Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
May 2006 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in May 2006, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in May 2006
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2006A sequence starts 40, 34, 28, 22, ... Describe the term-to-term rule.
- 2nd May 2006I think of a number, subtract 9, then multiply by 4. The result is 48. What was my number?
- 3rd May 2006What is 9 times 5, minus 6?
- 4th May 2006Maya has a 10 pound note. She buys a drink costing 2.35 pounds. How much change does she get?
- 5th May 2006Work out 1/2 + 1/4.
- 6th May 2006Take 29 away from 83.
- 7th May 2006Simplify the ratio 56:35, working in your head. What is the largest number you can spot as a common factor?
- 8th May 2006Explain why dividing 4 by 1/2 gives a bigger answer than dividing 4 by 2.
- 9th May 2006A solid stands on a 2 by 2 grid with stack heights A1 = 2, B1 = 2, A2 = 1, B2 = 3. How many unit cubes make up the solid altogether?
- 10th May 2006Row 1: triangle unshaded, triangle grey, triangle black. Row 2: square unshaded, square grey, square black. Row 3: pentagon unshaded, pentagon grey, ? What is the missing cell?
- 11th May 2006A single cell is shaded in row 2, column 1 of a grid that is 4 columns wide. A vertical mirror line runs down the grid exactly between column 2 and column 3. Which cell is the reflection?
- 12th May 2006Give one word that is a synonym for 'forlorn'.
- 13th May 2006If the code for PLANT is QMBOU (each letter moved one place forward), what is the code for GRASS?
- 14th May 2006Find 15% of 220.
- 15th May 2006Find the next term: 2, 5, 14, 41, 122, ( ? )
- 16th May 2006Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly: 'The apprentices tools were kept in a locked chest' or 'The apprentice's tools were kept in a locked chest' (for one apprentice)?
- 17th May 2006In the sentence 'Reluctant to answer, Sam stared at his shoes', what does 'reluctant' tell the reader about how Sam feels about answering?
- 18th May 2006What is 4/5 of 45?
- 19th May 2006Correct the error in this sentence: 'The volunteers has fed the animals before the vet arrived.'
- 20th May 2006Join these two words to make one compound word: FOOT + BALL.
- 21st May 2006An L-shaped room is made from a rectangle 6m by 4m with a 2m by 2m square cut from one corner. What is the area of the room?
- 22nd May 2006'The hall fell buoyant with relief once the final note had faded and the applause began.' What does 'buoyant' suggest about the mood in the hall?
- 23rd May 2006Which word is closest in meaning to 'reluctant': eager, unwilling, curious, confident?
- 24th May 2006A pack of 12 juice cartons costs 4.20 pounds. What is the cost of 5 cartons at the same rate?
- 25th May 2006What is 0.6 as a fraction in its simplest form?
- 26th May 2006BUTTER ( ) WHEEL - which word completes BUTTER and begins WHEEL?
- 27th May 2006Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to METICULOUS.
- 28th May 2006Find the next number: 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, ?
- 29th May 20068 (6) 4 | 10 (?) 6.
- 30th May 2006Using the rule where A=1, B=2, up to Z=26, which word does the code 7-9-6-20 represent?
- 31st May 2006Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: PAR ( ? ) ORN A) K B) T C) M D) B E) C