Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
March 1959 5-a-day
Every sheet in March 1959
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 1959Rewrite the informal sentence "I don't think this is fair and you should change it" in a more formal register suitable for a letter to a headteacher.
- 2nd March 1959Identify the simile used in Extract A and explain what it suggests about Grandad's feelings towards the swifts.
- 3rd March 1959Complete the gap: 'The recipe called for two eggs, but Tom had only (1)_______ , so he halved the other ingredients too.'
- 4th March 1959A savings account of 500 pounds earns 4% interest in a year. Work out the amount in the account after one year.
- 5th March 1959Explain why it is important to identify which step, the fraction or the ratio, happens first in a combined ratio and fraction problem.
- 6th March 1959A cuboid has length 6 cm, width 4 cm and height 3 cm. Calculate its total surface area.
- 7th March 1959Maya is twice as old as her brother Leo. Maya is 16. How old is Leo?
- 8th March 1959Point H is at the origin, (0, 0). Translate H by 3 left and 5 up. Write down the new coordinates.
- 9th March 1959A train departs 09:20 and arrives 10:05. How long does the journey take?
- 10th March 1959Six numbers have a mean of 9. Work out their total.
- 11th March 1959Using the nth term rule 4n - 3, find the 10th term of the sequence.
- 12th March 1959A pupil answers 42 questions correctly out of 50 on a mock paper. What percentage did they score?
- 13th March 1959Find the 10th term of the sequence with nth term 6n - 2.
- 14th March 1959A cinema sells popcorn at 3.40 pounds and a drink at 2.10 pounds. What is the cost of one popcorn and one drink together?
- 15th March 1959Solve: 5x - 4 = 21.
- 16th March 1959A school buys 15 footballs at 8 pounds each and gets a 12-pound discount on the total order. How much does the school pay?
- 17th March 1959Write 5/8 as a decimal.
- 18th March 1959What number bond to 20 pairs with 14?
- 19th March 1959A baker makes 84 muffins and packs them into boxes of 6. How many boxes does she fill?
- 20th March 1959A rectangle has an area of 48 cm squared and a width of 6 cm. What is its length?
- 21st March 1959Work out 2/3 x 3/4, giving your answer in its simplest form.
- 22nd March 1959What is 8 times 5, plus 6?
- 23rd March 1959The nth term of a sequence is 4n - 1. Find the 6th term.
- 24th March 1959Tickets cost 8 pounds each. A family of 5 buys tickets and pays with 50 pounds. How much change do they get?
- 25th March 1959Write 29/8 as a mixed number.
- 26th March 1959Simplify the ratio 45 : 60 to its simplest form.
- 27th March 1959A rectangle has an area of 72 cm^2 and a length of 9 cm. Find its width.
- 28th March 1959Find 35% of 140 kg.
- 29th March 195912 x 12 = ?
- 30th March 1959A function machine multiplies a number by 3, then adds 5. If the output is 26, what was the input?
- 31st March 1959A number is a multiple of both 4 and 6, lies between 30 and 50, and has a digit sum of 9. What is the number?