Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
December 1955 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1955
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1955What is 40% of 65?
- 2nd December 1955The first term of a sequence is 3, and each term after that is found by doubling the previous term and adding 1. What is the third term?
- 3rd December 1955Correct the punctuation in this sentence: 'the girls bag was found near the school gate'.
- 4th December 1955A triangle has a base of 10 cm and a height of 6 cm. Find its area.
- 5th December 1955What is 0.6 written as a fraction in its simplest form?
- 6th December 1955BC is to YX as GH is to ? A) TS B) ST C) SU D) TU E) SS
- 7th December 1955Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to BRAVE.
- 8th December 1955MILE ( ??? ) WALL - which word completes MILE and begins WALL?
- 9th December 19553 (14) 4 | 5 (?) 3.
- 10th December 1955Here are five words: TEAM, MATE, MEAT, TABLE, CHESS. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
- 11th December 1955Priya is taller than Sam. Sam is taller than Tariq. Tariq is taller than Ben. Who is the second shortest?
- 12th December 1955Find the next number in the series: 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, ( ? )
- 13th December 1955Find the next term in the series: 4, 7, 13, 25, 49, ( ? )
- 14th December 19552, 6, 18, 54, ( ? ) A) 108 B) 144 C) 150 D) 162 E) 216
- 15th December 1955Which ONE word means both 'a piece of clothing worn knotted around the neck with a shirt' and 'an equal score at the end of a match'? A) SCARF B) DRAW C) TIE D) KNOT E) SCORE
- 16th December 1955PETAL is to FLOWER as BRANCH is to ? A) Root B) Leaf C) Tree D) Forest E) Trunk
- 17th December 1955Which word is closest in meaning to VIVID? A) Dull B) Bright C) Boring D) Faint E) Grey
- 18th December 1955Find the next number: 96, 48, 24, 12, 6, ( ? )
- 19th December 1955Complete the third pair using the same pattern as the first two: (UP, DOWN) (LEFT, RIGHT) (IN, ? ) A) Around B) Out C) Over D) Under E) Through
- 20th December 1955B ( ? ? ? ) USION. A) OWL B) ARE C) ILL D) ICE E) OAT
- 21st December 1955Find the hidden four-letter word that runs across two consecutive words: 'The demo onstage impressed everyone.'
- 22nd December 1955SPARK is to FIRE as CRACK is to ( ? ) A) Break B) Glass C) Sound D) Noise E) Damage
- 23rd December 1955Find the next number in this sequence, which weaves together three separate simpler sequences: 1, 10, 100, 2, 20, 90, 3, 30, 80, ( ? )
- 24th December 1955Find the letter that continues the series: B, E, C, F, D, ( ? ) A) G B) A C) H D) F E) I
- 25th December 1955'It was, in short, a most disagreeable errand, and one he would gladly have declined had duty permitted.' What does this sentence tell you about the character's attitude to the errand?
- 26th December 1955The root 'scrib/script' means to write. What does 'transcribe' most likely mean?
- 27th December 1955Explain why a non-fiction writer might include a statistic, such as a percentage or number, rather than a vague description like 'many people'.
- 28th December 1955In your own words, summarise the two main concerns raised against changing school start times.
- 29th December 1955Explain in one sentence why the writer chooses to show Nadia's feelings through her actions rather than having her state directly how she feels.
- 30th December 1955'He answered every question in a single word, his eyes fixed on the floor.' What might this behaviour suggest about how the character is feeling during the conversation?
- 31st December 1955Explain in one sentence why using an animal comparison for the sea, rather than simply describing waves rising and falling, makes the description more powerful.