Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
August 1971 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1971
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1971Shape A: hexagon (6 sides) with 4 tally marks. Shape B: heptagon (7 sides) with 3 tally marks. Shape C: octagon (8 sides) with 2 tally marks. Shape D: pentagon (5 sides) with 5 tally marks. Shape E: square (4 sides) with 5 tally marks. Which is the odd one out?
- 2nd August 1971A flag starts pointing North. It is rotated 90 degrees clockwise. Which direction does it point now?
- 3rd August 1971A sequence of shapes has 2, 4, 6, 8 lines of symmetry in that order. How many lines of symmetry does the next shape have?
- 4th August 1971'The crowd fell silent, awestruck by the sheer scale of the waterfall.' Give a synonym for 'awestruck'.
- 5th August 1971A train has 240 seats. 5/8 of the seats are taken. How many seats are empty?
- 6th August 1971Write 9:05pm using the 24-hour clock.
- 7th August 1971Which word correctly completes the sentence: 'The captain, along with the entire crew, ___ prepared for the storm.'? (was / were)
- 8th August 1971A sequence of shapes shows the number of shaded squares increasing: 1, 4, 9, 16. How many shaded squares does the next shape have?
- 9th August 1971Name a quadrilateral that has two pairs of equal adjacent sides and exactly one pair of equal angles.
- 10th August 1971A paddling pool is filled at a rate of 15 litres per minute. How many litres are in the pool after 8 minutes?
- 11th August 1971A number is doubled and then 5 is added, giving a result of 27. What was the original number?
- 12th August 1971A number rounds to 4,500 when rounded to the nearest hundred. What is the smallest whole number this could be?
- 13th August 1971Find the next two terms in the sequence: 6, 11, 16, 21, ...
- 14th August 1971Work out 3.6 + 2.75.
- 15th August 1971A square has a perimeter of 32 cm. What is the length of one side?
- 16th August 1971Work out 512 divided by 8 without a calculator.
- 17th August 1971FG is to HI as MN is to ? A) OP B) NP C) PO D) NO E) OQ
- 18th August 1971Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to GENUINE.
- 19th August 1971BED ( ??? ) WALK - which word completes BED and begins WALK?
- 20th August 19713 (10) 7 | 5 (?) 8. Work out the rule from the first pair and apply it to the second.
- 21st August 1971Here are five words: COWARD, CANDLE, PIGEON, MARKET, BATTLE. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
- 22nd August 1971Choose the word closest in meaning to RAPID. A) slow B) swift C) careful D) heavy E) loud
- 23rd August 1971Find the letter that continues the series: L, P, T, X, ( ? ) A) A B) B C) C D) D E) Z
- 24th August 1971Find the one letter that completes the word before the brackets and starts the word after the brackets: SHAR ( ? ) LANE
- 25th August 19711, 2, 4, 7, 11, ( ? ) A) 14 B) 15 C) 16 D) 17 E) 18
- 26th August 1971Which ONE word means both 'a flat strip marked with units for measuring length or drawing straight lines' and 'a person who governs a country, such as a king or queen'? A) KING B) MEASURE C) RULER D) LEADER E) MONARCH
- 27th August 1971If the code for BRAVE is DTCXG, what is the code for KNIFE, using the same rule?
- 28th August 1971Which two of these are the odd ones out? A) Salmon B) Trout C) Dolphin D) Cod E) Whale
- 29th August 1971Find the next number: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ( ? )
- 30th August 1971Which two of these are the odd ones out? A) Square B) Circle C) Triangle D) Sphere E) Rectangle
- 31st August 1971B ( ? ? ? ) SMAN. A) OAR B) EAR C) ICE D) OWL E) ARM