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May 2023 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in May 2023, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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May 2023

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in May 2023

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st May 2023Work out 84 / 12.
  2. 2nd May 2023A 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.
  3. 3rd May 2023A 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.
  4. 4th May 2023p = 5, q = -2. Work out the value of 3p + q.
  5. 5th May 2023A bag has 4 yellow and 6 purple counters. Find the probability of picking a purple counter.
  6. 6th May 2023A 750 gram box of cereal costs 2.40 pounds, and a 500 gram box of the same cereal costs 1.70 pounds. Which box offers better value for money? Show your working.
  7. 7th May 2023State one way a red blood cell is adapted to carry oxygen efficiently.
  8. 8th May 2023A 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.
  9. 9th May 2023State whether solar power is a renewable or a non-renewable energy resource.
  10. 10th May 2023A book rests on a table and does not move. Name the force from the table that balances the book's weight.
  11. 11th May 2023State whether respiration in muscle cells during hard exercise, when oxygen supply cannot keep up with demand, is aerobic or anaerobic.
  12. 12th May 2023Name the layer of gases surrounding the Earth that contains the oxygen needed for respiration.
  13. 13th May 2023Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? A) The whistle blew; and the players stopped. B) The whistle blew; the players stopped at once.
  14. 14th May 2023In an extract, a character 'set down his tools without a word and walked out into the rain.' What might this action suggest about his state of mind?
  15. 15th May 2023A writer describes a clock as "ticking its patient warning through the empty hall." Name the poetic technique used here.
  16. 16th May 2023Punctuate this exchange, adding inverted commas, capital letters and any other punctuation needed: are you sure about this asked Leo his sister nodded without looking up
  17. 17th May 2023Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: The funfair was SCARY.
  18. 18th May 2023A speaker says 'Ninety per cent of our debate club members say it changed how they see arguments.' Name the technique used here.
  19. 19th May 2023A charity advert says: 'You could change a child's life today.' Which word directly addresses the reader, and what effect does this have?
  20. 20th May 2023Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9
  21. 21st May 2023In 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.
  22. 22nd May 2023A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
  23. 23rd May 2023p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
  24. 24th May 2023The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
  25. 25th May 2023A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
  26. 26th May 2023A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
  27. 27th May 2023Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.
  28. 28th May 2023A box contains 7 yellow pencils, 5 blue pencils and 3 green pencils. A pencil is picked at random. Find the probability that it is not blue.
  29. 29th May 2023State one structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
  30. 30th May 2023A sample of matter has particles that are far apart and moving quickly in random directions. State which state of matter this describes.
  31. 31st May 2023In a tug of war, Team X pulls with a force of 640 N and Team Y pulls with a force of 590 N in the opposite direction. Calculate the resultant force acting on the rope.