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October 1998 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in October 1998, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in October 1998
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1998Explain in one sentence why a writer might choose to describe a character's actions, such as gripping a folder, instead of simply writing 'Amara felt nervous'.
- 2nd October 1998'He had not set foot in the old schoolyard in twenty years.' What tense is used here, and what does it usually signal in a story?
- 3rd October 1998"The lecture was (1)_______ boring." Choose the word matching "utterly": A) mildly B) somewhat C) excruciatingly
- 4th October 1998True or False: according to the extract, Noah gives up building sandcastles after this happens.
- 5th October 1998Choose the correct word: 'The dog wagged ___ tail.' A) its B) it's
- 6th October 1998Explain the difference between "imply" and "infer", using each in a short sentence.
- 7th October 1998Explain in one sentence why an unexplained sound, like a creaking floorboard, can create tension in a story.
- 8th October 1998Explain in one sentence why the writer chooses to describe the trunk's contents as 'only a single folded letter' rather than listing several objects.
- 9th October 1998In the sentence 'The detective's account was accurate', give a word that means the OPPOSITE of 'accurate'.
- 10th October 1998Find 1% of 600.
- 11th October 1998Find the difference in temperature between -7 degrees C and 6 degrees C.
- 12th October 1998Find the smallest three-digit number divisible by 6.
- 13th October 1998State the two steps you should always take before calculating the area of a compound shape made of several rectangles.
- 14th October 1998An L-shaped room is made from a 6 m by 4 m rectangle with a 2 m by 3 m rectangle removed from one corner. Find the remaining area.
- 15th October 1998A train travels at a constant speed of 80 km/h for 3 hours. How far does it travel?
- 16th October 1998A Venn diagram shows 40 pupils in total. 25 play football, 18 play tennis, and 10 play both. How many play neither sport?
- 17th October 1998Solve: 5x = 35.
- 18th October 1998In a bag of 40 sweets, 3/8 are red. How many sweets are red?
- 19th October 1998Simplify 6a + 4a - a.
- 20th October 1998A bar chart shows 4 classes with 28, 30, 26 and 32 pupils. Find the mean class size.
- 21st October 1998A rectangle has length (2x + 1) cm and width (x + 3) cm. Its perimeter is 38 cm. Form and solve an equation to find x.
- 22nd October 1998A recipe uses flour and butter in the ratio 3:1. If 45g of butter is used, how much flour is needed?
- 23rd October 1998A path is 2.4m wide and 15m long. Find its area.
- 24th October 1998Find 15% of 60.
- 25th October 1998A florist has 100 stems and makes bunches of 7 stems each, selling only complete bunches. How many complete bunches can she make?
- 26th October 1998A bar chart shows 5 pupils scored a 'red' vote, 8 scored 'blue', and 3 scored 'green'. How many pupils voted in total?
- 27th October 1998Order these from smallest to largest: 0.6, 3/4, 55%.
- 28th October 1998What is the largest four-digit number that can be made using the digits 2, 8, 5 and 1 exactly once?
- 29th October 1998Find 5/8 of 96.
- 30th October 1998A tank contains 500 litres of water. Half of the water is drained, then 40% of what remains is drained again, then 45 litres are added back. How much water is in the tank now?
- 31st October 1998Work out 7.25 + 3.6 + 0.85.