Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
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.
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.
- 1st May 2023Work out 84 / 12.
- 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.
- 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.
- 4th May 2023p = 5, q = -2. Work out the value of 3p + q.
- 5th May 2023A bag has 4 yellow and 6 purple counters. Find the probability of picking a purple counter.
- 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.
- 7th May 2023State one way a red blood cell is adapted to carry oxygen efficiently.
- 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.
- 9th May 2023State whether solar power is a renewable or a non-renewable energy resource.
- 10th May 2023A book rests on a table and does not move. Name the force from the table that balances the book's weight.
- 11th May 2023State whether respiration in muscle cells during hard exercise, when oxygen supply cannot keep up with demand, is aerobic or anaerobic.
- 12th May 2023Name the layer of gases surrounding the Earth that contains the oxygen needed for respiration.
- 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.
- 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?
- 15th May 2023A writer describes a clock as "ticking its patient warning through the empty hall." Name the poetic technique used here.
- 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
- 17th May 2023Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: The funfair was SCARY.
- 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.
- 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?
- 20th May 2023Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9
- 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.
- 22nd May 2023A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
- 23rd May 2023p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
- 24th May 2023The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
- 25th May 2023A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
- 26th May 2023A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
- 27th May 2023Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.
- 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.
- 29th May 2023State one structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
- 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.
- 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.