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40questions40minutesmultiple choice

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.

Every paper is generated, sat, and hand-reviewed before it is published. If a question is wrong in timing, format, or difficulty, it is rewritten. If the paper does not feel like the real test, you have thirty days to say so and ask for a refund.

— Made and reviewed in Sydney.

What you get

  • OnlineAn online test mode built to feel like the real test. Timed, with a flag button, zoom, and a side panel for diagrams. Unlimited attempts with a pass, auto-scored with a weak-spot breakdown.
  • ReviewAfter each attempt, the review screen shows the correct answer and an explanation for every question.
  • EmailA copy of your link, so you can return to the online test at any time.

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.

  1. Q1

    A library has two lists of households requesting deliveries: 18 households requested books and 11 requested board games. A household can request both.

    Nia: "We definitely need to visit 29 different households."

    Which one of these sentences shows the mistake that has been made?

    1. AThe households requesting games may live farther away.
    2. BHouseholds on both lists mean there must be more than 29 visits.
    3. CSome households may be on both lists, so fewer than 29 visits may be enough.
    4. DA household may request more books than games.
  2. Q2

    A 3D puzzle piece is built from 4 unit cubes, all sitting flat on the ground with no cubes stacked on top of one another. Place a second cube against the right face of the first cube. Place a third cube against the front face of the first cube. Place the fourth cube against the right face of the third cube.

    Which one of the following correctly describes the view of the piece from directly above?

    1. AA zig-zag (S-shape): two cubes in a row, then two more cubes offset by one position to form a step.
    2. BA 2×2 square of four cubes.
    3. CA straight row of four cubes.
    4. DA T-shape: three cubes in a row, with a fourth cube attached at right angles to the middle cube.
  3. Q3

    The school banner competition has a rule: a banner wins if and only if it is both hand-painted AND larger than 2 metres across.

    Lachlan: "Our banner didn't win, so either it wasn't hand-painted or it wasn't larger than 2 metres."

    Priya: "Our banner wasn't hand-painted — I can tell you right now it won't win."

    If the information in the box is true, whose reasoning is correct?

    1. ALachlan only
    2. BBoth Lachlan and Priya
    3. CNeither Lachlan nor Priya
    4. DPriya only
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