Year 6 · Thinking Skills
Free Thinking Skills practice paperWise Dove · No. 04
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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.
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- ReviewAfter each attempt, the review screen shows the correct answer and an explanation for every question.
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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
To ride the Thunder Drop roller-coaster you must be at least 130 cm tall.
Finn: "My little sister just reached 130 cm, so she is guaranteed a ride today."
Which one of these sentences shows the mistake that has been made?
- Q2
A fair coin has come up heads five times in a row.
Sadie: "It must land on tails next time to even things out."
Which one of these sentences shows the mistake that has been made?
- Q3
A puzzle archive uses four-letter names for its boxes. Its complete register of allowed names is:
ARCH, YELL, TRAP, WILL, SHOT, MILL, TOOK, TOLD.
Each tag shows its box's name with every letter replaced by a digit, in the same order. Different letters can share a digit:
Digit Letters 0 G Q 1 H R 2 I S 3 J T 4 A K U 5 B L V 6 C M W 7 D N X 8 E O Y 9 F P Z Four tags are waiting to be attached. A name from the register may be used on more than one box. Each tag must identify its box's name on its own.
Tag Four-digit code 1 3884 2 8855 3 6255 4 4161 The printer can add one actual letter from the box's name to just one tag. Which change guarantees that all four tags can be read without confusion?