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Year 6 · Thinking Skills

Tidy KookaburraNo. 05

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 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 = 28
    • middle × largest = 63
    • smallest × largest = 36

    What is the middle digit of the code?

    1. A6
    2. B8
    3. C4
    4. D7
  2. Q2

    A museum codes six badges: each is wooden or copper, with a leaf, bird or tree mark. Each of five letters stands for one material or one mark; different letters have different meanings. A badge's two-letter label gives its material and mark in either order. The copper badge with a bird mark has label QM. The copper badge with a leaf mark has label MP. Which badge has label KM?

    1. AThe wooden badge with a bird mark.
    2. BThe copper badge with a leaf mark.
    3. CThe copper badge with a tree mark.
    4. DThe copper badge with a bird mark.
  3. Q3

    Aisha wanted to know if people in her suburb read the newspaper. She asked everyone coming out of the newsagent. Almost all said yes.

    Aisha: "So nearly everyone in the suburb reads the newspaper."

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

    1. AA newspaper can be shared by a whole family.
    2. BThe newsagent might also sell sweets and drinks.
    3. CPeople coming out of the newsagent are more likely than most to be newspaper readers.
    4. DSome people might only buy a newspaper on weekends.
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