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March 1994 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day

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March 1994

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

Every sheet in March 1994

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 1994'The lighthouse stands watch over the sleeping bay.' Explain what is being compared to what in this personification.
  2. 2nd March 1994Which sentence uses a colon correctly? A) We need: eggs, milk and flour. B) We need three things: eggs, milk and flour.
  3. 3rd March 1994A mixed-genre paper asks pupils to compare the tone of a fiction extract and a non-fiction extract on a similar subject. What does 'tone' mean in this context?
  4. 4th March 1994'The wasps hovered like tiny golden thieves.' Name the simile in this line.
  5. 5th March 1994Choose the correct pronoun: 'The teacher gave the prize to Sam and (I / me).'
  6. 6th March 1994Name two features you would expect to see in a formal report but would not usually see in a persuasive letter.
  7. 7th March 1994Why might a mixed-genre paper pair a personal story about swifts with a factual passage about swifts, rather than about two unrelated topics?
  8. 8th March 1994Explain why, in an open cloze passage with no word bank, checking word class before thinking of an exact word saves time.
  9. 9th March 1994A 60-pound coat has its price increased by 30%, then the new price is reduced by 30%. Work out the final price, and state whether it is the same as the original 60 pounds.
  10. 10th March 1994In a class of 30 pupils, 3/5 walk to school. Of the pupils who do not walk, the ratio who cycle to those who are driven is 1 : 3. How many pupils are driven to school?
  11. 11th March 1994A rectangle has length 7 cm and width 5 cm. Calculate its perimeter.
  12. 12th March 1994Tom is 5 years older than Ella. Ella is 9. How old is Tom?
  13. 13th March 1994Point B is at (-3, 2). Reflect B in the x-axis. Write down the new coordinates.
  14. 14th March 1994A coach departs 23:45 and the journey takes 40 minutes. At what time, using the 24-hour clock, does it arrive?
  15. 15th March 1994Eight numbers have a mean of 7. Seven of them are 4, 6, 9, 3, 8, 10 and 5. Work out the eighth number.
  16. 16th March 1994The nth term of a sequence is 2n + 5. Which term of the sequence is equal to 23?
  17. 17th March 1994Estimate first, then calculate exactly: roughly what is 198 x 4? Then work out the exact answer.
  18. 18th March 1994A sequence is formed by doubling the previous term, starting at 3: 3, 6, 12, 24, ... Find the 6th term.
  19. 19th March 1994A graph shows a plant grows 4cm in week 1, 7cm in week 2 and 5cm in week 3. What is the total growth over the three weeks?
  20. 20th March 1994A sequence starts at 50, and each term is 6 less than the one before. Find the 4th term.
  21. 21st March 1994A class of 32 pupils is split into equal groups of 4 for a project. How many groups are there?
  22. 22nd March 1994Calculate: 504 divided by 8.
  23. 23rd March 1994What is 12 x 12?
  24. 24th March 1994A class of 30 pupils is split into groups of 5. How many groups are there?
  25. 25th March 1994Three angles on a straight line are 55 degrees, 65 degrees and x. What is the value of x?
  26. 26th March 1994Work out 3/8 + 1/8, giving your answer in its simplest form.
  27. 27th March 1994Divide 108 by 9.
  28. 28th March 1994Solve for x: x - 7 = 15.
  29. 29th March 1994A box of 144 pencils is shared equally between 6 classes, and each class then gives away 4 pencils. How many pencils does each class have left?
  30. 30th March 1994Work out 2/9 + 4/9, giving your answer in its simplest form.
  31. 31st March 1994A sum of money is shared between Leo and Zara in the ratio 3 : 7. Zara receives 84 pounds more than Leo. How much does Leo receive?