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August 1971 5-a-day

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August 1971

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

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.

  1. 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?
  2. 2nd August 1971A flag starts pointing North. It is rotated 90 degrees clockwise. Which direction does it point now?
  3. 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?
  4. 4th August 1971'The crowd fell silent, awestruck by the sheer scale of the waterfall.' Give a synonym for 'awestruck'.
  5. 5th August 1971A train has 240 seats. 5/8 of the seats are taken. How many seats are empty?
  6. 6th August 1971Write 9:05pm using the 24-hour clock.
  7. 7th August 1971Which word correctly completes the sentence: 'The captain, along with the entire crew, ___ prepared for the storm.'? (was / were)
  8. 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?
  9. 9th August 1971Name a quadrilateral that has two pairs of equal adjacent sides and exactly one pair of equal angles.
  10. 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?
  11. 11th August 1971A number is doubled and then 5 is added, giving a result of 27. What was the original number?
  12. 12th August 1971A number rounds to 4,500 when rounded to the nearest hundred. What is the smallest whole number this could be?
  13. 13th August 1971Find the next two terms in the sequence: 6, 11, 16, 21, ...
  14. 14th August 1971Work out 3.6 + 2.75.
  15. 15th August 1971A square has a perimeter of 32 cm. What is the length of one side?
  16. 16th August 1971Work out 512 divided by 8 without a calculator.
  17. 17th August 1971FG is to HI as MN is to ? A) OP B) NP C) PO D) NO E) OQ
  18. 18th August 1971Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to GENUINE.
  19. 19th August 1971BED ( ??? ) WALK - which word completes BED and begins WALK?
  20. 20th August 19713 (10) 7 | 5 (?) 8. Work out the rule from the first pair and apply it to the second.
  21. 21st August 1971Here are five words: COWARD, CANDLE, PIGEON, MARKET, BATTLE. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
  22. 22nd August 1971Choose the word closest in meaning to RAPID. A) slow B) swift C) careful D) heavy E) loud
  23. 23rd August 1971Find the letter that continues the series: L, P, T, X, ( ? ) A) A B) B C) C D) D E) Z
  24. 24th August 1971Find the one letter that completes the word before the brackets and starts the word after the brackets: SHAR ( ? ) LANE
  25. 25th August 19711, 2, 4, 7, 11, ( ? ) A) 14 B) 15 C) 16 D) 17 E) 18
  26. 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
  27. 27th August 1971If the code for BRAVE is DTCXG, what is the code for KNIFE, using the same rule?
  28. 28th August 1971Which two of these are the odd ones out? A) Salmon B) Trout C) Dolphin D) Cod E) Whale
  29. 29th August 1971Find the next number: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ( ? )
  30. 30th August 1971Which two of these are the odd ones out? A) Square B) Circle C) Triangle D) Sphere E) Rectangle
  31. 31st August 1971B ( ? ? ? ) SMAN. A) OAR B) EAR C) ICE D) OWL E) ARM