Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
March 2021 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in March 2021, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in March 2021
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2021Find 3/5 of 120.
- 2nd March 2021A drawer contains 4 black socks and 6 white socks only. Two socks are taken out at random, one after another, without replacement. Work out the probability that both socks are white.
- 3rd March 2021A two-digit number is 7 times the sum of its digits. The digit in the tens place is one more than the digit in the units place. Find the two-digit number.
- 4th March 2021Solve 5x - 4 = 21.
- 5th March 2021A train travels 245 km in 3.5 hours. Work out its average speed.
- 6th March 2021Calculate the simple interest earned on 600 pounds saved for 3 years at an annual rate of 4%.
- 7th March 2021State one way a red blood cell is adapted to carry oxygen efficiently.
- 8th March 2021A reaction between magnesium ribbon and hydrochloric acid gives off heat, and the temperature of the acid rises from 20 degrees C to 35 degrees C. State whether this reaction is exothermic or endothermic, and explain how you know.
- 9th March 2021A wind turbine and a coal power station both generate electricity, but only one of them directly burns fuel to boil water into steam. State which one this is, and name the component that this steam turns.
- 10th March 2021A car accelerates from rest to 20 m/s in 4 s. Calculate its acceleration, using acceleration = change in velocity / time.
- 11th March 2021State whether respiration in muscle cells during hard exercise, when oxygen supply cannot keep up with demand, is aerobic or anaerobic.
- 12th March 2021Name the layer of gases surrounding the Earth that contains the oxygen needed for respiration.
- 13th March 2021Add an apostrophe in the correct place: The two teams kits were both muddy after the match. (There is one kit set per team, and two teams in total.)
- 14th March 2021A four-mark question asks you to explain the effect of the writer's language in one paragraph. Roughly how many separate points should your answer include?
- 15th March 2021A question asks you to "find and copy one word" meaning "silent." Which of these fits: "hushed", "loud", "busy" or "bright"?
- 16th March 2021Identify the four stages of a well-structured short narrative.
- 17th March 2021Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: dont go near the big wheel warned tom its not safe
- 18th March 2021A speaker opens with a short, true story about one shy pupil who became the club's best speaker. What is this technique called?
- 19th March 2021A speech opens with the line: 'Imagine losing your home in a single night.' What technique is this, and why is it an effective opening?
- 20th March 2021List all the factors of 30, and state the highest common factor (HCF) of 30 and 45.
- 21st March 2021In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 40 degrees and the side opposite A is 8 cm. Use trigonometry to find the length of the hypotenuse, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
- 22nd March 2021Simplify 7x - 3y + 2x + 8y.
- 23rd March 2021A right-angled triangle has shorter sides of 7 cm and 24 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
- 24th March 2021A bag contains 9 red, 8 blue and 7 green counters only. A counter is picked at random. Work out the probability it is green, giving your answer as a decimal to 3 significant figures.
- 25th March 2021Work out 15% of 340 pounds.
- 26th March 2021Work out 8.3 x 5.2, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
- 27th March 2021Simplify the ratio 45:60.
- 28th March 2021A netball team played 20 matches. The table shows goals scored per match. Goals: 0, 1, 2, 3. Frequency: 4, 7, 6, 3. Calculate the mean number of goals per match.
- 29th March 2021A slice of toast contains 12 g of carbohydrate, 4 g of protein and 3 g of fat. Each gram of carbohydrate and each gram of protein provides 4 kcal of energy, and each gram of fat provides 9 kcal. Calculate the total energy content of the toast.
- 30th March 2021Name the technique used to separate sand from a mixture of sand and water.
- 31st March 2021Ben has a mass of 12 kg. Calculate his weight on Earth. Use weight = mass x gravitational field strength, with g = 10 N/kg.