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

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

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October 2024

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in October 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 October 2024A jacket costs 65 pounds. Work out the cost after a 20% discount.
  2. 2nd October 2024p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 8, p = 9. Work out p when q = 6.
  3. 3rd October 2024Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  4. 4th October 2024Work out 5/6 of 90.
  5. 5th October 2024A regular polygon has an exterior angle of 24 degrees. Work out how many sides the polygon has.
  6. 6th October 2024A rectangle has length 9.2 cm and width 6.8 cm. Calculate its perimeter.
  7. 7th October 2024Find the nth term of the sequence 2, 5, 8, 11, ...
  8. 8th October 2024Name the substance that builds up in muscles during anaerobic respiration and causes fatigue.
  9. 9th October 2024Name the two substances that must both be present for iron to rust.
  10. 10th October 2024A results table has columns for 'Time (s)' and 'Temperature (degrees C)'. State which of these two variables would normally be plotted on the x-axis of a line graph.
  11. 11th October 2024State which planet in the Solar System is closest to the Sun.
  12. 12th October 2024State the name of the process by which light rays bend as they pass from air into glass.
  13. 13th October 2024A student reads the volume of liquid in a measuring cylinder. The bottom of the meniscus lines up exactly halfway between the 22 cm^3 and 24 cm^3 graduation marks. State the volume of liquid.
  14. 14th October 2024A non-fiction text about volcanoes uses the heading "How an Eruption Happens." What is the purpose of this heading?
  15. 15th October 2024What is the name for a poem written in three-line stanzas?
  16. 16th October 2024A poem has four-line stanzas with an ABAB rhyme scheme throughout. What effect might this regular structure have on the reader?
  17. 17th October 2024Insert a colon in the correct place: The kit list included the following items a torch, a compass and a whistle.
  18. 18th October 2024Correct the subject-verb agreement error: The team of swimmers were training every morning.
  19. 19th October 2024A poem compares the fox's eyes to 'two small, cold coins.' Name this technique.
  20. 20th October 2024A biography states that a person 'left school at fourteen to support her family, and by twenty-one had opened her own shop.' What can a reader infer about this person's character from these facts?
  21. 21st October 2024A line has equation y = 4x - 7. Write down its gradient and its y-intercept.
  22. 22nd October 2024A car valued at 12,000 pounds depreciates by 15% in its first year. Work out its value at the end of the first year.
  23. 23rd October 2024Write 3/5 as a decimal.
  24. 24th October 2024After a 12% pay rise, Priya's monthly salary is 2,240 pounds. Work out her monthly salary before the pay rise.
  25. 25th October 2024On a map with a scale of 1 : 25,000, two villages are 6.8 cm apart. Work out the real-life distance between the villages, in kilometres.
  26. 26th October 2024Expand and simplify (x + 5)(x - 3).
  27. 27th October 2024Simplify sqrt(75) - sqrt(12), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(3).
  28. 28th October 2024Work out 9.6 divided by 0.4.
  29. 29th October 2024Calculate 47 + 36.
  30. 30th October 2024State two functions of the human skeleton.
  31. 31st October 2024Describe the test for carbon dioxide gas, and state the positive result.