Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
September 2008 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in September 2008, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in September 2008
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 2008Why might a mixed-genre paper pair a personal story about swifts with a factual passage about swifts, rather than about two unrelated topics?
- 2nd September 2008In the sentence 'The crowd fell (1)_______ as the winner's name was announced', explain why 'silent' fits better than 'quiet', even though both are grammatically correct.
- 3rd September 2008True or False: increasing an amount by 50% and then decreasing the result by 50% returns you to the original amount.
- 4th September 2008True or False: to find 2/5 of a ratio share, you first work out the share as a number, then find the fraction of that number.
- 5th September 2008A rectangle has length 7 cm and width 5 cm. Calculate its perimeter.
- 6th September 2008The sum of two people's ages is 30 and their difference is 4. Find the two ages.
- 7th September 2008Point E is at (-2, -5). Translate E by 4 right and 6 up. Write down the new coordinates.
- 8th September 2008A ferry departs 21:50 and arrives 00:15 the next day. How long is the crossing?
- 9th September 2008A data set of 9 values is arranged in order. Which position is the median value in?
- 10th September 2008Find the term-to-term rule for the sequence 40, 34, 28, 22, ...
- 11th September 2008A pupil spends 90 seconds on a question, but had planned 54 seconds per question. Roughly how many seconds behind schedule are they after this one question?
- 12th September 2008A sequence is formed by doubling the previous term, starting at 3: 3, 6, 12, 24, ... Find the 6th term.
- 13th September 2008A graph shows a plant grows 4cm in week 1, 7cm in week 2 and 5cm in week 3. What is the total growth over the three weeks?
- 14th September 2008A sequence starts at 50, and each term is 6 less than the one before. Find the 4th term.
- 15th September 2008A class of 32 pupils is split into equal groups of 4 for a project. How many groups are there?
- 16th September 2008Calculate: 504 divided by 8.
- 17th September 2008What is 12 x 12?
- 18th September 2008A class of 30 pupils is split into groups of 5. How many groups are there?
- 19th September 2008Three angles on a straight line are 55 degrees, 65 degrees and x. What is the value of x?
- 20th September 2008Work out 3/8 + 1/8, giving your answer in its simplest form.
- 21st September 2008Divide 108 by 9.
- 22nd September 2008Solve for x: x - 7 = 15.
- 23rd September 2008A box of 144 pencils is shared equally between 6 classes, and each class then gives away 4 pencils. How many pencils does each class have left?
- 24th September 2008Work out 2/9 + 4/9, giving your answer in its simplest form.
- 25th September 2008A sum of money is shared between Leo and Zara in the ratio 3 : 7. Zara receives 84 pounds more than Leo. How much does Leo receive?
- 26th September 2008A rectangular swimming pool 20 m long and 8 m wide is surrounded by a path 2 m wide. Find the area of the path alone.
- 27th September 2008After a 5% pay rise, Dev's salary is 25,200 pounds. Work out his salary before the rise.
- 28th September 2008Half of 96.
- 29th September 2008Solve the equation 5x - 2 = 18.
- 30th September 2008Working backwards: a number is multiplied by 3, then 8 is subtracted, giving 25. What was the original number?