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№ 10008 · Year 6 · Thinking Skills

Practice Paper 10008

40questions40minutesmultiple choice

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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. Three attempts at each paper, 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.

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.

  1. Q1

    Each card in a set of 14 cards has one of three shapes on it — star, diamond, or hexagon — with a single digit from 1 to 10 printed inside. No two cards are identical. The only digit that appears on both a hexagon and a diamond is 9.

    Which one of the following statements must be true?

    1. AThere are at least 3 cards with hexagons on them.
    2. BThere are at least 3 cards with stars on them.
    3. CEach shape appears on exactly 4 cards.
    4. DThere are at least 3 cards with diamonds on them.
  2. Q2

    The Railway employs ticket inspectors to catch fare-evaders; each caught is fined $500. In the last five years, not a single person has been caught.

    Linda: "That shows the inspectors are a waste of time and money. The Railway should save it or put them to work on something more useful."

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

    1. AJust because nobody has been caught in the last five years does not mean they will not be in future.
    2. BThe Railway may not have anything more useful to spend the money on.
    3. CIt might be hard for the Railway to find people willing to work as ticket inspectors.
    4. DJust because the inspectors have not caught anyone does not mean that nobody has travelled without a ticket.
  3. Q3

    An amusement park opens at 8 a.m. and closes at 3 p.m. Tickets must be bought in advance; each ticket gives access for one visitor from a chosen start time, valid for up to three hours.

    Tickets sold, by start time:
    8 a.m. 9 a.m. 10 a.m. 11 a.m. 12 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m.
    43 38 30 31 22 48 70

    What is the greatest number of visitors that could have been in the park at 12:30 p.m.?

    1. A70
    2. B92
    3. C83
    4. D68
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