Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
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.
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.
- 1st October 2023Name the technique used in this line: New worlds. New characters. New ideas, every single time.
- 2nd October 2023If a poem starts with long, flowing lines and ends with very short, clipped lines, what effect might this create?
- 3rd October 2023A cuboid measures 7 cm by 5 cm by 4 cm. Calculate its volume.
- 4th October 2023Simplify 6a + 9 - 2a - 4.
- 5th October 2023Simplify 4(2x - 3) + 5.
- 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.
- 7th October 2023Write the ratio 16:24 in its simplest form.
- 8th October 2023Work out 8 x 6.
- 9th October 2023Find 3/5 of 45.
- 10th October 2023Work out 15 x 14, using a written method.
- 11th October 2023Find 3/4 of 88.
- 12th October 2023State one way a communicable disease differs from a non-communicable disease.
- 13th October 2023State the name given to a horizontal row of the periodic table.
- 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.
- 15th October 2023A sound wave has a high frequency. State whether this means it has a high pitch or a low pitch.
- 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.
- 17th October 2023Name the three states of matter.
- 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.
- 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).
- 20th October 2023Correct the tense error: 'Last week, she swims to the buoy and back without stopping.'
- 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?
- 22nd October 2023What is the name for a poem with no regular rhyme scheme or fixed rhythm?
- 23rd October 2023A character 'counted his steps instead of looking down.' What does this suggest about his feelings?
- 24th October 2023Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? A) I like tennis; and swimming. B) I like tennis; my sister prefers swimming.
- 25th October 2023A writer describes a current as "dragging greedy fingers along the wreck." Name the technique used here.
- 26th October 2023Find 2/5 of 65.
- 27th October 2023A box of 15 chocolates costs 4.50 pounds. Work out the cost of one chocolate.
- 28th October 2023Work out 56 / 7.
- 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.
- 30th October 2023Work out 3/4 of 148.
- 31st October 2023Share 156 pounds between two people in the ratio 7:6.