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May 2024 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in May 2024, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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May 2024

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in May 2024

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 2024Five pupils recorded the number of minutes they spent reading yesterday: 9, 13, 20, 11, 17. Find the mean number of minutes.
  2. 2nd May 2024Name the organelle found in both plant and animal cells that is the site of aerobic respiration.
  3. 3rd May 2024A block of wood has a mass of 60 g and a volume of 80 cm^3. Calculate its density.
  4. 4th May 2024A farmer weighing 900 N stands on the ground. Her boots have a total sole area of 0.03 m^2. Use pressure = force / area to calculate the pressure she exerts on the ground, giving your answer in Pa.
  5. 5th May 2024A ray of light travels from air into a glass block and bends towards the normal at the boundary. Name this effect.
  6. 6th May 2024Name one structure found in a plant cell that is not found in an animal cell.
  7. 7th May 2024A wave has a wavelength of 2 m and a frequency of 5 Hz. Use wave speed = frequency x wavelength to calculate its speed.
  8. 8th May 2024A pupil's results table is missing units for one column, headed only 'Volume'. State why it is important to always include a unit in a column heading or with a numerical answer.
  9. 9th May 2024Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the handle was rusted solid, the door creaked open at last."
  10. 10th May 2024Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: hurry up whispered Kofi we havent got much time
  11. 11th May 2024A question asks you to 'state one reason why the train was delayed, using evidence from the text.' What kind of answer is required?
  12. 12th May 2024A diver notices 'a single brass buckle winking in the torchlight.' Which word suggests the buckle is briefly catching and reflecting the light?
  13. 13th May 2024In the phrase "silent, secret snow", which technique is being used?
  14. 14th May 2024What is a counter-argument, and why might a writer include one?
  15. 15th May 2024In the phrase "silent, snow-hushed streets", which technique is being used?
  16. 16th May 2024Calculate the perimeter of a rectangle measuring 14 cm by 8.5 cm.
  17. 17th May 2024A pack of 24 pencils costs 3.60 pounds. Work out the cost of one pencil.
  18. 18th May 2024Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  19. 19th May 2024A parallelogram has base 12 cm and perpendicular height 5 cm. Work out its area.
  20. 20th May 20243 workers can paint a fence in 8 hours, working at the same constant rate. How long would it take 4 workers to paint the same fence?
  21. 21st May 2024Find 10% of 95 pounds.
  22. 22nd May 2024Work out 9 x 8.
  23. 23rd May 2024A coat costs 80 pounds. It is reduced by 35% in a sale. Work out the sale price.
  24. 24th May 2024Work out 15% of 60.
  25. 25th May 2024Complete the word equation for photosynthesis: carbon dioxide + water produces ___ + ___.
  26. 26th May 2024Explain why a pencil, not a pen, must be used to draw the baseline on chromatography paper.
  27. 27th May 2024Put these bodies in order of their distance from the Sun, starting with the closest: Mars, Mercury, Earth, Venus.
  28. 28th May 2024State whether elements in the same group of the periodic table have similar or very different chemical properties.
  29. 29th May 2024Give the chemical symbol for the element sodium.
  30. 30th May 2024State the name of a reaction in which a more reactive metal displaces a less reactive metal from a compound.
  31. 31st May 2024A question asks you to 'summarise the passage in your own words.' What must you avoid doing when answering it?