Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
March 2023 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in March 2023, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in March 2023
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2023State the property used to arrange the elements in order in the modern periodic table.
- 2nd March 2023A ray of light travels from air into a glass block. State whether the ray bends towards the normal or away from the normal as it enters the glass.
- 3rd March 2023Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
- 4th March 2023Calculate the mean of these three repeat readings of a force: 4.2 N, 4.6 N, 4.4 N.
- 5th March 2023A circuit has a total resistance of 12 ohm and a current of 0.5 A flowing through it. Use V = I x R to calculate the voltage across the circuit.
- 6th March 2023Which word means the same as 'ancient' in a sentence describing an old, crumbling castle: 'timeworn', 'modern', 'spacious' or 'lively'?
- 7th March 2023Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Regular ___ at the piano will improve your technique. (practice / practise)
- 8th March 2023Identify and correct the pronoun error: 'The dog wagged their tail happily.'
- 9th March 2023A poem compares old age to 'a candle guttering low, still giving light.' Name this technique.
- 10th March 2023Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The fire hissed and spat its sparks'?
- 11th March 2023Find and copy one word from 'the mist swallowed the path ahead of him' that gives the mist a human or animal-like quality.
- 12th March 2023Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Yesterday, Priya walks to school and meets her friend Tom.
- 13th March 2023A diver signals "all clear" with a steady hand, but his eyes keep darting towards the wreck's dark entrance. Explain what the contrast between his signal and his eyes suggests.
- 14th March 2023The probability that a spinner lands on red is 0.35. Work out the probability that it does not land on red.
- 15th March 2023Find 1/3 of 96.
- 16th March 2023Work out -12 + 4 x 3.
- 17th March 2023Solve x^2 - 2x - 24 = 0.
- 18th March 2023Work out 207 divided by 9, showing your written method.
- 19th March 2023Work out 143 divided by 11.
- 20th March 2023A cube with side length 4 cm is built from 64 unit cubes, each 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm. The outside of the large cube is painted red, then it is taken apart into the 64 unit cubes again. How many of the unit cubes have exactly two faces painted red?
- 21st March 2023A right-angled triangle has hypotenuse 17 cm and one leg of 8 cm. Calculate the length of the other leg.
- 22nd March 2023The first three terms of the triangular numbers are 1, 3, 6. If the pattern continues in the same way, what is the next term after 6?
- 23rd March 2023Complete the word equation for aerobic respiration: glucose + oxygen produces ___ + ___.
- 24th March 2023State one way that painting a garden gate helps to prevent it from rusting.
- 25th March 2023The 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.
- 26th March 2023Name the type of rock formed when layers of sediment, such as sand or mud, are compressed together over a long period of time.
- 27th March 2023Name the organ in the human body that produces insulin.
- 28th March 2023A cylinder of gas is labelled with a diamond-shaped symbol showing a black flame on an orange background. State what hazard this symbol represents.
- 29th March 2023A writer describes rising ocean temperatures as "a slow-burning threat to one of the planet's most colourful ecosystems." Explain what effect the phrase "slow-burning" has on the reader.
- 30th March 2023A poem compares loneliness to 'an empty chair at a crowded table.' Name this technique.
- 31st March 2023Explain why a poet might choose an irregular, unpredictable rhythm to describe a storm, rather than a steady, regular one.