№ 04 · Year 6 · Thinking Skills
Practice Paper 04
Calibration
Matched to the real test, question by question.
40 multiple-choice questions in 40 minutes — the NSW Selective Test's published shape, sampling the same mix of verbal reasoning, deductive puzzles, numerical logic, and spatial thinking as the Department of Education's published Thinking Skills papers.
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- ReviewAfter each attempt, the review screen shows the correct answer and an explanation for every question.
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Preview
Three questions from this paper
Pulled straight from this paper, options and all. The correct answers appear in the review screen after you sit it.
- Q1
Zig picks a secret 5-letter word. Mei tries to guess it; after each guess Zig writes 5 symbols:
+ the letter is in the secret word, in the same place
# the letter is in the secret word, in a different place
- the letter is not in the secret wordMei's guesses and Zig's replies:
Guess Reply
Guess Reply FLOOD -+--- SHINE ---## CROWN +---+ Which word did Zig pick?
- Q2
A three-digit secret code uses three different digits — the smallest first, then the middle, then the largest. Multiplying pairs of its digits gives:
• smallest × middle = 6
• middle × largest = 21
• smallest × largest = 14What is the middle digit of the code?
- Q3
A band is performing at the local park. The first performance is on Saturday 1 November 2025 and the final performance is on November 30. There will be two performances on every Monday and every Tuesday, no performances on November 16 or November 26, and one performance on each of the other days.
How many performances will there be altogether?