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December 1983 5-a-day

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December 1983

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

Every sheet in December 1983

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

  1. 1st December 1983A school trip costs 12 pounds per pupil, with a discount of 2 pounds per pupil for the first 10 pupils. If exactly 10 pupils go, what is the total cost?
  2. 2nd December 1983Which sentence is correctly punctuated: 'Its a shame the trip was cancelled' or 'It's a shame the trip was cancelled'?
  3. 3rd December 1983Three of these words are close in meaning to 'brave' and one is not: courageous, timid, fearless, daring. Identify the odd one out.
  4. 4th December 1983Move one letter from the word HEART to the front of the word AT, to leave two new real words. What are they?
  5. 5th December 1983In a matrix analogy, a small black circle is to a large black circle as a small white square is to what?
  6. 6th December 1983Three of these words are close in meaning to 'cautious' and one is not: wary, careful, reckless, guarded. Identify the odd one out.
  7. 7th December 1983Share 84 pounds between two people in the ratio 3:4, then the person with the larger share spends 15% of their share. How much do they have left?
  8. 8th December 1983In the sentence 'Liam's shoulders slumped as he read the letter', what does 'slumped' suggest about how Liam feels?
  9. 9th December 1983'The committee reached a unanimous decision.' What does 'unanimous' mean?
  10. 10th December 1983DE is to GH as LM is to ? A) NO B) PQ C) PO D) OP E) NP
  11. 11th December 1983THERMOMETER is to TEMPERATURE as SCALES is to ?
  12. 12th December 1983TEEN ( ) LESS - which word completes TEEN and begins LESS?
  13. 13th December 198320 - [ ] = 3 x 4. Find the missing number.
  14. 14th December 1983Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: SLA ( ? ) ICK
  15. 15th December 1983Ada, Ben and Cleo are sitting in a row of three seats numbered 1, 2 and 3 from left to right. Ada is not sitting in seat 1. Cleo is sitting to the immediate right of Ben. Ben is not sitting in seat 3. Which seat is Ada sitting in?
  16. 16th December 1983SIDE ( ) WALK. Choose the missing word that completes SIDE and begins WALK. A) Ways B) Board C) Kick D) Show E) Long
  17. 17th December 1983Which ONE word means both 'the long, flexible nose of an elephant' and 'the thick main stem of a tree, below its branches'? A) STEM B) TRUNK C) NOSE D) BRANCH E) ROOT
  18. 18th December 1983P=3, Q=6, R=5, S=33, T=18. Work out P + Q x R. Which letter has this value?
  19. 19th December 19836 (14) 8 | 7 (?) 5. Find the missing number, using the same rule as the first pair.
  20. 20th December 1983Find the letter that continues the series: Z, W, T, Q, ( ? )
  21. 21st December 1983Find the next letter in the series: D, H, L, P, ( ? ) A) S B) T C) U D) R E) Q
  22. 22nd December 1983P=2, Q=5, R=3, S=21, T=16. Work out (P + Q) x R - Q. Which letter has this value?
  23. 23rd December 1983Which word can mean both 'to arrange in order of importance' and 'a row or line, as in a taxi rank'? A) Line B) Rank C) Row D) Sort E) Grade
  24. 24th December 1983A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'The final amplified chorus filled the entire hall.' A) RATE B) LAMP C) MEAL D) COAT E) DUST
  25. 25th December 1983Find the next number: 2, 5, 11, 23, 47, ( ? )
  26. 26th December 1983Complete the third pair using the same pattern as the first two: (HAPPY, SAD) (FAST, SLOW) (LOUD, ? ) A) Noisy B) Quiet C) Soft D) High E) Deep
  27. 27th December 1983GAR ( ??? ) TIST. Find the three-letter word which completes the word on the left and starts the word on the right. A) Den B) Age C) Net D) Min E) Ton
  28. 28th December 1983Find the letter that continues the series: B, F, J, N, ( ? ) A) P B) Q C) R D) O E) N
  29. 29th December 1983Rewrite this flat opening to make it more engaging: 'One day a boy went to the park.'
  30. 30th December 1983True or False: According to the extract, every resident is happy with the beehive scheme.
  31. 31st December 1983Explain in one sentence why the writer chose 'glinted' rather than 'shone' to describe the whistle under the pool lights.