Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
October 2020 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in October 2020, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in October 2020
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2020State the method used to extract aluminium from its ore, and explain why this method is needed rather than reduction with carbon.
- 2nd October 2020The Sun is much larger than the Earth. State what type of object the Sun is, and name the force that keeps the Earth in orbit around it.
- 3rd October 2020Name the type of rock formed when layers of sediment, such as sand or mud, are compressed together over a long period of time.
- 4th October 2020A 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.
- 5th October 2020A student measures the length of a metal rod five times: 62.1 cm, 62.4 cm, 62.0 cm, 62.5 cm, 62.2 cm. Calculate the mean length of the rod.
- 6th October 2020Which word means the same as "ascend" in a sentence about a balloon rising into the sky: "climb", "sink", "hover" or "spin"?
- 7th October 2020Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The waves whispered along the shingle shore'?
- 8th October 2020What is the name for a poem written without a regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
- 9th October 2020Choose the correct homophone: You should always ___ your times tables before a test. (practice / practise)
- 10th October 2020Choose the correct word: ___ leaving their bags by the door. (Their / There / They're)
- 11th October 2020Find and copy one word from 'the fox paused, listening to the city's held breath' that gives the city a human quality.
- 12th October 2020What do the letters PAF stand for when analysing a non-fiction text?
- 13th October 2020Find the gradient of the line joining (1, 4) and (5, 16).
- 14th October 2020A 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.
- 15th October 2020Work out 3/4 + 1/6, giving your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 16th October 2020A 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.
- 17th October 2020A 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.)
- 18th October 2020Solve x^2 = 7x - 12.
- 19th October 2020Solve x^2 + 3x - 18 = 0.
- 20th October 2020Find 3^3 + sqrt(64).
- 21st October 2020120 pounds is shared between Leo and Maya in the ratio 3:5. Work out how much Maya receives.
- 22nd October 2020Name the male gamete and the female gamete involved in human reproduction.
- 23rd October 2020Name the acid that produces nitrate salts.
- 24th October 2020A student doubles the frequency of a wave while keeping its speed the same. State what happens to the wavelength.
- 25th October 2020Two identical bulbs are each connected on their own to an identical battery. State how the brightness of a bulb connected on its own compares with an identical bulb connected in series with a second bulb to the same type of battery.
- 26th October 2020State how long it takes, approximately, for the Moon to orbit the Earth once.
- 27th October 2020A 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.
- 28th October 2020A student wears safety goggles when heating a test tube of liquid over a Bunsen burner. State the hazard that the goggles help protect against.
- 29th October 2020In an extract, a climber "kept checking the rope, tugging it twice before every step." What does this suggest about the climber?
- 30th October 2020In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The team faced constant setbacks - equipment failure, bad weather and dwindling supplies chipped away at morale.' What does 'dwindling' mean here?
- 31st October 2020A biography states that a scientist 'spent every evening after his factory shift teaching himself chemistry from borrowed textbooks.' What can a reader infer about this person from these facts?