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January 2001 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in January 2001, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in January 2001
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2001What is 8 x 9?
- 2nd January 2001A quantity is decreased by 20%, then decreased again by 25%. Find the single decimal multiplier equivalent to both changes combined.
- 3rd January 2001A pack of 6 apples costs 1 pound 80. What is the cost per apple?
- 4th January 2001A number is multiplied by 4, then 7 is subtracted, giving 21. What was the original number?
- 5th January 2001A fuel tank has a capacity of 60 litres and is 5/6 full. How many litres of fuel are in the tank?
- 6th January 2001Convert 3/8 to a decimal.
- 7th January 20016 identical notebooks cost 6.90 pounds. Calculate the cost of 10 of these notebooks.
- 8th January 2001A water tank has a capacity of 240 litres and is 5/8 full. How many litres of water does it hold?
- 9th January 2001A journey starts at 10:45 and takes 1 hour 50 minutes. What time does it finish?
- 10th January 2001A train journey takes 2 hours 45 minutes. It departs at 09:20. What time does it arrive?
- 11th January 2001Solve: 5x = 35.
- 12th January 2001Buses leave a stop every 25 minutes starting at 06:00. Amir arrives at the stop at 07:48, just missing a bus. How many minutes must he wait for the next bus?
- 13th January 2001Two fair coins are flipped. What is the probability that both land on tails?
- 14th January 2001Work out 0.026 x 100.
- 15th January 2001A square sheet of paper is folded in half vertically, left onto right. A hole is punched exactly on the crease line, 2cm from the bottom edge. How many separate holes appear once the paper is unfolded, and why?
- 16th January 2001Figure 1: pentagon (5 sides) with 1 dot, unshaded. Figure 2: heptagon (7 sides) with 2 dots, unshaded. Figure 3: nonagon (9 sides) with 3 dots, unshaded. Which follows the same rule: an undecagon (11 sides) with 4 dots, unshaded, or a decagon (10 sides) with 4 dots, unshaded?
- 17th January 2001Work out 27 x 4 without a calculator.
- 18th January 2001Find the mean of these five test scores: 14, 18, 12, 20, 16.
- 19th January 2001Estimate the answer to 3,912 x 4.8 by first rounding each number to a simple value.
- 20th January 2001Find the hidden four-letter word made from the end of one word and the start of the next: 'You are the best army cadet in the troop.'
- 21st January 2001Three of these words are close in meaning to 'careful': hasty, cautious, prudent, guarded. Which one does not belong, and why?
- 22nd January 2001A bus leaves at 14:20 and the journey takes 55 minutes. What time does it arrive?
- 23rd January 2001A rectangle has a length of 9cm and a width of 4cm. What is its perimeter?
- 24th January 2001'The manager's tone was measured, giving nothing away about her real opinion.' What does 'measured' suggest about the manager's tone?
- 25th January 2001A cube net has six squares arranged in a cross shape, each with a different symbol. When folded into a cube, how many squares end up directly opposite the square marked with a star?
- 26th January 2001Work out 144 / 12.
- 27th January 2001Which meaning of 'sound' fits this sentence: 'Her argument was sound, even if her delivery was nervous.' (a) a noise (b) to measure the depth of water (c) well-reasoned and reliable (d) healthy in body?
- 28th January 2001Continue the letter series: A, C, F, J, O, ...
- 29th January 2001'The wind tore at the flags, snapping them like whips against the grey sky.' What effect does the simile 'like whips' create?
- 30th January 2001What is the perimeter of a square with an area of 49 cm squared?
- 31st January 2001Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: SHRIN ( ? ) NIT