Year 6 · Thinking Skills
NSW Selective Thinking Skills practice papers.
Verbal reasoning, deductive puzzles, numerical logic, and spatial thinking — 40 multiple-choice questions in 40 minutes, calibrated question by question to the real test.
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Questions about the Thinking Skills paper.
How many questions are on the Thinking Skills paper, and how long do I get?
40 multiple-choice questions in 40 minutes — the same shape as the Thinking Skills sample papers published by the NSW Department of Education.
What does Thinking Skills cover?
Verbal reasoning, deductive puzzles, numerical logic, and spatial thinking — sampled in the same mix the real test uses.
How many answer options does each question have?
Four (A to D) — matching the real NSW Selective Thinking Skills paper. This is one fewer option than Mathematical Reasoning, which uses five.
Is there a free Thinking Skills paper?
Yes — one paper in the series is free. It is sat in the online test mode, with the correct answer and an explanation shown in the review screen after each attempt, and no account required.