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May 1996 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day

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May 1996

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

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  1. 1st May 1996Complete the analogy: Key is to lock as password is to ___.
  2. 2nd May 1996True or False: in the extract, Amara opens the office door herself.
  3. 3rd May 1996Explain why a writer might choose to summarise ten years in one sentence but spend a whole paragraph describing a single afternoon.
  4. 4th May 1996"The team's performance was (1)_______ disappointing, given how well they had trained." Choose the best word: A) mildly B) bitterly C) somewhat
  5. 5th May 1996Explain why a writer might show a character's feelings through their actions, such as picking up a spade, rather than stating directly how they feel.
  6. 6th May 1996Choose the correct connective: 'Priya trained for the race every morning before school; ___, she finished in the top three.' A) however B) meanwhile C) consequently
  7. 7th May 1996Choose the correct word: "There has been a considerable (1)_______ of rainfall this month." A) amount B) number
  8. 8th May 1996True or False: Jack is moving when he hears the floorboard creak.
  9. 9th May 1996'Elliot dragged the trunk...' Suggest one reason the writer chose 'dragged' instead of 'carried' to describe this action.
  10. 10th May 1996Three of these words are synonyms; find the odd one out: cautious, careful, wary, careless.
  11. 11th May 1996Find 99% of 400 using a quick mental shortcut.
  12. 12th May 1996Work out 3 - 10.
  13. 13th May 1996Is 522 divisible by 3?
  14. 14th May 1996A compound shape is made from a 9 cm by 6 cm rectangle with a 3 cm by 2 cm rectangle removed from one corner. Find its area.
  15. 15th May 1996A cuboid measures 4 cm by 3 cm by 5 cm. Find its volume.
  16. 16th May 1996A coach travels 150 miles at an average speed of 50 mph. How long does the journey take?
  17. 17th May 1996True or False: in a Venn diagram, the region where two circles overlap should be counted twice when finding the total number in either set.
  18. 18th May 1996A function machine has the rule 'add 6, then multiply by 2'. Find the output for an input of 5.
  19. 19th May 1996Share 45 pounds in the ratio 2:3.
  20. 20th May 1996x = 5 and y = 2. Work out the value of 3x - y.
  21. 21st May 1996A pictogram key shows one symbol = 5 pupils. A bar for Year 5 shows 6 full symbols. How many Year 5 pupils are represented?
  22. 22nd May 1996Three consecutive whole numbers add up to 72. Form an equation using n for the smallest number, and solve it to find the three numbers.
  23. 23rd May 1996A ribbon 84cm long is cut in the ratio 4:3. Find the length of the shorter piece.
  24. 24th May 1996A rope 18m long is cut into 3 equal pieces, then one of those pieces is cut in half. How long is one of the smallest pieces?
  25. 25th May 1996Find 3/8 of 64.
  26. 26th May 1996A shop has 53 apples and 38 oranges. How many more apples than oranges does it have?
  27. 27th May 1996Find the mode of this data set: 2, 5, 5, 3, 5, 8, 2.
  28. 28th May 1996Convert 7/10 to a percentage.
  29. 29th May 1996What is the value of the digit 6 in the number 67,204?
  30. 30th May 1996Write 29/8 as a mixed number.
  31. 31st May 1996Tom has 80 pounds. He spends 30% of it on a jacket, then 1/4 of what remains on a book. How much does he have left?