Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
December 1990 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1990
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1990'The tide had scoured the beach smooth, erasing every footprint from the day before.' What does 'scoured' suggest about how thoroughly the tide had cleaned the beach?
- 2nd December 1990A net has five faces arranged so that folding it produces an open-topped box (no lid). How many faces does the finished box have, including the base?
- 3rd December 1990Two angles lie on a straight line. One is 112 degrees. What is the other?
- 4th December 1990A water butt holds 80 litres when full. It is currently half full. How many more litres of water does it need to become completely full?
- 5th December 1990A bus timetable shows buses leaving every 12 minutes starting at 9:00am. What is the fourth departure time?
- 6th December 1990Share 72 sweets between two people in the ratio 5:4. How many does the person with the smaller share get?
- 7th December 1990A number machine takes an input, doubles it, then adds 6, to give an output of 20. What was the input?
- 8th December 1990In the sentence 'The crowd fell silent as the results were announced', what does 'fell silent' suggest about the crowd's mood?
- 9th December 1990A rectangular field measures 20 m by 15 m. A farmer wants to put a fence around it. How many metres of fencing are needed?
- 10th December 1990What is the missing number: 9 squared minus ? = 45?
- 11th December 1990AB is to DE as JK is to ? A) MN B) NM C) LN D) MO E) NL
- 12th December 1990Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to ANCIENT.
- 13th December 1990AIR ( ??? ) UP - which word completes AIR and begins UP?
- 14th December 19904 (24) 6 | 3 (?) 5.
- 15th December 1990Here are five words: STONE, CHAIR, MARKET, SWORD, GARDEN. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
- 16th December 1990Here are five words: OAK, MAPLE, TROUT, BIRCH, SALMON. Three of these five words share something in common. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
- 17th December 1990Maple Street runs longer than Elm Street. Elm Street runs longer than Oak Street. Oak Street runs longer than Pine Street. Which street is the second longest?
- 18th December 1990Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to GRACEFUL: A) Elegant B) Clumsy C) Slow D) Tall E) Quiet
- 19th December 1990Find the letter that continues the series: A, Y, C, W, E, U, ( ? )
- 20th December 1990Which ONE word means both 'a sea mammal with flippers that lives partly on land and partly in water' and 'to close something firmly so that nothing can get in or out'? A) WALRUS B) SEAL C) OTTER D) SHUT E) LOCK
- 21st December 1990TOOTH ( ??? ) WOOD. Choose the missing word from: A) Paste B) Brush C) Ache D) Pick E) Ball
- 22nd December 1990If the code for PLANT is NJYLR, what is the code for GRASS, using the same rule? A) EPYQQ B) FPZQQ C) EQYPQ D) EPYPQ E) DPYQQ
- 23rd December 1990Find the next letter in this woven series: B, Y, D, W, F, U, ( ? )
- 24th December 1990F=6, G=9, H=15, J=27, K=45. Work out H - F. Which letter has this value?
- 25th December 1990S ( ? ? ? ) GET. A) POT B) TAR C) ILL D) ARM E) OWN
- 26th December 1990Find the hidden four-letter word that runs across two consecutive words: 'A jaguar tsunami warning was issued.'
- 27th December 1990CF is to IF as DG is to ( ? ) A) JG B) GJ C) HJ D) JH E) IG
- 28th December 1990Find the next number: 5, 7, 11, 19, 35, ( ? )
- 29th December 1990Find the letter that continues the series: W, Z, C, F, ( ? ) A) H B) G C) I D) J E) F
- 30th December 1990'He bore the news with such steadiness that none present guessed how it had wounded him.' What does this sentence tell you about how the character behaved compared with how he actually felt?
- 31st December 1990Give the meaning of the suffix '-less' as in 'fearless' or 'careless'.