Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
March 2024 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in March 2024, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in March 2024
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2024Amara is investigating how the mass of a paper cone affects how long it takes to fall from a fixed height. State the independent variable and the dependent variable in this investigation.
- 2nd March 2024In a factual text, is the sentence "Hot air balloons were first flown in France in 1783" a fact or an opinion?
- 3rd March 2024A poem repeats the phrase 'and still it climbed' at the end of every stanza. What is this technique called, and what might its effect be?
- 4th March 2024Find and copy one word from the phrase 'the old clock ticked its patient rhythm' that gives the clock a human quality.
- 5th March 2024Which punctuation mark correctly joins these two sentences without adding a joining word: 'The coach was late the pupils waited in the hall.'?
- 6th March 2024Choose the correct word: I'm not sure ___ my umbrella is. (where / were / we're)
- 7th March 2024A poem is written in a single, unbroken stanza with no rhyme. What effect might this create?
- 8th March 2024A magazine article about volcanoes is broken into sections titled 'How volcanoes form', 'Famous eruptions' and 'Living near a volcano'. What are these called, and what is their purpose?
- 9th March 2024Write down the coordinates of the point 3 units to the left of the origin and 5 units up.
- 10th March 2024Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(-3, 5) and B(7, -1).
- 11th March 2024Write 0.72 as a percentage.
- 12th March 2024A shop increases a price by 25%, then later reduces the new price by 20%. Work out the overall percentage change from the original price.
- 13th March 2024An open-top fish tank, with no lid, is a cuboid with length 50 cm, width 30 cm and height 25 cm. Work out the total area of glass needed to make the tank.
- 14th March 2024A chord divides a circle so that the angle at the centre is 130 degrees. Work out the angle at the circumference subtended by the same chord, on the major arc.
- 15th March 2024Factorise 2x^2 + 7x + 3.
- 16th March 2024A recipe uses 3 eggs for every 240 g of flour. Work out how many grams of flour are needed for 7 eggs, at the same ratio.
- 17th March 2024Work out 5 + 4 x 3 - 2.
- 18th March 2024Name the organelle in a plant cell that contains chlorophyll and is the site of photosynthesis.
- 19th March 2024State the colour universal indicator turns in a strong alkali.
- 20th March 2024State whether the north pole of one bar magnet placed near the north pole of a second bar magnet will attract or repel.
- 21st March 2024A solution has pH 10. State whether it is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
- 22nd March 2024A diver swims from the surface down to a depth of 10 m in a swimming pool. State how the water pressure on her body changes as she swims deeper, and give a reason.
- 23rd March 2024State the word equation for aerobic respiration.
- 24th March 2024State the name given to a value read from a graph beyond the range of the data that was actually measured.
- 25th March 2024A question asks you to "find and copy one word" meaning "extremely cold." Which of these fits: "freezing", "mild", "warm" or "humid"?
- 26th March 2024A factual article about volcanic islands is broken into sections titled 'How islands form', 'Life on the slopes' and 'Living with the risk'. What are these called, and what is their purpose?
- 27th March 2024You are asked to summarise a whole article in two sentences. What should you prioritise including?
- 28th March 2024Is the claim 'recycling is clearly the most important thing you can do for the planet' a fact or an opinion?
- 29th March 2024Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'Because the tide was rising, the children ran back up the beach.'
- 30th March 2024Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: mind the gap called the guard as the doors slid shut
- 31st March 2024Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "A trader called out his prices, and shoppers began to gather."