Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
February 2021 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in February 2021, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in February 2021
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 2021A poem compares the fox's eyes to 'two small, cold coins.' Name this technique.
- 2nd February 2021A newspaper report about a school's new library states: 'The library, funded entirely by a single anonymous donation, opened its doors last Tuesday.' What retrieval detail answers the question, how was the library funded?
- 3rd February 2021A straight line passes through (0, 5) and has a gradient of -2. Write down its equation.
- 4th February 2021A phone contract costs 18.50 pounds per month for 24 months, plus an upfront cost of 49 pounds. Work out the total cost of the contract.
- 5th February 2021Write 3/5 as a decimal.
- 6th February 2021Solve 3(2x - 1) = x + 17.
- 7th February 2021Describe the locus of points that are equidistant from two fixed points, A and B.
- 8th February 2021Expand and simplify (x + 5)(x - 3).
- 9th February 2021Simplify sqrt(75) - sqrt(12), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(3).
- 10th February 2021Work out 9.6 divided by 0.4.
- 11th February 2021Calculate 47 + 36.
- 12th February 2021A doctor records that a foetus is 38 weeks old. Given that human gestation lasts approximately 40 weeks, state approximately how many weeks of pregnancy remain.
- 13th February 2021A student adds a piece of unknown grey solid to dilute acid and no bubbles are produced, even after several minutes. Suggest whether the solid is a metal or a non-metal, and explain your reasoning.
- 14th February 2021In a series circuit, an ammeter placed before a bulb reads 0.6 A. State the current a second ammeter, placed elsewhere in the same series circuit, would read.
- 15th February 2021Name the enzyme, found in saliva, that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
- 16th February 2021State the standard unit used for density in physics and chemistry.
- 17th February 2021Name the gas needed by the body for aerobic respiration to take place.
- 18th February 2021A student investigates how the mass of five different metal samples affects their volume, with mass as a continuous numerical variable. State whether a bar chart or a line graph is the more appropriate way to display these results.
- 19th February 2021A guide tells the group "we're nearly there" in a steady voice, but keeps glancing anxiously at the darkening sky. Explain what the contrast between his words and his glances suggests.
- 20th February 2021You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 21st February 2021Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 22nd February 2021What is emotive language, and why might a writer use it in a leaflet about ocean pollution?
- 23rd February 2021Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The storm was BIG.'
- 24th February 2021Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The doors opened, and passengers spilled onto the platform."
- 25th February 2021Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The market was NOISY."
- 26th February 2021A 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.
- 27th February 2021y is directly proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 15. Work out y when x = 10.
- 28th February 2021A bag contains 8 red, 9 blue and 7 green counters only. A counter is picked at random. Work out the probability it is red, giving your answer as a decimal to 3 significant figures.