Revision Library
/Subjects/11+/Daily Practice
Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance

March 1987 5-a-day

← Today's 11+ Entrance sheet

March 1987

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

March 1987 compilationAll answers

Every sheet in March 1987

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

  1. 1st March 1987Explain why translating an idiom's individual words literally usually leads to a wrong or confusing meaning, using "raining cats and dogs" as your example.
  2. 2nd March 1987Write an original simile describing a bonfire, avoiding the cliche "as hot as fire".
  3. 3rd March 1987What is the purpose of shaking the pulp gently on the mesh screen, according to the extract?
  4. 4th March 1987Give one word from Extract B that shows the writer feels strongly that swimming is important.
  5. 5th March 1987What does "in medias res" mean when applied to a story's opening?
  6. 6th March 1987How many lines are quoted in 'The hammer sings its one bright note again and again, / until the iron finally learns to bend'?
  7. 7th March 1987Give one typical feature of a persuasive extract that would not usually appear in a purely factual non-fiction extract.
  8. 8th March 1987A shop's till shows a bill of 179.40 pounds for 6 identical items. Estimate the price of one item by rounding the total to the nearest 10 pounds first.
  9. 9th March 1987A 2-litre bottle of squash costs 3.00 pounds and a 3-litre bottle costs 4.20 pounds. Which is better value per litre?
  10. 10th March 1987Convert 420 mm to centimetres.
  11. 11th March 1987AB + 15 = 62, where AB is a two-digit number with tens digit A and units digit B. Find the two-digit number AB.
  12. 12th March 1987Name a quadrilateral that has exactly one pair of parallel sides.
  13. 13th March 1987A thermometer is marked from -10 to 0 degrees C, with 5 equal divisions. What temperature is shown 2 divisions above -10?
  14. 14th March 1987A conversion graph shows that 10 miles is equal to 16 km. How many km is 5 miles?
  15. 15th March 1987A sequence begins 4, 9, 14, 19, ... Write down the next two terms.
  16. 16th March 1987Three friends share a bill in the ratio 2:3:5. If the total bill is 60 pounds, how much does the friend with the largest share pay?
  17. 17th March 1987A journey of 245km is covered at an average speed of 70km/h. How long does the journey take?
  18. 18th March 1987Find 5% of 220.
  19. 19th March 1987Share 36 sweets in the ratio 2:1.
  20. 20th March 1987Solve: n/3 + 4 = 10.
  21. 21st March 1987A right angle is split into two parts, one of 35 degrees. Find the other part.
  22. 22nd March 1987Multiply 6 by 9.
  23. 23rd March 1987Write 45:27 in its simplest form, working in your head. Which single number should you spot as the common factor?
  24. 24th March 1987What is the value of the digit 5 in the number 45,872?
  25. 25th March 1987A warehouse has 68 boxes. It receives a delivery of 47 more. How many boxes does the warehouse have now?
  26. 26th March 1987If 4 identical rulers cost 3 pounds 60 in total, how much do 9 rulers cost?
  27. 27th March 1987Find the mean of this data set: 5, 15, 25, 35.
  28. 28th March 1987Take 27 away from 82.
  29. 29th March 1987Add 3,847 and 2,956.
  30. 30th March 1987A price of 40 pounds is increased by 25%. Work out the new price.
  31. 31st March 1987A regular polygon has an exterior angle of 40 degrees. Calculate the number of sides.