Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
January 1999 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in January 1999, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in January 1999
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1999True or False: a poem set in autumn or at harvest time often uses ideas of change or endings as well as describing the season itself.
- 2nd January 1999Choose the correct pronoun: 'Jack and (I / me) are going to the cinema.'
- 3rd January 1999Give the correct sign-off for a formal letter that began "Dear Mrs Owusu,".
- 4th January 1999In Extract B, give one fact stated about how long swifts can stay airborne.
- 5th January 1999Complete the gap: 'She read the letter twice, unable to (1)_______ what it actually meant.'
- 6th January 1999Explain why a 20% increase followed by a 20% decrease does not return an amount to its original value.
- 7th January 1999A total of 180 pounds is shared in the ratio 1 : 5 between Zara and a savings fund. Zara then spends 1/3 of her share. How much does Zara have left?
- 8th January 1999A rectangular lawn measures 12 m by 7 m. Fencing costs 3.50 pounds per metre. Calculate the total cost of fencing the whole perimeter.
- 9th January 1999The sum of two people's ages is 30 and their difference is 4. Find the two ages.
- 10th January 1999Point E is at (-2, -5). Translate E by 4 right and 6 up. Write down the new coordinates.
- 11th January 1999A ferry departs 21:50 and arrives 00:15 the next day. How long is the crossing?
- 12th January 1999A frequency table shows 1 pupil scored 5, 3 pupils scored 6, and 2 pupils scored 8 in a quiz. Work out the mean score.
- 13th January 1999A sequence follows the rule 'double the previous term, then subtract 1', starting at 3. Find the first four terms.
- 14th January 1999True or False: on a GL-style multiple-choice paper, it is generally better to fill in your best guess than to leave a question blank.
- 15th January 1999Write the next two terms of the sequence 3, 8, 13, 18, ...
- 16th January 1999A data table lists three towns' populations: Ashby 12,400, Byton 9,800, Carwell 15,650. What is the combined population of Byton and Carwell?
- 17th January 1999Find the next two terms of the sequence 3, 7, 11, 15, ...
- 18th January 1999A shop sells notebooks at 1.60 pounds each. A pupil buys 3 notebooks and pays with a 10-pound note. How much change do they get?
- 19th January 1999Calculate: 27 x 16.
- 20th January 1999What is 6 + 7?
- 21st January 1999Tickets cost 4 pounds each. How much do 7 tickets cost?
- 22nd January 1999A rectangular field is 120 m by 80 m. What is its perimeter in metres?
- 23rd January 1999Work out 5/6 - 1/3, giving your answer in its simplest form.
- 24th January 1999Take 24 away from 71.
- 25th January 1999A function machine takes an input, multiplies it by 3, then subtracts 5, to give an output of 22. What was the input?
- 26th January 1999A library has 320 books. 3/8 of them are fiction. How many books are non-fiction?
- 27th January 1999Work out 7/10 - 1/5, giving your answer in its simplest form.
- 28th January 1999Complete the missing number: 9 : 4 = ___ : 20.
- 29th January 1999A cuboid has length 10 cm, width 4 cm and height 3 cm. Find its total surface area.
- 30th January 1999Write 0.65 as a percentage.
- 31st January 1999Half of 96.