when x = 5.
  19. 19th April 2020A survey asked 30 people how many siblings they have: 9 have 0, 12 have 1, 6 have 2, 3 have 3. Work out the mean number of siblings.
  20. 20th April 2020A machine produces 480 items in a day that lasts 7.5 hours. Work out the number of items produced per hour.
  21. 21st April 2020Work out 6^2 - sqrt(49).
  22. 22nd April 2020Write 0.6 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  23. 23rd April 2020Two fair coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting at least one tail.
  24. 24th April 2020Which of the seven life processes describes an organism getting rid of waste products made inside its body?
  25. 25th April 2020State the name of the change of state when a solid changes directly into a liquid.
  26. 26th April 2020A trolley of mass 20 kg is pushed with a resultant force of 60 N. Use force = mass x acceleration to calculate its acceleration.
  27. 27th April 2020A cyclist travels 300 m in 25 s. Calculate her average speed.
  28. 28th April 2020Name the gas produced when a reactive metal reacts with a dilute acid.
  29. 29th April 2020Name the process of cell division that produces two genetically identical daughter cells for growth and repair.
  30. 30th April 2020A pupil measures the mass of a metal washer five times using a balance and gets: 14.2 g, 14.5 g, 14.1 g, 14.6 g, 14.1 g. Calculate the mean mass, giving your answer to 3 significant figures.