Mathematics: Common Entrance Examination at 11+
Mathematics: Common Entrance Examination at 11+
Mathematics: Common Entrance Examination at 11+
MATHEMATICS
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2. Look at the two number cards below.
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card A card B
(ii) By which number must you multiply the number on card B to get the
number on card A?
(iii) What is the difference between the numbers on the two cards?
1 5 9 13 17
(ii) (a) Write in words the rule to get the next number in the pattern.
(iii) (a) Which of your numbers in (ii) (b) above are multiples of three?
(b) What do you notice about the position of the multiples of three in this
pattern of numbers?
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4. Five members of a family measured their height.
They recorded their measurements in this table.
name height
Jane 1.5 m
Bob 1.9 m
Tracy 85 cm
Fiona 1.2 m
David 1.14 m
(v) Write the heights of the family in order, starting with the smallest.
multiply by 3 and
then add 5
3 5
input output
number number
Write the missing input and output numbers for the machine.
5 → 20
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6. There are 24 children in a class.
18 of the children are boys.
One day, all the boys in the class were present but half of the girls were absent.
red III
orange IIII I
green IIII
brown IIII IIII
pink IIII II
total 30
(2)
number
of
jelly
beans
0
red
colour of jelly bean
(4)
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(iii) Jane separates her jelly beans into piles of the same colour.
What is the mean number of jelly beans in each pile?
A (4)
11
10
6
line m
5
2
A C
1
B
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 x
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10. The following temperatures were recorded for five cities:
temperature
city
in °C
Athens 9
Johannesburg 13
Vancouver 9
Sydney 17
Madrid 1
The temperature for New York was not included in the table.
The temperature in Athens was 17 degrees warmer than the temperature in
New York.
(iii) Which temperature would have been recorded for New York?
A B C D
E F G
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12. Cain and Abel are playing a game in the wood.
Abel is giving Cain instructions.
The diagram below shows the start of the game.
Cain is standing at point C and facing North.
39
38
temperature
in ∞C
normal temperature
37
36
12 noon 1 pm 2 pm 3 pm 4 pm 5 pm 6 pm
time
(ii) (a) During which hour was the greatest change in the patient’s
temperature?
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14. (a) The shape below is made up of equilateral triangles of side-length 1 cm.
(ii) Add one more equilateral triangle to the shape above to create a
shape with rotational symmetry of order 2 (1)
(b) On the grid below, draw two different shapes, both using equilateral
triangles which will each have 3 lines of symmetry and rotational symmetry
order 3
(4)
(i) From the information on the label above, put a tick in the box by each
statement which you think is true for this bag of mixed bulbs.
(b) More than half the bulbs in the bag are likely to be daffodils.
(d) There are about half as many tulip bulbs as daffodil bulbs.
(4)
(ii) I pick one bulb at random from my mixed bag of 100 bulbs.
On the scale below, mark with a cross the probability that I pick a crocus
bulb.
impossible certain
(2)
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You are advised not to spend too long on this question.
16. Using only three squares, there are only two ways of joining them edge to edge
to make a different shape.
These are shown below.
Note: Congruent shapes are not counted as different shapes.
(i) Using four squares only, there are five different shapes which can be made
by joining the shapes edge to edge.
Two are shown below.
Draw the other three shapes.
(3)
(7)
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