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September 1986 5-a-day

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September 1986

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 5-6

Every sheet in September 1986

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

  1. 1st September 1986In the line 'The tide slides in on silver feet', how many lines are quoted?
  2. 2nd September 1986Complete the sentence with the correct correlative word: "The soup was (1)_______ too salty but also far too thin." A) not only B) either C) neither
  3. 3rd September 1986Complete the analogy: Chapter is to book as scene is to ___.
  4. 4th September 1986What does the word 'finally' suggest about how long Amara had been waiting?
  5. 5th September 1986'She remembered the exact moment the letter arrived: the postman's knock, the crackle of the envelope, the way her hands shook as she opened it.' What signal phrase shows this is a flashback, and why does the sentence slow down here?
  6. 6th September 1986Rank these three words for anger from mildest to strongest: furious, irritated, angry.
  7. 7th September 1986What had happened to Noah's sandcastle by the time he noticed it?
  8. 8th September 1986Choose the correct verb form: 'By the time the bus arrived, the queue ___ around the corner.' A) stretches B) had stretched C) stretch
  9. 9th September 1986Choose the correct word: "Signing the peace treaty was a (1)_______ moment for both countries." A) historic B) historical
  10. 10th September 1986What is unusual about the light in the corridors, according to the extract?
  11. 11th September 1986'the hinges shrieking in protest' - name the technique used here.
  12. 12th September 1986Give an antonym for 'brave'.
  13. 13th September 1986Find 40% of 150 using 10% as a building block.
  14. 14th September 1986Work out -6 + 9.
  15. 15th September 1986Is 522 divisible by 3?
  16. 16th September 1986A cross-shaped tile is made from a 12 cm by 4 cm rectangle and a 4 cm by 12 cm rectangle overlapping at their centres, where the overlapping square is 4 cm by 4 cm. Find the total area of the cross.
  17. 17th September 1986Find the perimeter of a rectangle measuring 7 cm by 4 cm.
  18. 18th September 1986A runner covers 100 m in 20 seconds. Work out his speed in metres per second.
  19. 19th September 1986A two-way table for 60 pupils shows 35 study French and 32 study Spanish, with 10 studying both. How many pupils study neither language?
  20. 20th September 1986Solve: 2x - 3 = 11.
  21. 21st September 1986Write 7/20 as a decimal.
  22. 22nd September 1986Solve 3x + 8 = 29.
  23. 23rd September 1986A bar chart shows a shop sold 35 umbrellas in April and 20 in May. How many more umbrellas were sold in April than May?
  24. 24th September 1986Solve 4(x + 1) = 2(x + 9).
  25. 25th September 1986A total bill of 56 pounds is split equally between 4 friends, but one friend also owes an extra 5 pounds for a drink they had alone. Find how much that friend pays in total.
  26. 26th September 1986Find the perimeter of a square with side length 11cm.
  27. 27th September 1986Find 1/3 of 27.
  28. 28th September 1986Team A scored 87 points. Team B scored 59 points. By how many points did Team A win?
  29. 29th September 1986The mean of four numbers is 10. Three of the numbers are 8, 11 and 9. What is the fourth number?
  30. 30th September 1986A jug holds 2/5 of a litre of juice. Write this amount as a decimal.