Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
August 1990 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1990
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1990A sequence follows the rule 'double the previous term, then subtract 1', starting at 3. Find the first four terms.
- 2nd August 1990True or False: on a GL-style multiple-choice paper, it is generally better to fill in your best guess than to leave a question blank.
- 3rd August 1990Find the nth term of the sequence 2, 5, 8, 11, ...
- 4th August 1990A survey of 60 pupils found 24 chose football and 18 chose swimming as their favourite sport, and the rest chose athletics. How many chose athletics?
- 5th August 1990Solve: 3y = 27.
- 6th August 1990A ribbon 3.6m long is cut into pieces 0.4m long. How many pieces can be cut?
- 7th August 1990Find 30% of 250.
- 8th August 1990What number bond to 100 pairs with 65?
- 9th August 1990A jug contains 2 litres of water. 650 ml is poured out. How much water is left, in ml?
- 10th August 1990Convert 2.5 metres into centimetres.
- 11th August 1990Write 23/6 as a mixed number.
- 12th August 1990Multiply 9 by 7.
- 13th August 1990Find the next two terms in this sequence: 5, 9, 13, 17, ...
- 14th August 1990A tank holds 60 litres of water. 15 litres are used, then another 12 litres are used. How many litres remain?
- 15th August 1990Find 5/8 of 96.
- 16th August 1990A drink is made from concentrate and water in the ratio 1 : 4. How many millilitres of water are needed for 30 ml of concentrate?
- 17th August 1990A cuboid has a volume of 360 cm^3, a width of 6 cm and a height of 5 cm. Find its length.
- 18th August 1990Express 18 out of 40 as a percentage.
- 19th August 19908 squared = ?
- 20th August 1990The nth term of a sequence is 2n + 6. Find the 5th term.
- 21st August 1990Three consecutive numbers add up to 63. What is the largest of the three numbers?
- 22nd August 1990What is two-thirds of 27?
- 23rd August 1990After a 15% discount, a bike costs 102 pounds. Work out the original price.
- 24th August 1990Work out 0.3 + 0.45.
- 25th August 1990Multiply 8 by 12.
- 26th August 1990A recipe for 5 people needs 250g of butter. How much butter is needed for 8 people?
- 27th August 1990How many 1/4-litre glasses can be filled from 3 litres of juice?
- 28th August 1990A solid stands inside an invisible box measuring 2 by 3 by 2 unit cubes. The solid's stack heights are A1 = 2, B1 = 2, C1 = 1, A2 = 2, B2 = 2, C2 = 1. How many extra unit cubes would be needed to fill the box completely?
- 29th August 1990Row 1: 1 dot, 2 dots, 3 dots. Row 2: 2 dots, 3 dots, 4 dots. Row 3: 3 dots, 4 dots, ? What is the missing cell?
- 30th August 1990Two cells are shaded, row 1 column 1 and row 2 column 1, in a 3-column grid with a vertical mirror line through column 2. What are the two reflected cells?
- 31st August 1990Identify the subordinate clause in this sentence: 'Because the attic light had failed, she read the diary by torchlight.'