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1. Sally likes 225 but not 224; she likes 900 but not 800; she likes 144 but not 145.
Which does she like:
1600 1700

2. If two typists can type two pages in two minutes, how many typists will it take to
type 18 pages in six minutes?
3 4 6 12 36

3. If it were two hours later, it would be half as long until midnight as it would be if it
were an hour later. What time is it now?
18:30 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:30

4. Which of the following proverbs is closest in meaning to the saying, "Birds of a

feather, flock together."?
"One swallow doesn"t make a summer."
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
"A man is known by the company he keeps."
"Fine feathers make fine birds."
"Don"t judge a book by its cover."

5. What is the number that is one half of one quarter of one tenth of 400?
2 5 8 10 40

6. If you count from 1 to 100, how many 7"s will you pass on the way?
10 11 19 20 21

7. Each number shown below follows a certain rule. Figure out the rule and fill in the missing
number.
January 20
April 10
May 5
November 15
July ?

5 10 15 20 25
 8. Look at the drawing. The numbers alongside each column and row are the total of
the values of the symbols within each column and row. What should replace the
question mark?
23

25

28

30

32

9. Two men, starting at the same point, walk in opposite directions for 4 meters, turn
left and walk another 3 meters. What is the distance between them?
2 meters 6 meters 10 meters 12.5 meters 14 meters

10. If a circle is one, how many is an octagon?

2 4 6 8 12

11. Which of the following sentences given below means approximately the same as
the proverb: "Don"t count your chickens until they are hatched?"
Some eggs have double yolks, so you can"t really count eggs and chickens.
You can"t walk around the henhouse to count the eggs because it will disturb the hens
and they won"t lay eggs.
It is not really sensible to rely on something that has not yet happened and may not ever
happen.
Since eggs break so easily, you may not be accurate in your count of future chickens.

12. There are 1200 elephants in a herd. Some have pink and green stripes, some are
all pink and some are all blue. One third are pure pink. Is it true that 400 elephants are
definitely blue?
Yes No

13. Which word of four letters can be added to the front of the following words to create other
English words?

CARD BOX CODE BAG HASTE

14. Following the pattern shown in the number sequence below, what is the missing
number?

1 8 27 ? 125 216

36 45 46 64 99

15. What is the following word when it is unscrambled?

HCPRAATEU

16. The same three-letter word can be placed in front of the following words to make a new
word:

LIGHT BREAK TIME

17. The same word can be added to the end of GRASS and the beginning of SCAPE to form
two other English words?

18. What is the word coiled inside this circle?

N G
O E
R R
T S

19. Only one other word can be made from all the letters of INSATIABLE. Can you find it?

20. Which vowel comes midway between J and T?

A E I O U

21. Pear is to apple as potato is to?

Banana Radish Strawberry Peach Lettuce

22. Which of the following is least like the others?

Poem Novel Painting Statue Flower

23. Which of these is the odd one out?

Cat Dog Hamster Rabbit Elk

24. Which of the designs best completes the following sequence?

 25. Continue the following number series with the group of numbers below which best
continues the series?

1 10 3 9 5 8 7 7 9 6 ? ?

11 5 10 5 10 4 11 6

26. Which of the figures below the line of drawings best completes the series?

27. How many four sided figures are in this diagram?

10 16 25 28

28. Which number comes next in this series of numbers?

2 3 5 7 11 13 ?

14 15 16 17 18

29. Which letter comes next in this series of letters?

BACBDCEDF?

C D E F G

30. Which of the figures below the line of drawings best completes the series?
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1. 1600. Sally likes perfect squares.

2. 6. One typist types one page in two minutes.

3. 21:00. 2 hours later (23:00 - 1 hour before midnight) is half the time until midnight as 1
hour later (22:00 - 2 hours before midnight).

4. C.

5. 5. 1/10 of 400 is 40, 1/4 of 40 is 10, 1/2 of 10 is 5.

6. 20. If you found 10, you forgot about 70, 71, etc. If you got 11, you forgot about the 70
series, but remembered 77 had 2; if you got 19, you forgot about the extra 7 in 77; if you got
21 you created a 7 out of thin air.

7. 10. The fact that the words are the names of the months doesn't matter. The rule is that
each syllable is worth 5.

8. 25. Apples are worth 7, bananas are worth 8, strawberries are worth 3 and cherries are
worth 2.

9. 10 meters. sqrt(3*3 + 4*4) * 2. They make two right triangles.

10. 8. Circle has one line, octagon has eight.

11. It is not really sensible to rely on something that has not yet happened and may not
ever happen.

12. No. The other 800 elephants can be any mix of all blue and pink and green stripes.

13. POST. POSTcard POSTbox POSTcode POSTbag POSThaste.

14. 64. Each number is the cube of the sequence 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

15. PARACHUTE.

16. DAY. DAYlight, DAYbreak, DAYtime.

17. LAND. grassLAND, LANDscape.

18. STRONGER.

19. BANALITIES.

20. O. JKLMN ->O<- PQRST.

21. Radish. Both grow underground.

22. Flower. The only one not made by man.

23. Elk. The only one that isn't a pet.

24. A. When the outer shape is a hexagon, the center is a circle and vice-versa. The colors
alternate.
25. 11 5. Alternating numbers go up by 2, and down by 1.

26. C. The number of lines on the side with the stick goes increases by one, while the side
opposite the stick decreases by one. The stick alternates sides.

27. 25.

28. 17. Prime numbers.

29. E. Alternate letters increase by one.

30. E. The first column has 6 'petals', while the second has 5. The first row is solid. The
second row has lines going from the 'petals' into the center.