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August 1999 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day

Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in August 1999, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.

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August 1999

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

Every sheet in August 1999

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

  1. 1st August 1999Simplify the ratio 12:30.
  2. 2nd August 1999A price of 84 pounds is increased by 15%, then the new price is reduced by 10%. Find the final price.
  3. 3rd August 1999A baker has 92 eggs and wants to pack them into boxes of 6. How many full boxes can she pack, and how many eggs are left over?
  4. 4th August 1999A film starts at 14:50 and lasts 1 hour 45 minutes. What time does it finish?
  5. 5th August 1999A figure made only of straight lines shows a rectangle 8cm wide and 5cm tall, with a diagonal line drawn from the bottom-left corner to a point on the top edge 3cm from the top-left corner. Which right-angled triangle is hidden in the figure: one with legs 3cm and 5cm, or one with legs 8cm and 5cm?
  6. 6th August 1999Example 1: code C1T shows a circle, thin outline, tall. Example 2: code O1T shows an oval, thin outline, tall. Example 3: code C2T shows a circle, thick outline, tall. Example 4: code C1N shows a circle, thin outline, short. What does code O2N show?
  7. 7th August 1999Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  8. 8th August 1999A jacket priced at 55 pounds is reduced by 20 percent. What is the new price?
  9. 9th August 1999(UP, DOWN) (HOT, COLD) (WET, ?) Complete the third pair the same way the first two pairs are related.
  10. 10th August 1999Continue the sequence: 100, 91, 82, 73, ...
  11. 11th August 1999A submarine is at a depth of 45 metres below sea level. It rises by 60 metres. What is its new position, relative to sea level?
  12. 12th August 1999A recipe for 4 people needs 2 eggs. How many eggs are needed for 10 people?
  13. 13th August 1999'Despite her nerves, Amina delivered the speech without a single stumble.' What does this sentence suggest about the outcome of Amina's speech?
  14. 14th August 1999Which word is the opposite of 'genuine': (a) honest (b) fake (c) rare (d) simple?
  15. 15th August 1999Find the hidden four-letter word that runs across the join between two words in this sentence: 'We must act now.'
  16. 16th August 1999A sequence shows a hexagon with an increasing number of shaded sides (1 shaded, then 2, then 3). How many sides are shaded in the fourth shape?
  17. 17th August 1999'The old clock in the hallway had stopped years ago, yet no one in the family had ever suggested throwing it away.' What might this suggest about the family's feelings towards the clock?
  18. 18th August 1999A class of 30 pupils has 40% boys. Half of the boys play football. How many boys do not play football?
  19. 19th August 1999'Despite the rain, the match continued.' What does 'despite' tell the reader about the relationship between the rain and the match continuing?
  20. 20th August 1999Choose the correctly punctuated sentence: (a) 'Its raining again' (b) 'It's raining again'.
  21. 21st August 1999GJ is to HN as MO is to ? A) NR B) MS C) OT D) NT E) NS
  22. 22nd August 1999DROUGHT is to RAIN as FAMINE is to ?
  23. 23rd August 1999BOOK ( ) UP - which word completes BOOK and begins UP?
  24. 24th August 1999(2/3) x 18 = [ ] - 5. Find the missing number.
  25. 25th August 1999Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: LAK ( ? ) XIT
  26. 26th August 1999Every runner in the relay team wears a red vest. Zack is not wearing a red vest. What must be true about Zack?
  27. 27th August 1999Find the letter which completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: SPO ( ? ) ILE A) T B) N C) R D) K E) L
  28. 28th August 1999Which ONE word means both 'to bend forward at the waist as a sign of respect' and 'a weapon used to shoot arrows'? A) BOW B) ARCH C) KNEEL D) SALUTE E) SLING
  29. 29th August 1999If the code for TRAIN is WUDLQ, what is the code for PLANE, using the same rule? A) RNCPG B) SODQH C) TPERI D) MIXKB E) HQDOS
  30. 30th August 19994, 10, 16, 22, ( ? )
  31. 31st August 1999If the code for PRIZE is RTKBG, what is the code for SNAKE, using the same rule?