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October 1959 5-a-day

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October 1959

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

October 1959 compilationAll answers

Every sheet in October 1959

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

  1. 1st October 1959Shape 1 is a rectangle 6cm wide and 2cm tall. Shape 2 is a rectangle 2cm wide and 3cm tall. Shape 2's marked 2cm edge joins along part of Shape 1's top edge, flush with the right-hand end. What is the combined shape's height at its tallest point?
  2. 2nd October 1959Example 1: code 2KL shows a small, black square. Example 2: code 3KL shows a large, black square. Example 3: code 2WL shows a small, white square. Example 4: code 2KS shows a small, black pentagon. What does code 3WS show?
  3. 3rd October 1959Here are five words: DIAMOND, RUBY, COPPER, EMERALD, IRON. Three of these five words share something in common. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
  4. 4th October 1959Write 0.08 as a percentage.
  5. 5th October 1959'Tom's hands trembled as he opened the envelope.' What does this suggest about Tom?
  6. 6th October 1959Which one of these words does not belong with the others: triangle, square, circle, cube, pentagon?
  7. 7th October 1959The temperature at the start of the day is -6 degrees Celsius. By midday it has risen by 11 degrees. What is the temperature at midday?
  8. 8th October 1959A shop sells pencils in packs of 6 for 2.40 pounds. What is the cost of one pencil?
  9. 9th October 1959What is the correct plural of 'story'?
  10. 10th October 1959Three of these words are close in meaning to 'quick' and one is not: rapid, swift, sluggish, speedy. Identify the odd one out.
  11. 11th October 1959Which single word means the same as both 'quick' and 'sharp' (as in a knife's edge)?
  12. 12th October 1959A shape is rotated 180 degrees. If the original shape has a dot in the top-left corner, where will the dot be after the rotation?
  13. 13th October 1959'She read the letter twice before folding it carefully and placing it in the drawer where she kept nothing else.' What does the detail of the empty drawer suggest about the letter's importance to her?
  14. 14th October 1959A journey of 150 miles is split so that the first 2/5 is driven on a motorway. How many miles remain after the motorway section?
  15. 15th October 1959'The old house creaked and groaned in the wind.' Name the technique used in this description.
  16. 16th October 1959Identify the verb in the sentence: 'The tired hikers finally reached the summit.'
  17. 17th October 1959BC is to CD as MN is to ? A) NO B) MO C) OP D) NM E) ON
  18. 18th October 1959AUTHOR is to NOVEL as COMPOSER is to ?
  19. 19th October 1959BLACK ( ) LINE - which word completes BLACK and begins LINE?
  20. 20th October 1959(4 + [ ]) x 3 = 27. Find the missing number.
  21. 21st October 1959Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: PLU ( ? ) ANE
  22. 22nd October 1959Freya is faster than Grace. Harry is faster than Ivy. Who is faster, Freya or Ivy?
  23. 23rd October 1959A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'The machine arrived yesterday morning.' A) NEAR B) CHIN C) HINE D) VEAR E) RIVE
  24. 24th October 1959Which ONE word means both 'the main city of a country, where the government is based' and 'a letter written in its large, upper-case form'? A) CAPITAL B) NATION C) CENTRE D) MAJOR E) HEADLINE
  25. 25th October 1959If the code for CANDLE is AYLBJC, what is the code for GARDEN, using the same rule? A) ICTFGP B) FZQCDM C) EYPBCL D) DXOABK E) LCBPYE
  26. 26th October 1959Using A=1, B=2, up to Z=26, the code for MUSIC is 13-21-19-9-3. What is the code for DANCE, using the same rule?
  27. 27th October 19592, 3, 5, 8, 13, ( ? )
  28. 28th October 1959Find the next letter in the series: W, T, Q, N, ( ? ) A) J B) K C) L D) I E) H
  29. 29th October 1959A=6, B=4, C=2, D=12, E=22. Work out A x (B - C). Which letter has this value?
  30. 30th October 1959Find the next number: 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ( ? )
  31. 31st October 1959A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'She practised yoga terribly at first but improved with time.' A) DUST B) GATE C) LAMP D) MEAL E) RATE