Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
April 1960 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 1960
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 1960In a number code, each pair of digits represents a letter's position in the alphabet (so 01=A, 02=B, and so on). What word is represented by the code '030120'?
- 2nd April 1960Choose the word closest in meaning to CAUTIOUS: careless, careful, quick, curious.
- 3rd April 1960A market stall sells apples at 0.30 pounds each. Priti buys 6 apples and pays with a 5 pound note. How much change does she get?
- 4th April 1960A shape rotates 180 degrees. If it started with a dot in the top-left corner, where is the dot now?
- 5th April 1960Which word means the opposite of 'generous': (a) kind (b) mean (c) wealthy (d) careful?
- 6th April 1960Here are five words: SUNNY, BICYCLE, WINDY, TRACTOR, RAINY. Three of these five words share something in common. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
- 7th April 1960A bottle holds 1.5 litres. If 350 ml is poured out, how many millilitres remain?
- 8th April 1960Which shape is the odd one out: a shape with 4 sides and 1 line of symmetry, a shape with 4 sides and 1 line of symmetry, a shape with 4 sides and 2 lines of symmetry, a shape with 4 sides and 1 line of symmetry?
- 9th April 1960Which is larger: 5/6 or 7/9? Show your working.
- 10th April 1960In the sentence 'The committee deliberated for hours before reaching a verdict', what does 'deliberated' suggest about how the decision was made?
- 11th April 1960CAT ( ) BOWL - which word completes CAT and begins BOWL?
- 12th April 1960(POSSIBLE, IMPOSSIBLE) (PATIENT, IMPATIENT) (MATURE, ?)
- 13th April 1960Find the next number: 10, 17, 31, 59, 115, ( ? )
- 14th April 1960F=30, G=3, H=4, J=18, K=12. Work out F - G x H. Which letter has this value?
- 15th April 1960In this code, letters are counted from the end of the alphabet, so Z=1, Y=2, and so on (for example, BIG has the code 25-18-20). Which word does the code 24-6-11 represent?
- 16th April 1960Using the key L=5, M=6, N=11, P=30, Q=1, work out (N - M) x M. Which letter has this value?
- 17th April 1960Find the next number in the series: 200, 190, 181, 173, 166, ( ? )
- 18th April 1960Choose the word closest in meaning to ASSIST. A) hinder B) help C) ignore D) request E) demand
- 19th April 1960Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to ABUNDANT. A) plentiful B) scarce C) huge D) common E) fresh
- 20th April 1960A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'Her costume attracted lots of attention.' A) COST B) MEAT C) READ D) ALCO E) TUME
- 21st April 1960If the code for CHASE is GLEWI, what is the code for BRAKE, using the same rule? A) EUDNH B) FVEOI C) GWFPJ D) FVDOH E) EVFOI
- 22nd April 1960Choose the word closest in meaning to CANDID. A) dishonest B) secretive C) honest D) shy E) formal
- 23rd April 1960Choose the word closest in meaning to TRANQUIL. A) Noisy B) Peaceful C) Busy D) Anxious E) Sudden
- 24th April 1960Which word can mean both 'a piece of writing that tells a story' and 'one level of a building'? A) Level B) Story C) Floor D) Chapter E) Book
- 25th April 1960AUTHOR is to BOOK as COMPOSER is to ( ? ) A) Music B) Symphony C) Instrument D) Orchestra E) Song
- 26th April 1960Ben is older than Cara. Cara is older than Dev. Dev is older than Ellis. Who is the second youngest?
- 27th April 1960(SPAN) (EAT). Which letter moves from the end of the first word to the front of the second? A) S B) P C) A D) T E) N
- 28th April 1960Four pupils, Amir, Bea, Cody and Dee, each have a different favourite subject: maths, art, science or music. Amir's favourite is not maths or science. Bea's favourite is not art or music. Cody's favourite is not music. Dee's favourite is science. What is Amir's favourite subject?
- 29th April 1960If the code for BRISK is WMDNF, what is the code for CLOUD, using the same rule? A) YHKQZ B) XGJPY C) WFIOX D) XHJPZ E) YGKPX
- 30th April 1960Add the missing apostrophe: 'The dogs bone was buried in the garden.' (one dog owns the bone)