Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
January 2016 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in January 2016, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in January 2016
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2016Work out 1/2 + 1/4.
- 2nd January 2016What is three-quarters of 32?
- 3rd January 2016A 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?
- 4th January 2016How many 1/4-litre glasses can be filled from 3 litres of juice?
- 5th January 2016A 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?
- 6th January 2016Top-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?
- 7th January 2016A 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?
- 8th January 2016Identify the subordinate clause in this sentence: 'Because the attic light had failed, she read the diary by torchlight.'
- 9th January 2016Find the missing letter: FIL ( ? ) ARE, where the letter completes the first word and starts the second.
- 10th January 2016Write 7/20 as a decimal.
- 11th January 2016In a race, Owen finished before Priya. Priya finished before Ravi. Sana finished before Owen. Who finished first?
- 12th January 2016What is the past tense of 'lay' (as in 'to lay something down')?
- 13th January 2016Give one word that means the opposite of 'generous'.
- 14th January 2016Share 84 sweets in the ratio 3:4.
- 15th January 2016Give a word that is a synonym for 'elated'.
- 16th January 2016Find 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.'
- 17th January 2016A rectangle is 7cm by 5cm. What is its area?
- 18th January 2016'The young violinist looked reticent backstage, saying little as the other players warmed up around her.' What does 'reticent' suggest about the violinist?
- 19th January 2016Which word means the opposite of 'transparent': see-through, clear, cloudy, glossy?
- 20th January 2016A jacket originally costing 60 pounds is reduced by 25%. What is the sale price?
- 21st January 2016A shop reduces a 40 pound jacket by 25 percent in a sale. What is the sale price?
- 22nd January 2016TEA ( ) HOLE - which word completes TEA and begins HOLE?
- 23rd January 2016Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to RELUCTANT.
- 24th January 2016Find the next number: 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, ?
- 25th January 20165 (13) 3 | 4 (?) 6.
- 26th January 2016In 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?
- 27th January 2016A 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
- 28th January 2016Find the next number in the series: 2, 5, 11, 23, 47, ( ? )
- 29th January 2016Which ONE word means both 'a container often made of cardboard' and 'to fight using your fists'? A) PUNCH B) FIGHT C) BOX D) CRATE E) SPAR
- 30th January 2016A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'Japan today announced new plans.' A) PANT B) PANDA C) TODY D) DAYT E) ANTO
- 31st January 2016Choose the word closest in meaning to CHEERFUL. A) miserable B) joyful C) tired D) angry E) calm