Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
February 1979 5-a-day
Every sheet in February 1979
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 1979A tap fills a bucket at a rate of 2 litres every 3 minutes. How many litres are in the bucket after 9 minutes?
- 2nd February 1979'The old dog padded softly across the kitchen floor.' What does 'padded' suggest about how the dog moved?
- 3rd February 1979Three of these words are close in meaning to 'stern' and one is not: strict, severe, lenient, harsh. Identify the odd one out.
- 4th February 1979Complete the analogy: HAPPY is to SAD as HOT is to what?
- 5th February 1979A cube net has six faces: red, blue, green, yellow, white and black. If red and black end up opposite each other when folded, and blue is opposite white, what is green opposite?
- 6th February 1979'Despite living next door for a decade, the two neighbours had exchanged barely a dozen words.' What does this suggest about the relationship between the two neighbours?
- 7th February 1979A recipe for 8 people uses 320g of pasta. The amount is scaled up for 20 people, then a quarter of the total pasta is used for a starter. How much pasta, in grams, is used for the starter?
- 8th February 1979Choose the correctly spelled word: (a) recieve, (b) receive.
- 9th February 1979What is 3/8 of 64?
- 10th February 1979FG is to GF as JK is to ? A) JK B) KL C) LK D) JJ E) KJ
- 11th February 1979WHISPER is to SHOUT as DRIZZLE is to ?
- 12th February 1979BULLET ( ) READ - which word completes BULLET and begins READ?
- 13th February 19795 x [ ] = 60 - 15. Find the missing number.
- 14th February 1979Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: SPR ( ? ) ARD
- 15th February 1979Mia is taller than Noah. Omar is taller than Mia. Priya is shorter than Noah. Put them in order from tallest to shortest and say who is second tallest.
- 16th February 1979(PUSH) (OWL). Exactly one letter can move from the end of the first word to the front of the second word so that both words made are still correctly spelled real words. Which letter moves? A) P B) U C) S D) H E) W
- 17th February 1979Which ONE word means both 'able to wait calmly without complaining' and 'a person who is receiving medical treatment'? A) PATIENT B) CALM C) VICTIM D) GENTLE E) CLIENT
- 18th February 1979U=8, V=2, W=11, X=6, Y=27. Work out U x V + W. Which letter has this value?
- 19th February 197920 - 8 = [ ] + 5. Find the missing number.
- 20th February 19799 (3) 12 | 22 (?) 15. Find the missing number, using the same rule as the first pair.
- 21st February 1979Nadia is shorter than Omar. Omar is shorter than Priti. Who is the tallest?
- 22nd February 1979Using the rule that each letter's alphabet position is doubled then 1 is subtracted, the code for BAD is 3-1-7. Which word has the code 5-9-13? A) CEG B) CDF C) DEG D) CEF E) BDG
- 23rd February 1979Find the next number: 100, 90, 81, 73, 66, ( ? )
- 24th February 1979A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'The warm welcome always included a hug and fresh bread.' A) DUST B) RATE C) COAT D) MEAL E) LAMP
- 25th February 1979Find the next number: 2, 4, 10, 28, 82, ( ? )
- 26th February 1979In this code, each letter's alphabet position has 9 subtracted from it. If the code for JUMP is 1-12-4-7, what is the code for LOOK, using the same rule?
- 27th February 1979A five-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'The floor bitterly creaked under our feet.' A) Orbit B) Oorbi C) Floob D) Itcre E) Loorb
- 28th February 1979Find the letter that continues the series: X, U, R, O, ( ? ) A) L B) M C) K D) N E) J