Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
August 2024 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in August 2024, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in August 2024
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2024Name the specialised cell in humans that is adapted with a long tail and many mitochondria to swim toward an egg cell.
- 2nd August 2024State what happens to a catalyst during a chemical reaction.
- 3rd August 2024State the unit normally used for speed in physics, and name one other unit that speed could also correctly be measured in.
- 4th August 2024Two forces of 10 N and 10 N act on an object in exactly opposite directions. Calculate the resultant force.
- 5th August 2024A trolley of mass 2 kg is raised to a height of 5 m. Use GPE = mass x gravitational field strength x height (g = 10 N/kg) to calculate its gravitational potential energy.
- 6th August 2024Name the planet in our solar system that is closest to the Sun.
- 7th August 2024Correct the punctuation in this sentence, which reports direct speech: the coach shouted keep going were nearly there
- 8th August 2024A question asks you to 'find and copy one word which shows that the workshop was untidy.' What kind of question is this, and how should you answer it?
- 9th August 2024A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how a writer builds atmosphere across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
- 10th August 2024Which of these would best speed up the pace of an action scene: a long sentence with several clauses, or a short, three-word sentence?
- 11th August 2024Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the funfair at midnight.'
- 12th August 2024Is the claim 'debating is clearly the single best way to build confidence' a fact or an opinion?
- 13th August 2024Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade readers to support an animal shelter.
- 14th August 2024Work out (-5) + (-8) - (-6).
- 15th August 2024p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 4, p = 15. Work out the value of p when q = 10.
- 16th August 2024Find 3/8 of 64.
- 17th August 2024Write 0.000078 in standard form.
- 18th August 2024A cylindrical bucket has radius 12 cm and height 25 cm. Work out its volume, to 3 significant figures. (Use pi = 3.14159.)
- 19th August 2024Work out sqrt(169) + 4^2.
- 20th August 2024Increase 240 pounds by 12%.
- 21st August 2024Work out 312 divided by 8, using a written method.
- 22nd August 2024The list shows the number of pets owned by 9 pupils: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 0, 1. Write down the mode.
- 23rd August 2024During vigorous exercise, a sprinter's muscles cannot get enough oxygen. Name the substance that builds up in the muscles as a result, and state one effect this has.
- 24th August 2024The density of olive oil is 0.92 g/cm^3. State, with a reason, whether olive oil would float or sink in water (density 1.0 g/cm^3).
- 25th August 2024A parcel of mass 2.5 kg is lifted onto a shelf 2 m above the ground. Take g = 10 N/kg and use GPE = mass x g x height. Calculate the gain in gravitational potential energy.
- 26th August 2024A solution turns universal indicator paper red. State whether the solution is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
- 27th August 2024State one disadvantage of burning coal to generate electricity.
- 28th August 2024Name the process of cell division that produces two genetically identical daughter cells for growth and repair.
- 29th August 2024In an investigation into reaction time, a pupil's results are 0.18 s, 0.19 s, 0.61 s, 0.18 s and 0.20 s. Identify the anomalous result, and suggest one likely reason it occurred.
- 30th August 2024Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Dust rose from the floor, and Elias covered his mouth."
- 31st August 2024Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The old house was SCARY.'