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January 2025 - 13+ Common Entrance 5-a-day

Every 13+ Common Entrance sheet published in January 2025, with answers. Common Entrance english, maths and science.

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January 2025

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in January 2025

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st January 2025Ade and Bo share 56 sweets in the ratio 3:4. How many sweets does Bo receive?
  2. 2nd January 2025108 pounds is shared between Amir and Bea in the ratio 4:5.
  3. 3rd January 2025Write 0.4 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  4. 4th January 2025Write 5/8 as a decimal.
  5. 5th January 2025Work out 7 x 9 - 4 x 5.
  6. 6th January 2025Name the green pigment, found in chloroplasts, that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
  7. 7th January 2025Name the group of the periodic table that contains elements which are almost completely unreactive because their outer electron shell is full.
  8. 8th January 2025State why an astronaut in open space, far from any planet or star, cannot hear an explosion happening nearby.
  9. 9th January 2025Name the green pigment found in chloroplasts that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
  10. 10th January 2025Name the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
  11. 11th January 2025Name the small intestine's main job in the digestive system.
  12. 12th January 2025Which word means the same as 'ancient' in a sentence describing an old, crumbling castle: 'timeworn', 'modern', 'spacious' or 'lively'?
  13. 13th January 2025Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Regular ___ at the piano will improve your technique. (practice / practise)
  14. 14th January 2025Identify and correct the pronoun error: 'The dog wagged their tail happily.'
  15. 15th January 2025A poem compares old age to 'a candle guttering low, still giving light.' Name this technique.
  16. 16th January 2025Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The fire hissed and spat its sparks'?
  17. 17th January 2025Find and copy one word from 'the mist swallowed the path ahead of him' that gives the mist a human or animal-like quality.
  18. 18th January 2025Which punctuation mark is missing, and where, from this sentence: Please bring your pencil case ruler and calculator to the exam.
  19. 19th January 2025A diver signals "all clear" with a steady hand, but his eyes keep darting towards the wreck's dark entrance. Explain what the contrast between his signal and his eyes suggests.
  20. 20th January 2025Simplify 5x + 3y - 2x + 7y.
  21. 21st January 2025Find 1/3 of 96.
  22. 22nd January 2025Work out -12 + 4 x 3.
  23. 23rd January 2025Solve x^2 - 2x - 24 = 0.
  24. 24th January 2025Work out 207 divided by 9, showing your written method.
  25. 25th January 2025Work out 143 divided by 11.
  26. 26th January 2025At a small maths club meeting, every one of the 8 members shakes hands with every other member exactly once. Work out the total number of handshakes.
  27. 27th January 2025A right-angled triangle has hypotenuse 17 cm and one leg of 8 cm. Calculate the length of the other leg.
  28. 28th January 2025Rearrange the formula P = 2l + 2w to make w the subject.
  29. 29th January 2025A food sample turns from blue to brick-red when Benedict's solution is added and the mixture is heated. State which nutrient this positive result shows is present.
  30. 30th January 2025State the method used to extract aluminium from its ore, and explain why this method is needed rather than reduction with carbon.
  31. 31st January 2025Define the terms 'solute' and 'solvent'.