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Year 6 · Thinking Skills

Wise DoveNo. 04

40questions40minutesmultiple choice

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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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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

    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?

    1. AFinn's sister might not enjoy going on very fast rides.
    2. BFinn himself is tall enough to ride the Thunder Drop.
    3. CSome other rides at the fair have no height rule at all.
    4. DBeing tall enough might not be the only rule for riding the Thunder Drop.
  2. 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?

    1. AEach toss is on its own, so the past heads do not make tails more likely next.
    2. BA coin can sometimes land on its edge.
    3. CSadie might have been tossing the coin for a long time.
    4. DGetting five heads in a row does not happen very often.
  3. Q3

    Gabi and Luke send secret messages using a code where each letter of the alphabet is replaced by a single digit:

    A=1 B=2 C=3 D=4 E=5 F=6 G=7 H=8 I=9 J=0 K=1 L=2 M=3 N=4 O=5 P=6 Q=7 R=8 S=9 T=0 U=1 V=2 W=3 X=4 Y=5 Z=6

    Gabi sends Luke four coded messages, each a four-digit sequence. Luke decodes each sequence by picking a real English word whose letters give those digits. For three of the four words Luke's decoding is the only English word that fits the digits; for the fourth, a second English word ALSO fits the digits, and Luke cannot tell which Gabi meant.

    The four decoded words Luke writes down are: TOOK, YELL, MILL, ARCH. Which one is Luke unsure about?

    1. AYELL
    2. BTOOK
    3. CMILL
    4. DARCH
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