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Key Facts: Hokkaido Entrance Science Exam
50 min / 100 points
Length and maximum score of the Hokkaido science paper (held March 4, 2026)
Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education Reiwa 8 selection handbook
5 subjects / 500 points
Five-subject academic examination total, combined with the 315-point naishinten report card in selection
Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education Reiwa 8 selection handbook
Mar 4, 2026
Reiwa 8 academic examination date; results announced March 17, 2026
Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education Reiwa 8 selection schedule
JPY 2,200
Entrance selection fee, paid with Hokkaido revenue stamps attached to the application form
Hokkaido Prefectural School Ordinance via the Reiwa 8 selection handbook
70 / 15 / 15
Approximate seat shares weighing exam and report card almost equally, emphasizing the exam, and emphasizing the report card
Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education selection method outline
100
Free original practice questions in this bank
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The Hokkaido public high school entrance science paper is a 50-minute, 100-point written exam held on March 4, 2026, covering physics, chemistry, biology, and earth science, set by the Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education. This page offers 100 original practice questions with explanations as a study aid.
Sample Hokkaido Entrance Science Practice Questions
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1A student runs 150 m in 30 seconds at a steady pace. What is the student's average speed?
2A book rests motionless on a horizontal table. Which statement about the forces on the book is correct?
3A ray of light strikes a flat mirror with an angle of incidence of 40°. What is the angle of reflection?
4A voltage of 6 V is applied across a 2 Ω resistor. What current flows through the resistor?
5Through which medium does sound travel fastest?
6A ray of light travels parallel to the principal axis of a convex lens. What happens to the ray after it passes through the lens?
7Two small lamps are connected in series with one battery. How does the current at different points in the circuit compare?
8You push on a solid wall with your hand, and the wall does not move. According to the law of action and reaction, which statement is true?
9A current of 0.5 A flows through a 12 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across the resistor?
10A 6 Ω resistor and a 12 Ω resistor are connected in parallel to a 12 V battery. What is the total current supplied by the battery?
About the Hokkaido Entrance Science Exam
The Hokkaido Public High School Entrance Examination science paper is created by the Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education. The single 50-minute, 100-point paper, sat on March 4, 2026 in the Reiwa 8 selection, spans physics/energy, chemistry, biology, and earth science on the 2017 MEXT junior-high Course of Study, with experimental-data interpretation and written explanations rather than multiple choice. Admission combines the five-subject scores (500 points) with the 315-point junior-high report card and interviews or practical tests where held. This page provides 100 original English-language practice questions with detailed explanations as a study adaptation — not an official translation or a simulation of the official format.
Assessment
The real Hokkaido science examination is a 50-minute paper scored out of 100 points (500 total across five subjects: kokugo, social studies, mathematics, science, and English including a listening test); in the Reiwa 8 (2026) selection it was sat on March 4, 2026, with interviews and practical tests on March 5 and selection results announced on March 17, 2026. Since Reiwa 4 (2022) all applicants take one unified problem set — the school-discretion problems were abolished and each paper lengthened from 45 to 50 minutes. The paper is created by the Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education on the 2017 (Heisei 29) MEXT junior-high Course of Study for science and spans the physics/energy, chemistry, biology, and earth-science strands, with heavy use of experiments, graphs, and tables requiring written interpretation rather than multiple choice. Each school admits applicants by combining the academic examination with the 315-point junior-high report card (naishinten, grade-1 and grade-2 totals doubled and the grade-3 total tripled) and interviews or practical tests where held: roughly 70% of seats weigh the exam and report card almost equally, about 15% emphasize the exam, and about 15% emphasize the report card, with weighted subject scoring (keisha haiten) at some schools. A supplementary examination (tsui-kensa) was held March 11, 2026, and a second recruitment (niji boshū) ran in late March. This local bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation providing 100 original practice items.
Time Limit
50 minutes for the science subject paper (held on March 4, 2026 in the Reiwa 8 selection)
Passing Score
No fixed pass mark; scored out of 100 points (500 total across 5 subjects); selection combines the academic test with the 315-point naishinten report card, weighing them almost equally for roughly 70% of seats, exam-emphasis for about 15%, and report-card-emphasis for about 15%, with optional keisha haiten subject weighting
Exam Fee
JPY 2,200 entrance selection fee, the amount set by the Hokkaido Prefectural School Ordinance, paid with Hokkaido revenue stamps attached to the application form per the Reiwa 8 (2026) selection handbook (Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education (北海道教育委員会))
Hokkaido Entrance Science Exam Content Outline
Physics and Energy
Motion and forces, pressure, work and power, light and sound, electric circuits and Ohm's law, and magnetism.
Chemistry
States of matter, solutions and concentration, chemical change and mass conservation, ions, acids, bases, and neutralization.
Biology
Cells, photosynthesis and respiration, digestion and circulation, the nervous system, heredity, and ecosystems.
Earth Science
Strata and fossils, volcanoes and earthquakes, weather and humidity, and the solar system and celestial motion.
How to Pass the Hokkaido Entrance Science Exam
What You Need to Know
- Passing score: No fixed pass mark; scored out of 100 points (500 total across 5 subjects); selection combines the academic test with the 315-point naishinten report card, weighing them almost equally for roughly 70% of seats, exam-emphasis for about 15%, and report-card-emphasis for about 15%, with optional keisha haiten subject weighting
- Assessment: The real Hokkaido science examination is a 50-minute paper scored out of 100 points (500 total across five subjects: kokugo, social studies, mathematics, science, and English including a listening test); in the Reiwa 8 (2026) selection it was sat on March 4, 2026, with interviews and practical tests on March 5 and selection results announced on March 17, 2026. Since Reiwa 4 (2022) all applicants take one unified problem set — the school-discretion problems were abolished and each paper lengthened from 45 to 50 minutes. The paper is created by the Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education on the 2017 (Heisei 29) MEXT junior-high Course of Study for science and spans the physics/energy, chemistry, biology, and earth-science strands, with heavy use of experiments, graphs, and tables requiring written interpretation rather than multiple choice. Each school admits applicants by combining the academic examination with the 315-point junior-high report card (naishinten, grade-1 and grade-2 totals doubled and the grade-3 total tripled) and interviews or practical tests where held: roughly 70% of seats weigh the exam and report card almost equally, about 15% emphasize the exam, and about 15% emphasize the report card, with weighted subject scoring (keisha haiten) at some schools. A supplementary examination (tsui-kensa) was held March 11, 2026, and a second recruitment (niji boshū) ran in late March. This local bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation providing 100 original practice items.
- Time limit: 50 minutes for the science subject paper (held on March 4, 2026 in the Reiwa 8 selection)
- Exam fee: JPY 2,200 entrance selection fee, the amount set by the Hokkaido Prefectural School Ordinance, paid with Hokkaido revenue stamps attached to the application form per the Reiwa 8 (2026) selection handbook
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is the real Hokkaido science entrance paper multiple-choice?
No. The official paper requires written constructed responses built around experiments, graphs, and data tables. The Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education publishes the actual problems and answers after each sitting, but not as a multiple-choice set. The MCQs here are an English-language study adaptation — not an official translation or format simulation — so keep practicing full written explanations of experimental results separately.
Are these questions official past exam problems?
No. Although the Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education publishes the actual examination problems after each sitting, it does not publish them as a multiple-choice set. This bank is an original English-language MCQ study adaptation aligned to the 2017 MEXT junior-high Course of Study, with genuine calculation items such as Ohm's law circuits, solution concentration, humidity, and work and power.
How long is the science paper and what is the maximum score?
The science paper is a single 50-minute exam scored out of 100 points, sat on March 4, 2026 in the Reiwa 8 selection. The five subjects total 500 points, and admission combines these scores with the 315-point junior-high report card (naishinten) and interviews or practical tests where held; roughly 70% of seats weigh the exam and report card almost equally, about 15% emphasize the exam, and about 15% emphasize the report card.
What is the Reiwa 8 (2026) application and results schedule?
Applications were accepted January 19-22, 2026, with school-choice changes January 27 - February 2 and the JPY 2,200 selection fee paid with Hokkaido revenue stamps. The academic examination was held on March 4, 2026, interviews and practical tests on March 5, a supplementary examination on March 11, and selection results were announced on March 17, 2026. A second recruitment (niji boshū) ran in late March.
What parts of the junior-high science curriculum does the exam cover?
The paper covers the 2017 MEXT junior-high science curriculum across four strands: physics and energy (forces, motion, work, electricity, magnetism), chemistry (matter, solutions, chemical change, ions, acids and bases), biology (cells, photosynthesis, the body, heredity, ecosystems), and earth science (geology, earthquakes, weather, astronomy). This bank distributes its 100 items evenly across those four strands.
Do these details apply to the next (Reiwa 9 / 2027) entrance examination?
The figures on this page describe the Reiwa 8 cycle, whose academic examination was sat on March 4, 2026. The five-subject, 50-minute, 100-point structure has been stable since Reiwa 4 (2022), but confirm the Reiwa 9 dates and rules on the Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education's own pages before relying on them, because application windows, fees, and selection ratios can change.