Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
October 1993 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 1993
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1993A parking meter charges 60p for every 15 minutes. How much does 1 hour of parking cost?
- 2nd October 1993A bottle holds 3/8 of a litre of oil. Write this amount as a decimal.
- 3rd October 1993Work out 0.36 divided by 6.
- 4th October 1993What is 8 x 9?
- 5th October 1993A quantity is decreased by 20%, then decreased again by 25%. Find the single decimal multiplier equivalent to both changes combined.
- 6th October 1993A pack of 6 apples costs 1 pound 80. What is the cost per apple?
- 7th October 1993A number is multiplied by 4, then 7 is subtracted, giving 21. What was the original number?
- 8th October 1993A square has an area of 81 cm squared. What is the length of one side?
- 9th October 1993Convert 3/8 to a decimal.
- 10th October 19936 identical notebooks cost 6.90 pounds. Calculate the cost of 10 of these notebooks.
- 11th October 1993A warehouse has 27 boxes, each containing 48 tins. How many tins in total?
- 12th October 1993A journey starts at 10:45 and takes 1 hour 50 minutes. What time does it finish?
- 13th October 1993Tom has £15. He spends 2/5 of it on a book. How much money does he have left?
- 14th October 1993Solve: 2x - 5 = 11.
- 15th October 1993Buses leave a stop every 25 minutes starting at 06:00. Amir arrives at the stop at 07:48, just missing a bus. How many minutes must he wait for the next bus?
- 16th October 1993A probability is given as 3/4. Write this as a percentage.
- 17th October 1993In the number 5.372, what is the value of the digit 7?
- 18th October 1993A square sheet of paper is folded in half vertically, left onto right. A hole is punched exactly on the crease line, 2cm from the bottom edge. How many separate holes appear once the paper is unfolded, and why?
- 19th October 1993Figure 1: pentagon (5 sides) with 1 dot, unshaded. Figure 2: heptagon (7 sides) with 2 dots, unshaded. Figure 3: nonagon (9 sides) with 3 dots, unshaded. Which follows the same rule: an undecagon (11 sides) with 4 dots, unshaded, or a decagon (10 sides) with 4 dots, unshaded?
- 20th October 1993Find the missing letter: STA ( ? ) OVE, where the letter completes the first word and starts the second.
- 21st October 1993Find the one word that completes both words in brackets to make two new compound words: WIND ( ? ) PIPE
- 22nd October 1993Round 2.47 to the nearest whole number.
- 23rd October 1993Find the hidden four-letter word made from the end of one word and the start of the next: 'You are the best army cadet in the troop.'
- 24th October 1993'The scientist remained ambiguous about the results, careful not to overstate what the data actually showed.' What does 'ambiguous' mean in this sentence?
- 25th October 1993A bus leaves at 14:20 and the journey takes 55 minutes. What time does it arrive?
- 26th October 1993A rectangle has a length of 9cm and a width of 4cm. What is its perimeter?
- 27th October 1993'The manager's tone was measured, giving nothing away about her real opinion.' What does 'measured' suggest about the manager's tone?
- 28th October 1993A cube net has six squares arranged in a cross shape, each with a different symbol. When folded into a cube, how many squares end up directly opposite the square marked with a star?
- 29th October 1993What is 7/8 - 1/4? Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 30th October 1993Which meaning of 'sound' fits this sentence: 'Her argument was sound, even if her delivery was nervous.' (a) a noise (b) to measure the depth of water (c) well-reasoned and reliable (d) healthy in body?
- 31st October 1993Find the one letter that completes the word before the brackets and starts the word after: SEA ( ? ) ORN