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April 1974 5-a-day

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April 1974

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 5-6

Every sheet in April 1974

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

  1. 1st April 1974(UP, DOWN) (HOT, COLD) (WET, ?) Complete the third pair the same way the first two pairs are related.
  2. 2nd April 1974Which one of these words does not belong with the others: triangle, square, circle, cube, pentagon?
  3. 3rd April 1974A submarine is at a depth of 45 metres below sea level. It rises by 60 metres. What is its new position, relative to sea level?
  4. 4th April 1974A shop sells pencils in packs of 6 for 2.40 pounds. What is the cost of one pencil?
  5. 5th April 1974What is the correct plural of 'story'?
  6. 6th April 1974Three of these words are close in meaning to 'quick' and one is not: rapid, swift, sluggish, speedy. Identify the odd one out.
  7. 7th April 1974Which single word means the same as both 'quick' and 'sharp' (as in a knife's edge)?
  8. 8th April 1974A 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?
  9. 9th April 1974'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?
  10. 10th April 1974A 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?
  11. 11th April 1974'The old house creaked and groaned in the wind.' Name the technique used in this description.
  12. 12th April 1974Choose the correctly punctuated sentence: (a) 'Its raining again' (b) 'It's raining again'.
  13. 13th April 1974BC is to CD as MN is to ? A) NO B) MO C) OP D) NM E) ON
  14. 14th April 1974AUTHOR is to NOVEL as COMPOSER is to ?
  15. 15th April 1974BLACK ( ) LINE - which word completes BLACK and begins LINE?
  16. 16th April 1974(4 + [ ]) x 3 = 27. Find the missing number.
  17. 17th April 1974Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: PLU ( ? ) ANE
  18. 18th April 1974Freya is faster than Grace. Harry is faster than Ivy. Who is faster, Freya or Ivy?
  19. 19th April 1974A 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
  20. 20th April 1974Which 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
  21. 21st April 1974If 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
  22. 22nd April 1974Using 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?
  23. 23rd April 19742, 3, 5, 8, 13, ( ? )
  24. 24th April 1974Find the next letter in the series: W, T, Q, N, ( ? ) A) J B) K C) L D) I E) H
  25. 25th April 1974A=6, B=4, C=2, D=12, E=22. Work out A x (B - C). Which letter has this value?
  26. 26th April 1974Find the next number: 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ( ? )
  27. 27th April 1974A 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
  28. 28th April 1974Find the next letter: B, C, E, I, ( ? )
  29. 29th April 1974Which word is most nearly opposite to CAUTIOUS? A) Careful B) Reckless C) Nervous D) Slow E) Quiet
  30. 30th April 1974Find the one word that can follow all three of these words to make a real compound word each time: HEAD___, TOOTH___, STOMACH___. A) Ache B) Band C) Line D) Phone E) Stone