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11+ · GL ASSESSMENT

EP.T47 Trafford-Style Mixed Mock

GL ASSESSMENT GL Assessment 11+ Trafford Consortium-style · Calculators not allowed · about 42 minutes

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TRAFFORD-STYLE MIXED MOCK. This pack is a timed, two-section mock in the multiple-choice format used for 11+ entrance tests set by GL Assessment, in the style historically used by the Trafford consortium of Greater Manchester grammar schools. Total time allowed: 42 minutes across two sections, taken strictly in order - once a section's time is up, put your pencil down and move on to the next section; do not turn back. SECTION 1: MATHS/NUMERICAL (22 minutes, Questions 1-25) - 25 multiple-choice questions covering number, fractions, decimals, percentages, ratio, simple algebra, geometry, measures, averages and multi-step word problems, moving from straightforward warm-up questions to harder multi-step problems by the end. No calculator is allowed; all working should be done by hand in the space provided. SECTION 2: VERBAL REASONING AND COMPREHENSION (20 minutes, Questions 26-50) - 15 verbal reasoning questions covering letter sequences, word connections, opposites, closest meanings, word codes, letters-for-numbers, hidden words, compound words, odd one out and logical deduction, followed by an original comprehension passage with 10 further questions covering main idea, inference, vocabulary in context, text structure and detail recall. Every question across both sections is worth 1 mark, with exactly one correct option from A) to E). There is no negative marking, so attempt every question, and use any time left at the end of a section to check your answers before moving on. Total marks available: 50.

The Attic Telescope

Original narrative written for Revision Library; no external source reproduced.

When Kwame finally found the courage to climb into his grandfather's attic, he was searching for nothing more exciting than a box of old photographs. Instead, tucked behind a stack of yellowing newspapers, he discovered a brass telescope, its lens clouded with decades of dust.

'That belonged to your great-grandfather,' said his grandfather, appearing in the doorway with a look of quiet surprise. 'He used it to chart the stars from the back garden every clear night for thirty years.'

Kwame carried the telescope downstairs and spent the whole evening polishing the brass tube until it gleamed. His younger sister, Priya, was doubtful. 'It's ancient,' she said. 'It probably doesn't even work anymore.'

That night, once the sky had darkened enough, Kwame set the telescope up on the patio and aimed it hesitantly towards the moon. For a moment there was nothing but a blur, and he almost gave up. Then, as he adjusted the focusing ring with trembling fingers, the surface of the moon snapped suddenly into view: craters, ridges and shadows he had never noticed with his bare eyes.

'Priya, come and look!' he called, his voice cracking with excitement.

His sister peered through the eyepiece and fell silent for a long moment. 'I didn't think it would look like that,' she admitted eventually. 'It's like a whole different moon.'

Over the following weeks, the two of them took it in turns to use the telescope, keeping a notebook of everything they observed, just as their great-grandfather once had. They noted the changing phases of the moon, tracked the position of a bright planet low on the horizon, and even spotted a faint smudge of light that their grandfather later identified as a distant galaxy.

By the end of the summer, Kwame no longer thought of the telescope as an old, forgotten object gathering dust in an attic. It had become a kind of bridge between himself and a relative he had never met, connecting three generations through nothing more than curiosity and a clear night sky.

SECTION 1: MATHS/NUMERICAL (22 minutes, no calculator allowed). Answer questions 1 to 25, each worth 1 mark.

Question 1: Work out 4623 + 3789.

A) 8402
B) 8412
C) 8422
D) 8312
E) 8512

(Total for Question 1 is 1 mark)

Question 2: Work out 9000 - 3456.

A) 5444
B) 5544
C) 5644
D) 6544
E) 5554

(Total for Question 2 is 1 mark)

Question 3: What is 6 x 9?

A) 45
B) 48
C) 54
D) 56
E) 63

(Total for Question 3 is 1 mark)

Question 4: What is 1/5 of 45?

A) 5
B) 7
C) 9
D) 11
E) 15

(Total for Question 4 is 1 mark)

Question 5: What is 3/8 of 64?

A) 8
B) 16
C) 24
D) 32
E) 40

(Total for Question 5 is 1 mark)

Question 6: What is 35% of 260?

A) 78
B) 84
C) 91
D) 97
E) 104

(Total for Question 6 is 1 mark)

Question 7: 72 sweets are shared between Sam and Tom in the ratio 5:3. How many does Sam get?

A) 27
B) 36
C) 40
D) 45
E) 48

(Total for Question 7 is 1 mark)

Question 8: A rectangle is 12 cm long and 5 cm wide. What is its perimeter?

A) 17 cm
B) 34 cm
C) 60 cm
D) 29 cm
E) 37 cm

(Total for Question 8 is 1 mark)

Question 9: A square has side length 9 cm. What is its area?

A) 18 cm²
B) 36 cm²
C) 72 cm²
D) 81 cm²
E) 90 cm²

(Total for Question 9 is 1 mark)

Question 10: Find the next number in the sequence: 5, 9, 13, 17, ...

A) 19
B) 20
C) 21
D) 22
E) 25

(Total for Question 10 is 1 mark)

Question 11: Amina buys 4 comics at £2.35 each and a magazine for £1.60. How much change does she get from a £15 note?

A) £3.00
B) £3.40
C) £4.00
D) £4.60
E) £5.00

(Total for Question 11 is 1 mark)

Question 12: Find the mean of 6, 11, 4, 15 and 9.

A) 7
B) 8
C) 9
D) 10
E) 11

(Total for Question 12 is 1 mark)

Question 13: Two angles on a straight line are 47 degrees and x degrees. What is x?

A) 133 degrees
B) 123 degrees
C) 143 degrees
D) 113 degrees
E) 137 degrees

(Total for Question 13 is 1 mark)

Question 14: A train travels 150 miles in 3 hours. What is its average speed?

A) 45 mph
B) 50 mph
C) 55 mph
D) 60 mph
E) 65 mph

(Total for Question 14 is 1 mark)

Question 15: What is 3/4 + 1/8? Give your answer as a fraction.

A) 4/12
B) 7/8
C) 1
D) 5/8
E) 7/12

(Total for Question 15 is 1 mark)

Question 16: What is 3.7 x 4?

A) 13.8
B) 14.4
C) 14.8
D) 15.8
E) 12.8

(Total for Question 16 is 1 mark)

Question 17: Which of these numbers is a multiple of both 6 and 8: 30, 36, 42, 48, 54?

A) 30
B) 36
C) 42
D) 48
E) 54

(Total for Question 17 is 1 mark)

Question 18: Solve: 4x - 5 = 27. What is x?

A) 6
B) 7
C) 8
D) 9
E) 32

(Total for Question 18 is 1 mark)

Question 19: A jumper costs £45. Its price decreases by 20%. What is the new price?

A) £34
B) £36
C) £38
D) £40
E) £42

(Total for Question 19 is 1 mark)

Question 20: A cuboid has length 6 cm, width 5 cm and height 4 cm. What is its volume?

A) 15 cm³
B) 60 cm³
C) 90 cm³
D) 120 cm³
E) 150 cm³

(Total for Question 20 is 1 mark)

Question 21 (harder). A shop reduces an £80 jacket by 25% in a sale. It is then reduced by a further 10% of the sale price. What is the final price?

A) £48.00
B) £52.00
C) £54.00
D) £56.00
E) £60.00

(Total for Question 21 is 1 mark)

Question 22 (harder). The ratio of red counters to blue counters in a bag is 4:7. There are 20 red counters. How many counters are in the bag altogether?

A) 35
B) 45
C) 55
D) 63
E) 70

(Total for Question 22 is 1 mark)

Question 23 (harder). Work out the value of y: y/6 + 3 = 9.

A) 18
B) 24
C) 30
D) 36
E) 42

(Total for Question 23 is 1 mark)

Question 24 (harder). A car travels for 25 minutes at an average speed of 72 km/h. How far does it travel?

A) 18 km
B) 24 km
C) 28 km
D) 30 km
E) 36 km

(Total for Question 24 is 1 mark)

Question 25 (hardest, final question). A number is decreased by 15% and the result is 102. What was the original number?

A) 108
B) 112
C) 117
D) 120
E) 122

(Total for Question 25 is 1 mark)

SECTION 2: VERBAL REASONING AND COMPREHENSION (20 minutes). This section has two parts: 15 verbal reasoning questions (26-40), then a comprehension passage with 10 further questions (41-50).

Question 26 (letter sequence): What is the next letter in this sequence? C F I L ...?

A) M
B) N
C) O
D) P
E) Q

(Total for Question 26 is 1 mark)

Question 27 (letter sequence): What is the next letter in this sequence? W T Q N ...?

A) J
B) K
C) L
D) M
E) I

(Total for Question 27 is 1 mark)

Question 28 (word connection): KETTLE is to BOIL as FRIDGE is to ...?

A) FREEZE
B) COOL
C) FOOD
D) KITCHEN
E) STORE

(Total for Question 28 is 1 mark)

Question 29 (word connection): AUTHOR is to BOOK as COMPOSER is to ...?

A) INSTRUMENT
B) MUSIC
C) ORCHESTRA
D) CONCERT
E) LYRICS

(Total for Question 29 is 1 mark)

Question 30 (opposite in meaning): DILIGENT

A) HARDWORKING
B) LAZY
C) CAREFUL
D) SLOW
E) CLEVER

(Total for Question 30 is 1 mark)

Question 31 (opposite in meaning): TRANQUIL

A) CALM
B) PEACEFUL
C) CHAOTIC
D) QUIET
E) STILL

(Total for Question 31 is 1 mark)

Question 32 (closest in meaning): FRAIL

A) STRONG
B) FEEBLE
C) BRAVE
D) STUBBORN
E) HEALTHY

(Total for Question 32 is 1 mark)

Question 33 (word code): In a code, each letter of a word is replaced by the letter four places later in the alphabet. If DOG is coded as HSK, what is the code for CAT?

A) GEX
B) GDX
C) FEX
D) GEY
E) HEX

(Total for Question 33 is 1 mark)

Question 34 (letters for numbers): If A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 and so on through the alphabet, what is the sum of the letter values in the word CAB?

A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
E) 8

(Total for Question 34 is 1 mark)

Question 35 (hidden word): A three-letter ANIMAL is spelled by consecutive letters inside the word COWER. Which animal is it?

A) COW
B) OWL
C) SOW
D) CAT
E) PIG

(Total for Question 35 is 1 mark)

Question 36 (compound word): Which word can be added AFTER each of these words to make three new real words: STEAM, ROW, SAIL?

A) BOAT
B) SHIP
C) MOTOR
D) CRAFT
E) LINER

(Total for Question 36 is 1 mark)

Question 37 (compound word): Which word can be added BEFORE each of these words to make three new real words: STORM, BOW, DROP?

A) RAIN
B) SNOW
C) WIND
D) SUN
E) HAIL

(Total for Question 37 is 1 mark)

Question 38 (odd one out): Which word does NOT belong with the others?

trumpet, flute, clarinet, violin, saxophone

A) trumpet
B) flute
C) clarinet
D) violin
E) saxophone

(Total for Question 38 is 1 mark)

Question 39 (odd one out): Which word does NOT belong with the others?

triangle, hexagon, cylinder, pentagon, octagon

A) triangle
B) hexagon
C) cylinder
D) pentagon
E) octagon

(Total for Question 39 is 1 mark)

Question 40 (logical deduction, hardest of this part, final question). Four pupils are standing in a queue. Mia is at the very front. Zara is directly behind Leah. Ethan is directly behind Zara. What is the order of the queue from front to back?

A) Mia, Leah, Zara, Ethan
B) Leah, Mia, Zara, Ethan
C) Mia, Zara, Leah, Ethan
D) Mia, Leah, Ethan, Zara
E) Ethan, Leah, Zara, Mia

(Total for Question 40 is 1 mark)

Read the source text above ('The Attic Telescope') once carefully, then answer questions 41 to 50, each worth 1 mark.

Question 41: What is this passage mainly about?

A) A boy who repairs an old, broken telescope
B) A boy who discovers a connection to his family's history through an old telescope
C) A family who moves to a new house with a large attic
D) A girl who dislikes astronomy and refuses to look through a telescope
E) A grandfather who teaches his grandson how to garden

(Total for Question 41 is 1 mark)

Question 42: According to the passage, who originally owned the telescope?

A) Kwame's grandfather
B) Kwame's great-grandfather
C) Priya
D) A family friend
E) It is not stated

(Total for Question 42 is 1 mark)

Question 43 (vocabulary in context): In the passage, the word 'hesitantly' (used when Kwame first aims the telescope) most nearly means

A) confidently
B) nervously
C) quickly
D) angrily
E) loudly

(Total for Question 43 is 1 mark)

Question 44: Why was Priya doubtful about the telescope at first?

A) She thought it looked old and unlikely to still work
B) She did not enjoy learning about astronomy
C) She wanted their grandfather to buy a brand new telescope instead
D) She thought Kwame should have asked permission before using it
E) She was frightened of being outside after dark

(Total for Question 44 is 1 mark)

Question 45 (inference): What can you infer about Kwame's feelings when he first saw only a blur through the telescope?

A) He felt proud
B) He felt slightly discouraged
C) He felt bored
D) He felt afraid
E) He felt jealous of Priya

(Total for Question 45 is 1 mark)

Question 46: What did Kwame and Priya do after they learned to use the telescope well?

A) They sold the telescope to a collector
B) They kept a notebook recording their observations
C) They gave the telescope to a museum
D) They stopped using it after the first night
E) They bought a new, more powerful telescope

(Total for Question 46 is 1 mark)

Question 47 (text structure): Which of the following best describes how the ending of the passage connects back to its beginning?

A) The telescope, first found gathering dust in the attic, becomes meaningful and connects Kwame to family history
B) The telescope is returned to the attic in worse condition than before
C) Kwame decides that astronomy is not really for him after all
D) The passage ends with an argument between Kwame and Priya
E) The grandfather takes the telescope away from the children at the end

(Total for Question 47 is 1 mark)

Question 48: What did the grandfather tell Kwame about the telescope's history?

A) It was bought recently as a birthday gift
B) It belonged to the great-grandfather, who used it to chart stars for thirty years
C) It had never been used before Kwame found it
D) It was found in a second-hand shop
E) It was broken from the very beginning

(Total for Question 48 is 1 mark)

Question 49 (vocabulary in context): Which word is closest in meaning to 'gleamed' (used to describe the telescope after Kwame polished it)?

A) shone
B) rattled
C) cracked
D) dimmed
E) rusted

(Total for Question 49 is 1 mark)

Question 50 (hardest, final question of the paper). Based on the passage, which of these statements is best supported by the text?

A) Kwame and Priya observed the moon, a planet and a distant galaxy over the summer
B) Kwame and Priya understood how to use the telescope perfectly on the very first try
C) The great-grandfather is still alive and visits Kwame regularly
D) The telescope was too damaged to ever be used successfully
E) Priya refused to look through the telescope at any point in the passage

(Total for Question 50 is 1 mark)

Mark scheme · EP.T47 Trafford-Style Mixed Mock

Question 1

B1 B) 8412 - 4623 + 3789 = 8412
Answer: B) 8412

Question 2

B1 B) 5544 - 9000 - 3456 = 5544
Answer: B) 5544

Question 3

B1 C) 54 - 6 x 9 = 54
Answer: C) 54

Question 4

B1 C) 9 - 45 / 5 = 9
Answer: C) 9

Question 5

B1 C) 24 - 64 / 8 = 8, and 8 x 3 = 24
Answer: C) 24

Question 6

B1 C) 91 - 10% of 260 is 26, so 30% is 78 and 5% is 13; 78 + 13 = 91
Answer: C) 91

Question 7

B1 D) 45 - the ratio has 8 parts in total, so 72 / 8 = 9 per part; Sam's share is 5 x 9 = 45
Answer: D) 45

Question 8

B1 B) 34 cm - perimeter = 2 x (12 + 5) = 34 cm
Answer: B) 34 cm

Question 9

B1 D) 81 cm² - area = 9 x 9 = 81 cm²
Answer: D) 81 cm²

Question 10

B1 C) 21 - the sequence increases by 4 each time, so the next term after 17 is 21
Answer: C) 21

Question 11

B1 C) £4.00 - 4 x £2.35 = £9.40, plus £1.60 = £11.00 spent; £15.00 - £11.00 = £4.00 change
Answer: C) £4.00

Question 12

B1 C) 9 - the total of the five numbers is 6 + 11 + 4 + 15 + 9 = 45; 45 / 5 = 9
Answer: C) 9

Question 13

B1 A) 133 degrees - angles on a straight line sum to 180 degrees, so x = 180 - 47 = 133
Answer: A) x = 133 degrees

Question 14

B1 B) 50 mph - speed = distance / time = 150 / 3 = 50 mph
Answer: B) 50 mph

Question 15

B1 B) 7/8 - 3/4 converts to 6/8, and 6/8 + 1/8 = 7/8 (oe)
Answer: B) 7/8

Question 16

B1 C) 14.8 - 3.7 x 4 = 14.8
Answer: C) 14.8

Question 17

B1 D) 48 - 48 / 6 = 8 and 48 / 8 = 6, so 48 is the only number in the list divisible by both 6 and 8
Answer: D) 48

Question 18

B1 C) x = 8 - 27 + 5 = 32, and 32 / 4 = 8
Answer: C) x = 8

Question 19

B1 B) £36 - 20% of £45 is £9, and £45 - £9 = £36
Answer: B) £36

Question 20

B1 D) 120 cm³ - volume = 6 x 5 x 4 = 120 cm³
Answer: D) 120 cm³

Question 21

B1 C) £54.00 - £80 x 0.75 = £60.00, and £60.00 x 0.9 = £54.00
Answer: C) £54.00

Question 22

B1 C) 55 - 20 red counters is 4 parts, so 1 part = 5; blue = 7 parts = 35; total = 20 + 35 = 55
Answer: C) 55

Question 23

B1 D) y = 36 - 9 - 3 = 6, and 6 x 6 = 36
Answer: D) y = 36

Question 24

B1 D) 30 km - 25 minutes = 25/60 hours; 72 x 25/60 = 30 km
Answer: D) 30 km

Question 25

B1 D) 120 - the original number x 0.85 = 102, so the original number = 102 / 0.85 = 120
Answer: D) 120

Question 26

B1 C) O - each letter increases by three places in the alphabet: C, F, I, L, O
Answer: C) O

Question 27

B1 B) K - each letter decreases by three places in the alphabet: W, T, Q, N, K
Answer: B) K

Question 28

B1 B) COOL - a KETTLE's function is to BOIL water, and a FRIDGE's function is to COOL its contents
Answer: B) COOL

Question 29

B1 B) MUSIC - an AUTHOR creates a BOOK, and a COMPOSER creates MUSIC
Answer: B) MUSIC

Question 30

B1 B) LAZY - DILIGENT means careful and hardworking, so its opposite is LAZY, meaning unwilling to work
Answer: B) LAZY

Question 31

B1 C) CHAOTIC - TRANQUIL means calm and peaceful, so its opposite is CHAOTIC, meaning disordered and confused
Answer: C) CHAOTIC

Question 32

B1 B) FEEBLE - FRAIL means physically weak or delicate, which is closest in meaning to FEEBLE
Answer: B) FEEBLE

Question 33

B1 A) GEX - each letter of CAT moves four places forward: C to G, A to E, T to X
Answer: A) GEX

Question 34

B1 C) 6 - C = 3, A = 1, B = 2, and 3 + 1 + 2 = 6
Answer: C) 6

Question 35

B1 A) COW - the letters C-O-W in COWER spell COW
Answer: A) COW

Question 36

B1 A) BOAT - STEAMBOAT, ROWBOAT and SAILBOAT are all real words
Answer: A) BOAT

Question 37

B1 A) RAIN - RAINSTORM, RAINBOW and RAINDROP are all real words
Answer: A) RAIN

Question 38

B1 D) violin - trumpet, flute, clarinet and saxophone are all wind instruments, but a violin is a string instrument
Answer: D) violin

Question 39

B1 C) cylinder - triangle, hexagon, pentagon and octagon are all flat, two-dimensional polygons, but a cylinder is a three-dimensional solid
Answer: C) cylinder

Question 40

B1 A) Mia, Leah, Zara, Ethan - Mia is fixed at the front; Zara is directly behind Leah and Ethan is directly behind Zara, giving this order
Answer: A) Mia, Leah, Zara, Ethan

Question 41

B1 B) is correct - the passage centres on Kwame finding meaning and a link to his great-grandfather through using the telescope with his sister
Answer: B) A boy who discovers a connection to his family's history through an old telescope

Question 42

B1 B) is correct - the grandfather explains that the telescope 'belonged to your great-grandfather'
Answer: B) Kwame's great-grandfather

Question 43

B1 B) is correct - 'hesitantly' describes acting with uncertainty or slight nervousness, matching the moment before Kwame sees anything through the lens
Answer: B) nervously

Question 44

B1 A) is correct - Priya calls the telescope 'ancient' and says it 'probably doesn't even work anymore'
Answer: A) She thought it looked old and unlikely to still work

Question 45

B1 B) is correct - the passage says he 'almost gave up' after seeing only a blur, implying mild discouragement
Answer: B) He felt slightly discouraged

Question 46

B1 B) is correct - the passage states they kept 'a notebook of everything they observed, just as their great-grandfather once had'
Answer: B) They kept a notebook recording their observations

Question 47

B1 A) is correct - the passage begins with a forgotten, dusty telescope and ends by describing it as 'a bridge between himself and a relative he had never met'
Answer: A) The telescope, first found gathering dust in the attic, becomes meaningful and connects Kwame to family history

Question 48

B1 B) is correct - the grandfather explains the great-grandfather 'used it to chart the stars from the back garden every clear night for thirty years'
Answer: B) It belonged to the great-grandfather, who used it to chart stars for thirty years

Question 49

B1 A) is correct - 'gleamed' describes shining brightly, which is closest in meaning to 'shone'
Answer: A) shone

Question 50

B1 A) is correct - the passage states they 'tracked the position of a bright planet' and spotted 'a faint smudge of light' identified as 'a distant galaxy', alongside the changing phases of the moon
Answer: A) Kwame and Priya observed the moon, a planet and a distant galaxy over the summer

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