Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
February 1996 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in February 1996
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 1996'The ancient oak, gnarled and twisted, had stood in the field for three hundred years.' 'Gnarled' most likely describes wood that is: A) smooth and straight B) rough, knotted and twisted C) freshly cut D) painted
- 2nd February 1996Explain in one sentence why the writer uses a short sentence for 'Somewhere above her, a door handle turned' rather than a longer, more detailed sentence.
- 3rd February 1996Explain why a very short sentence can be effective immediately after a longer, more descriptive one.
- 4th February 1996What does the phrase 'seemed impossibly loud' suggest about the chair scraping, compared with how loud it would normally seem?
- 5th February 1996In a playscript, where does a character's name usually appear in relation to their line of dialogue?
- 6th February 1996Choose the correct word: "Honesty is one of her most important (1)_______." (principal/principle)
- 7th February 1996What had Theo promised, according to Ellie's line?
- 8th February 1996'The garden basked cheerfully in the sunshine, as if it, too, shared in the family's good news.' Does this description match or contrast with the good mood mentioned? Explain your answer.
- 9th February 1996Complete the sentence: "The museum's dinosaur exhibit was fascinating; (1)_______, its gift shop was surprisingly small." A) moreover B) in contrast C) therefore
- 10th February 1996Complete the gap: 'The children waited (1)_______ for the bell to ring.' A) impatiently B) impatient C) impatience
- 11th February 1996What does the writer suggest would happen to fruits and vegetables without bee pollination?
- 12th February 1996In the number 6,732, what is the value of the digit 7?
- 13th February 1996Explain why you divide by the difference between the ratio numbers, rather than their sum, when you are given the difference between two shares.
- 14th February 1996Find the HCF of 24 and 36.
- 15th February 1996A minibus can carry 14 passengers. How many minibuses are needed to transport 100 people?
- 16th February 1996A box is a cube with edges of 8 cm. Calculate its volume.
- 17th February 1996A straight line is divided into two angles by a single ray. One angle is 106 degrees and the other is x degrees. Find x.
- 18th February 1996A pack of 6 buns costs 2.40 pounds. What is the cost of one bun?
- 19th February 1996A fair coin is flipped. What is the probability of it landing on heads?
- 20th February 1996Using the formula C = 3h + 5 from the worked example, a customer is charged 26 pounds. Work out how many hours the bike was hired for.
- 21st February 1996A pupil scores 65, 72 and 80 on three tests. What score is needed on a fourth test for the mean of all four to be 75?
- 22nd February 1996A graph shows a car uses a 50-litre tank of fuel to travel 400km at a steady rate. How far can it travel on 20 litres?
- 23rd February 1996A model car is built at a scale of 1:20. If the real car is 4m long, how long is the model, in cm?
- 24th February 1996Tom is older than Sam. Sam is older than Priya. Is Tom older than Priya?
- 25th February 1996Calculate: 12.6 + 5.75.
- 26th February 1996In a magic square, every row, column and diagonal adds up to 15. The grid is: Row 1: 8, a, 6. Row 2: 3, 5, 7. Row 3: 4, 9, b. Find a and b.
- 27th February 1996Order these numbers from smallest to largest: -6, 3, -2, -9.
- 28th February 1996A baker makes 96 rolls. She sells half in the morning, then a quarter of what remains in the afternoon. How many rolls are left at the end of the day?
- 29th February 1996The nth term of a sequence is 3n + 2. Find the 5th term.