Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
October 2021 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in October 2021, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in October 2021
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2021Name the type of teeth used mainly for cutting food.
- 2nd October 2021State why it is good practice to run a quick preliminary (trial) experiment before starting the main investigation.
- 3rd October 2021Which word means the same as "exhausted" in a sentence describing tired climbers: "drained", "energetic", "cheerful" or "restless"?
- 4th October 2021A biography states that a person 'taught herself to read at six using her grandfather's newspapers, and published her first book by twenty.' What can a reader infer about this person's character from these facts?
- 5th October 2021A travel brochure and a science textbook both describe coral reefs. Which is more likely to use exaggerated, emotive language, and why?
- 6th October 2021A leaflet states 'You could help save a hundred bottles a year.' Which word directly addresses the reader?
- 7th October 2021Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The rain fell steadily.'
- 8th October 2021Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the suitcase on the platform."
- 9th October 2021Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Crates of fruit lined the pavement."
- 10th October 2021A survey of 40 students' favourite sport is shown in a pie chart. If football takes up a sector of 90 degrees, what percentage of students chose football?
- 11th October 2021Solve x^2 - 5x + 6 = 0.
- 12th October 2021A survey asked 25 people how many books they read last month: 6 people read 0, 10 read 1, 6 read 2, 3 read 3. Work out the mean number of books read.
- 13th October 2021Work out 60% of 45.
- 14th October 2021Two hockey teams recorded the number of goals they scored in their last 5 matches. Team A: 2, 3, 2, 4, 4. Team B: 0, 1, 5, 6, 3. Compare the two teams by working out the mean and the range for each.
- 15th October 2021Simplify sqrt(50) - sqrt(8), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(2).
- 16th October 2021Expand 4(3x + 2).
- 17th October 2021Work out 12.6 divided by 0.3.
- 18th October 2021Fatima earns 1800 pounds a month and saves 12% of her earnings. Calculate how much she saves each month.
- 19th October 2021A pupil views onion cells under a microscope after adding a drop of iodine solution to the slide. State why the iodine solution was added.
- 20th October 2021A student dissolves ammonium nitrate in water and the temperature of the solution falls. State whether this process is exothermic or endothermic.
- 21st October 2021Name one non-renewable energy resource used to generate electricity, other than coal.
- 22nd October 2021Name the five main kingdoms into which living things can be classified.
- 23rd October 2021Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves.
- 24th October 2021Name the process used to neutralise an acid using an alkali.
- 25th October 2021Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Last week, the team trains hard and wins every match.
- 26th October 2021In the sentence 'The old clock in the hallway ticked with the patience of a watchman,' which word gives the clock a human quality?
- 27th October 2021A character mutters "It's nothing" while quickly hiding a letter in his pocket. Explain what the contrast between his words and actions suggests.
- 28th October 2021Explain one way an ending can 'connect back' to the opening of a story.
- 29th October 2021Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: Although the fair had closed years ago, the carousel still turned.
- 30th October 2021Give one example of emotive language a speaker might use to persuade pupils that public speaking is worth the risk.
- 31st October 2021A leaflet states: 'Experts agree that recycling just one more item a week could transform our town's waste problem.' Name one persuasive technique used here.