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November 1996 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day

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November 1996

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 5-6

Every sheet in November 1996

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st November 1996'Sparks scattered like a handful of thrown stars.' Name the simile in this line.
  2. 2nd November 1996True or False: on a mixed-genre paper, a question that asks pupils to compare tone across Extract A and Extract B could only be answered correctly using evidence from Extract A alone.
  3. 3rd November 1996Explain why estimating before doing a calculation is a useful check, even when you plan to use a calculator.
  4. 4th November 1996A 12-pack of juice cartons costs 4.80 pounds. Find the price per carton.
  5. 5th November 1996A bottle holds 1.5 litres. How many millilitres is this?
  6. 6th November 1996AB + 15 = 62, where AB is a two-digit number with tens digit A and units digit B. Find the two-digit number AB.
  7. 7th November 1996Name a quadrilateral that has exactly one pair of parallel sides.
  8. 8th November 1996A thermometer is marked from -10 to 0 degrees C, with 5 equal divisions. What temperature is shown 2 divisions above -10?
  9. 9th November 1996A temperature line graph shows the temperature rose from 4 degrees C at 6am to 18 degrees C at 2pm, then fell to 10 degrees C by 6pm. Describe, in one sentence, how the temperature changed over the whole day.
  10. 10th November 1996A sequence begins 9, 13, 17, 21, ... Find the nth term.
  11. 11th November 1996A shop reduces a 60 pound jacket by 20 percent, then adds 5 percent VAT to the reduced price. What is the final price?
  12. 12th November 1996A tank holds 180 litres and is filled at 15 litres per minute. How long does it take to fill from empty?
  13. 13th November 199614 x 40
  14. 14th November 1996Two angles on a straight line are 65 degrees and x degrees. Find x.
  15. 15th November 1996A sequence begins 50, 44, 38, 32, ... Find the next term.
  16. 16th November 1996Convert 2 hours 40 minutes into minutes.
  17. 17th November 1996What is 8 more than 47?
  18. 18th November 1996Simplify the ratio 24:36.
  19. 19th November 1996Round 68,472 to the nearest thousand.
  20. 20th November 1996A tailor has 154 metres of fabric and uses 89 metres on one order. How many metres are left?
  21. 21st November 1996Find 75% of 160.
  22. 22nd November 1996A bar chart shows 7 pupils scored a 'yellow' vote, 4 scored 'purple', and 9 scored 'orange'. How many pupils voted in total?
  23. 23rd November 1996What is 12 more than 59?
  24. 24th November 1996Divide 156 by 6.
  25. 25th November 1996Find 10% of 320 ml.
  26. 26th November 1996A quadrilateral has angles of 80 degrees, 95 degrees, x degrees and x degrees. Find x.
  27. 27th November 1996A crate holds 24 bottles. A shop orders 37 crates. How many bottles is that in total?
  28. 28th November 1996Take 24 away from 91.
  29. 29th November 1996A rope is cut into two pieces in the ratio 5 : 8. The shorter piece is 1.75 m long. Calculate the length of the longer piece.
  30. 30th November 1996Tickets for a concert cost 14 pounds each. A group buys 6 tickets and pays with two 50 pound notes. What change do they get?