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

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

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October 2023

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in October 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 October 2023Name the technique used in this line: New worlds. New characters. New ideas, every single time.
  2. 2nd October 2023If a poem starts with long, flowing lines and ends with very short, clipped lines, what effect might this create?
  3. 3rd October 2023A cuboid measures 7 cm by 5 cm by 4 cm. Calculate its volume.
  4. 4th October 2023Simplify 6a + 9 - 2a - 4.
  5. 5th October 2023Simplify 4(2x - 3) + 5.
  6. 6th October 2023A stall sells 4 sandwiches at 2.20 pounds each and 3 drinks at 1.10 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.
  7. 7th October 2023Write the ratio 16:24 in its simplest form.
  8. 8th October 2023Work out 8 x 6.
  9. 9th October 2023Find 3/5 of 45.
  10. 10th October 2023Work out 15 x 14, using a written method.
  11. 11th October 2023Find 3/4 of 88.
  12. 12th October 2023State one way a communicable disease differs from a non-communicable disease.
  13. 13th October 2023State the name given to a horizontal row of the periodic table.
  14. 14th October 2023State whether the Earth's day (one full rotation on its axis) or the Earth's year (one full orbit of the Sun) takes longer.
  15. 15th October 2023A sound wave has a high frequency. State whether this means it has a high pitch or a low pitch.
  16. 16th October 2023A pupil records the mass of a beaker of ice every 2 minutes as it melts. State which variable is the independent variable in this investigation.
  17. 17th October 2023Name the three states of matter.
  18. 18th October 2023A character says 'I'm fine' through gritted teeth, then slams the door. Explain what the contrast between the character's words and actions suggests.
  19. 19th October 2023Correct the spelling error caused by a missing doubled consonant: 'I am hopping to finish my homework before dinner' (meaning expecting, not jumping).
  20. 20th October 2023Correct the tense error: 'Last week, she swims to the buoy and back without stopping.'
  21. 21st October 2023A poem has irregular line lengths and no rhyme scheme, but a steady, insistent rhythm created by repeating the same three-syllable phrase. What technique creates this effect?
  22. 22nd October 2023What is the name for a poem with no regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
  23. 23rd October 2023A character 'counted his steps instead of looking down.' What does this suggest about his feelings?
  24. 24th October 2023Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? A) I like tennis; and swimming. B) I like tennis; my sister prefers swimming.
  25. 25th October 2023A writer describes a current as "dragging greedy fingers along the wreck." Name the technique used here.
  26. 26th October 2023Find 2/5 of 65.
  27. 27th October 2023A box of 15 chocolates costs 4.50 pounds. Work out the cost of one chocolate.
  28. 28th October 2023Work out 56 / 7.
  29. 29th October 2023In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 27 degrees and the opposite side is 6 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse, to 1 decimal place.
  30. 30th October 2023Work out 3/4 of 148.
  31. 31st October 2023Share 156 pounds between two people in the ratio 7:6.