Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
October 2008 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in October 2008, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in October 2008
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2008Multiply 7 by 12.
- 2nd October 2008Ben buys 5 stickers costing 45p each. Work out the total cost.
- 3rd October 2008Work out 2.5 - 0.75.
- 4th October 2008What is three-quarters of 32?
- 5th October 2008A model train is built at a scale of 1:50. If the real train is 15 metres long, how long is the model in cm?
- 6th October 2008A tank is 2/5 full of water. If 1/2 of the water in the tank is poured out, what fraction of the whole tank is now full?
- 7th October 2008A solid is built on a 3 by 3 grid. The centre stack has height 3, and all eight surrounding stacks have height 2. A unit cube counts as completely hidden if it has no visible left, right, front, back or top face (the underside does not count). How many unit cubes in this solid are completely hidden?
- 8th October 2008Top-left: hexagon rotated 0 degrees, unshaded. Top-right: hexagon rotated 60 degrees clockwise, unshaded. Bottom-left: hexagon rotated 0 degrees, shaded grey. What is the bottom-right cell?
- 9th October 2008A single cell shaded in row 1, column 1 of a grid is first reflected in a vertical mirror line through column 2, and the resulting figure is then reflected in a horizontal mirror line through row 2. Where does the cell end up finally?
- 10th October 2008The trunk in the attic turned out to hold not one old notebook but three. Complete the sentence: the trunk held three old ___ (plural of 'diary').
- 11th October 2008Continue the sequence: 5, 10, 20, 40, ...
- 12th October 2008Write 7/20 as a decimal.
- 13th October 2008A rectangular field is 45m long and 30m wide. What is its perimeter?
- 14th October 2008'The apprentice worked with audacious confidence for someone on their first week in the workshop.' What does 'audacious' suggest about the apprentice?
- 15th October 2008Give one word that means the opposite of 'generous'.
- 16th October 2008A ribbon is 2.4 metres long. It is cut into pieces 0.3 metres long. How many full pieces can be cut?
- 17th October 2008Give a word that is a synonym for 'elated'.
- 18th October 2008Find the missing three-letter word that fits both sentences: 'The carpenter used a ( ) to cut the wood.' and 'I ( ) my friend at the shop yesterday.'
- 19th October 2008A rectangle has an area of 48cm squared and a width of 6cm. What is its length?
- 20th October 2008'The young violinist looked reticent backstage, saying little as the other players warmed up around her.' What does 'reticent' suggest about the violinist?
- 21st October 2008Which word means the opposite of 'transparent': see-through, clear, cloudy, glossy?
- 22nd October 2008A jacket originally costing 60 pounds is reduced by 25%. What is the sale price?
- 23rd October 2008What is 7 x 8, then add 15?
- 24th October 2008TEA ( ) HOLE - which word completes TEA and begins HOLE?
- 25th October 2008Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to RELUCTANT.
- 26th October 2008Find the next number: 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, ?
- 27th October 20085 (13) 3 | 4 (?) 6.
- 28th October 2008In this code, letters are counted from the end of the alphabet, so Z=1, Y=2, and so on (for example, TOP has the code 7-12-11). Which word does the code 8-6-13 represent?
- 29th October 2008A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'She kept extra index cards in a folder.' A) TRAY B) RAIN C) NEXT D) DEXT E) EXTR
- 30th October 2008Find the next number in the series: 2, 5, 11, 23, 47, ( ? )
- 31st October 2008Choose the word closest in meaning to FRANTIC. A) calm B) frenzied C) tired D) sad E) careful