Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
November 2024 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day
Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in November 2024, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.
Every sheet in November 2024
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 2024State whether sound is a transverse wave or a longitudinal wave.
- 2nd November 2024Name the organ that produces bile, which helps to digest fats.
- 3rd November 2024State whether melting ice is a physical change or a chemical change, and give a reason.
- 4th November 2024A pupil measures the resultant force on an object as 0 N even though several forces are acting on it. State the term used to describe forces in this situation.
- 5th November 2024State the name given to a value read from a graph that lies between two points that were actually measured.
- 6th November 2024A guide tells the group "we're nearly there" in a steady voice, but keeps glancing anxiously at the darkening sky. Explain what the contrast between his words and his glances suggests.
- 7th November 2024You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 8th November 2024Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 9th November 2024What is emotive language, and why might a writer use it in a leaflet about ocean pollution?
- 10th November 2024Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The storm was BIG.'
- 11th November 2024Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The doors opened, and passengers spilled onto the platform."
- 12th November 2024Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The market was NOISY."
- 13th November 2024A bag contains only red and yellow beads. The probability of picking a red bead is 0.65. If there are 140 beads in total, how many are yellow?
- 14th November 2024y is directly proportional to x. When x = 6, y = 15. Work out y when x = 10.
- 15th November 2024A bag contains 8 red, 9 blue and 7 green counters only. A counter is picked at random. Work out the probability it is red, giving your answer as a decimal to 3 significant figures.
- 16th November 2024Find 3/5 of 120.
- 17th November 2024A researcher wants to find the average pocket money received by pupils at a school, so she surveys only the pupils waiting outside the head teacher's office. Give one reason this is likely to produce a biased sample.
- 18th November 2024A triangle is inscribed in a circle so that one of its sides is a diameter of the circle. Explain, using a circle theorem, why the angle at the third vertex (opposite that side) must be 90 degrees.
- 19th November 2024Solve 5x - 4 = 21.
- 20th November 2024A train travels 245 km in 3.5 hours. Work out its average speed.
- 21st November 2024A laptop is on sale for 340 pounds after a 15% reduction. Calculate its original price.
- 22nd November 2024On a microscope, the eyepiece lens has a magnification of x10 and the objective lens in use has a magnification of x40. Calculate the total magnification.
- 23rd November 2024In the disappearing cross experiment, a student times how long it takes for a cross under the flask to disappear from view. Explain why a shorter time indicates a faster reaction.
- 24th November 2024A car's velocity increases from 5 m/s to 17 m/s in 4 seconds. Use acceleration = change in velocity / time taken to calculate its acceleration.
- 25th November 2024Name the reaction type in which a fuel reacts with oxygen, releasing energy as heat and light.
- 26th November 2024A solid is heated until it turns directly into a gas without becoming a liquid first. Name this change of state.
- 27th November 2024State the approximate time it takes for light from the Sun to reach the Earth.
- 28th November 2024Which punctuation mark is missing, and where, from this sentence: Bring your boots shin pads and water bottle to training.
- 29th November 2024A four-mark question asks you to explain the effect of the writer's language in one paragraph. Roughly how many separate points should your answer include?
- 30th November 2024A question asks you to "find and copy one word" meaning "silent." Which of these fits: "hushed", "loud", "busy" or "bright"?