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October 2019 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day

Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in October 2019, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.

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October 2019

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

Every sheet in October 2019

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st October 2019'children breathe them in on their way to class' - what effect does mentioning children specifically have on the reader?
  2. 2nd October 2019Convert to direct speech: David said that he had lost his keys the day before.
  3. 3rd October 2019Which spelling is correct: recieve or receive?
  4. 4th October 2019Find the misspelled word: 'It was definately the best match of the season.'
  5. 5th October 2019Why might a writer choose to give a specific figure, such as 'almost a third', rather than simply saying polytunnels 'save energy'?
  6. 6th October 2019Rephrase the idiom "under the weather" in plain words, as used in: "Maya stayed home from school because she was feeling a little under the weather."
  7. 7th October 2019Explain the difference between a simile and a metaphor, using an example of each.
  8. 8th October 2019According to the extract, what two examples of material can be pulped to make paper?
  9. 9th October 2019True or False: Extract B is written mainly to entertain the reader with a story.
  10. 10th October 2019Explain why finishing a story with the character waking up to find it had all been a dream is usually a weak ending.
  11. 11th October 2019True or False: a poem describing repeated physical work often uses repeated words or phrases to mirror that repetition.
  12. 12th October 2019State whether questions about a character's feelings are more likely to appear for a fiction extract or a factual non-fiction extract.
  13. 13th October 2019Round 0.0472 to 1 significant figure.
  14. 14th October 2019True or False: the pack with the lowest total price is always the best value for money.
  15. 15th October 2019Convert 3.6 km to metres.
  16. 16th October 201994 - 3Y = 58, where Y is the missing units digit of the two-digit number 3Y. Find Y.
  17. 17th October 2019A quadrilateral has angles of 130, 130, 50 and x degrees. Find x.
  18. 18th October 2019A thermometer has labelled marks at 0 and 10 degrees C, with 5 equal divisions between them. What temperature does each division represent?
  19. 19th October 2019A car's fuel gauge line graph shows the tank was full (50 litres) at the start of a journey and empty after travelling 400 km. Assuming fuel is used at a constant rate, how much fuel is left after 240 km?
  20. 20th October 2019A sequence begins 2, 6, 10, 14, ... Find the 25th term.
  21. 21st October 2019A car journey of 240 km is completed in two stages. The first stage takes 2 hours at 60 km/h. The second stage covers the remaining distance in 1.5 hours. Work out the average speed for the second stage.
  22. 22nd October 2019Bus A leaves at 14:05 and arrives at 15:40. Bus B leaves at 14:20 and takes the same journey time as Bus A. What time does Bus B arrive?
  23. 23rd October 2019Double 6.5, then subtract 5.
  24. 24th October 2019Share 60 pounds in the ratio 1:3.
  25. 25th October 2019Solve: 4x - 5 = 19.
  26. 26th October 2019A square has an area of 49 square cm. Find the length of one side.
  27. 27th October 2019What is half of 74?
  28. 28th October 2019A model car is built at a scale of 1:20. If the real car is 4 metres long, how long is the model in cm?
  29. 29th October 2019I am a three-digit number. My hundreds digit is 4. My units digit is 3 more than my hundreds digit. My tens digit is 0. What number am I?
  30. 30th October 2019A charity raises 936 pounds, shared equally between 6 teams. Each team then spends 25 pounds on materials. How much does each team have left?
  31. 31st October 2019Find 10% of 350 in one step.