1 All of Nickelodeon’s television shows are for entertainment and are not for

educational purposes.

Trisha: “People should not watch the Nickelodeon channel on T.V if they want to
stay educated.”
Which one of the following sentences shows the mistake Trisha has made?
A It is a good to take a break from studying every once in a while.
B Television is too expensive for uneducated people anyways.
C Some movies and documentaries on other channels can be educational.
D Watching Nickelodeon does not make a person less educated.

2 Jason’s dad, Tim, has written a letter to the school complaining about the number of
students who are driven to and from school each day. He believes that, in the spirit
of being environmentally friendly, all of these students should instead ride the
school bus, as buses release much less polluting gas per passenger.
Which one of these statements, if true, most weakens Tim's argument?
A Car pollution in the form of carbon dioxide is a major cause of global warming.
B Some students walk or ride a bicycle to school.
C Some students take the bus because their parents cannot send them.
D Many students do not live near a school bus stop.

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3 Which of the following comes next in the series?

A B C D

4 Taylor’s little sister has been practising her English and wrote some statements
down:
 I have a dog named Bobby
 My dogs are either black or grey.
 Black dogs are always loud.
 None of my dogs are grey.
Based on the information above, which one of the following statements must be
true?
A I have more than 2 black dogs.
B Bobby is a loud dog.
C Grey dogs are quiet.
D I have no cats.

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5 One ice cream costs 1 dollar. There is a promotion where you can buy 6 ice creams
for 5 dollars.
What is the most number of ice creams that can be bought for 37 dollars?
A 31
B 37
C 44
D 45

6 Four attendants Anthony, Barry, Cherry, and Dexter were deployed on special duty
in the emergency ward. The doctor has just told them: “If Anthony does not come
tomorrow, then Barry will come. If Anthony does come, then Cherry will attend the
patients instead of Dexter.”
So, if Barry does not come in tomorrow, which will be on duty?
A Anthony only
B Dexter only
C Anthony and Cherry
D Cherry and Dexter

7 Frank: "I am thinking of a special number. It’s greater than 1 but smaller than 5."
Scott: "I guessed 2 and 4 but they were both wrong, so it must be 3."

Which one of these sentences shows the mistake Scott has made?
A Scott may have guessed the number in the wrong order.
B Frank could be thinking of two numbers.
C Frank could be thinking of a number with a fraction.
D Scott should have guessed 3 first.

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8 Sarah’s school starts at 7:45 a.m. every morning and she is always punctual. Her
alarm clock is ten minutes slow. Sarah needs to complete her morning routine
before leaving for school:
1. Brush her teeth and her hair: 14 minutes
2. Eat breakfast: 20 minutes
3. Change into school uniform: 11 minutes

If it takes 15 minutes for Sarah to get to school, what is the latest time she can set
her alarm on her alarm clock?
A 6:35 a.m.
B 6:45 a.m.
C 7:05 a.m.
D 7:25 a.m.

9 Which one of the following options is the net to the cube on the left?

A B C D

10 A man is on one of the floors of a building. He looks outside and sees that there are
3 times as many floors above him as there are below.
If there are 25 floors altogether, which floor is he on?
A 4
B 5
C 6
D 7

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11 With the increased use of laptops and tablets in class, some parents are worried
that their children won’t know how to write quickly and neatly on paper anymore,
which will be bad for them in the future when they’re working.
Which one of the sentences, if true, most weakens the above argument?
A Typing is usually much faster than writing on paper.
B Jobs in the future will be completely digital.
C Pens are significantly cheaper than laptops.
D Some children don’t use laptops or tablets at all.

12 To send secret codes during class, Scott and Michael have developed a special
system to encrypt their messages. In their system:
“Problem” becomes “M-R-L-B-O-E-P”
“1234567” becomes “7-2-5-4-3-6-1”
“Momo” becomes “O-M-O-M”
In this special system, what does the code “SPARE” become?
A E-P-A-R-S
B S-P-R-E-A
C E-R-A-P-S
D P-E-A-R-S

13 There are fifteen trees, all in a straight line, between Albury and Carmington. The
first tree is sixteen metres away from Albury and the final tree is half that distance
away from Carmington.
If the distance between each tree was a quarter of the distance between the first
tree and Albury, how far apart are the two towns?
A 60m
B 72m
C 80m
D 84m

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14 Sammy is on a gameshow and won $575. He can now choose a number of items to
spend that money on.

Item Cost

Toaster $120

Wheel $45

Headphones $210

Calculator $100

Sammy can buy the same item multiple times.

What is the least amount of money Sammy can be left with?
A $0
B $5
C $15
D $40

15 Sam is twelve years old and younger than his brother Charlie. Polly is seven.
Harriet is two years older than Samantha. Samantha is four years younger than
Sam, and is one year away from being the youngest. There are no other siblings in
the family.
Based on the above information, which one of the following statement must be
true?
A Harriet is older than Sam.
B Charlie is thirteen years old.
C Polly is the youngest sibling in the family.
D Samantha is nine years old.

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16 There are 5 friends sitting around a table playing a card game. Liam sits facing
North because he thinks he will have better luck. Neil does not sit next to Oscar nor
Liam. Oscar sits to the left of Liam. Patrick sits as far away from Oscar as possible.
If the people next to Neil then switch positions, who is now on Oscar’s left?
A Matthew
B Neil
C Patrick
D Liam

17 A police officer says, “Nobody should be texting while driving.”

Which one of these statements, if true, best supports the police officer’s claim?
A Most phones support voice activation and voice messages nowadays.
B People usually drive much slower when they are texting.
C Using a phone diverts a driver’s attention away from the road and nearby cars.
D Drivers can always ask their passengers to text for them.

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18 A survey was conducted on how students of Billangaroo Public School travel to
school each morning.

The school has decided to reduce the amount of cars around the school for safety
reasons and so is now only allowing 150 cars through each morning. The remaining
students previously driven by car will be evenly split into cycling and walking to
school.
Following the new road rules, which one of the following statements must be true?
A There are more students taking a bus to school than cycling and walking
bbbcombined.
B The difference between students driven in a car and students who walk is 85.
C Cycling is the least popular mode of transport.
D The difference between bus and walk is smaller than between car and cycle.

19 In Ms. Pott’s class, she likes to teach maths using letters to represents numbers,
following the same order as the alphabet. For example, A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, etc.
She says that when she adds two letters together, she gets R and when she
subtracts the two letters she gets H.
What is one of the letters?
A D
B G
C K
D M

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20 The figure below is a net of a cube with shapes on each face.

Which one of the following cubes can be exactly made using the net above?

A B C D

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21 Mr. Yaris gave the following hints for Cammy to guess a number correctly.
 The difference between its hundreds and one’s digits is 6.
 It is a 3-digit number, and all its digits are even.
 Its tens digit is equal to 4.
 The sum of its tens and one's digits is 12.

If Molly answers right, what number does she guess?

A 842
B 842
C 248
D 284

22 Mr. Penny: "Many shows on television are educational or teach a good moral
lesson, so parents should not restrict their children’s access to television."
Which one of these sentences, if true, most weakens Mr. Penny’s argument?
A Many educational shows are too complex for children to understand.
B Books are more educational than television.
C Children can also learn how to use technology.
D Many shows are not appropriate for children to watch.

23 Vincent and George have a special code system to communicate to each other. In
this particular system, each letter is represented by a particular symbol:
 VINNIE = #^**^@
 GEORGE = $@!%$@

Using this system, Vincent asked George which month is his birthday on. He knows
it is either February, September, November or December.
If George says &@+\@(?@% , which month was he born on?
A February
B September
C November
D December

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24 There are only five children in a playhouse.
 Child 1 is male and thin, with the same hair colour as child 2, who is blonde
and wears a bonnet.
 Child 3 is heavier than both child 1 and 2 combined, with red hair.
 Child 4 wears sunglasses and is even heavier, and Child 5 is the lightest of
the three female children.
 All children wear bonnets and at least one of the girls wears sunglasses.
A light-weight, red-haired child wearing a bonnet is the oldest of the group.
Who is it most likely?

A Child 1
B Child 2
C Child 3
D Child 5

25 In an intelligence test, Sarah has to complete a pattern. She is given a table with a
series of crosses in specific places, and she must find the missing piece. The rule is
“No matter which side you turn the puzzle on, it will always look the same.”

Using the information above, which one of the following best completes the puzzle?

A B C D

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26 I am playing a game where I must pull out a pair of balls of the same colour from a
covered box to win. It costs $3 each try and the balls are not placed back into the
box until a player has won. I know that there are 5 red balls, 2 blue balls, 1 green
ball, 3 yellow balls and 2 black balls.
How much money do I have to spend, at the very least, to be certain to win the
game?
A $7
B $18
C $27
D $39

27 James can run a 2km cross country race in 10 minutes. Sally runs at a constant
pace of 8km/hr. Sally starts the race at 8:58 a.m. whilst James starts the race 2
minutes past 9 a.m.
Who wins the race, and by how much?
A James, by 1 minute
B Sally, by 1 minute
C James, by 3 minutes
D Sally, by 3 minutes

28 There are 6 people sitting on a rectangular table, with two people on each long side
and one person on each short side. Abby is facing Debra with Francine on Abby’s
right. Candice and Eileen do not sit on the same side of the table as Debra.
If Abby and Candice swapped positions, who is now opposite to Abby?
A Bethany
B Francine
C Eileen
D Debra

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29 A magical treasure chest doubles the amount of gold coins inside in the first hour,
then the next hour it triples the total number of gold coins inside, then it doubles the
total amount the hour after, and this pattern continues on.
If I placed 3 gold coins inside the chest in the beginning, how many should be inside
the treasure chest at the end of 6 hours?
A 27
B 216
C 648
D 1296

30 How many 2 digit numbers have the one’s digit larger than the ten’s digit?
A 36
B 49
C 64
D 71

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 Solutions

1 D
Nickelodeon shows may not be educational, but you don’t need to avoid them to ‘stay
educated’. Watching them doesn’t make you uneducated.

2 D
Tim’s conclusion here is that students who normally get driven to school should take the
school bus instead. Option D blatantly proves why this idea is terrible, because many
students can’t reasonably take the school bus.

3 C
The pattern here is that the triangle rotates 90 degrees clockwise, and the small square
and circle is vertical then diagonal then vertical, etc. In the next frame the triangle should
be rotated to point towrads the right and the small square and circle is vertically aligned.

4 B
Since none of her dogs are grey, they must be all black, including Bobby. Since black dogs
are always loud, Bobby must be a loud dog.

5 C
Buy 7x$5 for 42 ice creams and then buy two individual ice creams (+2).

6 C
If Barry does not come in tomorrow then Anthony must have come in, because in the
doctor’s first statement “If Anthony does not come in then Barry will”, so the fac that Barry
didn’t show up meant that Anthony did. That is a contrapositive. Since Anthony came in,
Cherry comes in too.

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7 C
Frank didn’t specify it was a whole number, it could have been 3 ½.

8 A
Remember that her alarm clock is 10 minutes slow. Altogether her routine takes 45
minutes, driving is 15 minutes and alarm clock is 10 minutes slow. That means she needs
to set her alarm 70 minutes before school, hence 6:35 a.m.

9 C
Looking at the unique details; the 3 should be pointing at the 6 and be almost parallel to
the 6. That eliminates option B. The 3 should be pointing to the same part of the 6 as the
2. That eliminates option A, where the 3 and 2 are pointing at different things. In option D
the 2 and the 3 are opposite to each other, so that cannot be. Hence it must be C.

10 D
6 floors below and 18 floors above, include the man’s floor and that’s a total of 25 floors.
The man is on floor 7.

11 B
The argument is that parents think their children will struggle with their job if they don’t
know how to write quickly on paper. To weaken this argument, we want to refute this fact
by explaining that the skill won’t be necessary in a job since they will all be digital.

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12 A
To figure out the pattern, look at the simplest example first. This would be ‘1234567’. As
you can see, the first second and last number switch but the second number and second-
last stay the same. The third number and third-last switch, and the fourth stays the same.
This is the pattern.

You can confirm this with the other examples, the easiest thing to see is that the first and
last character always switch. That should tell you that the answer should start with an E,
so either option A or C. From there, the second character should stay the same so option
A.

13 C
The distance between the final tree and Carmington is 8m. There are fifteen trees to
fourteen gaps between all the trees. Each gap is worth 4m. Altogether, 16 + (4 x 14) + 8 =
80m

14 A
Since his prize money ends in a 5 and there’s only one item that ends in a 5, if you want
Sammy to use ALL his money he is going to have to buy an odd number of wheels. Using
guess and check, if he buys one wheel he’ll have $530 left. How do we get a number that
ends with a 30? Buy a toaster and headphones and that will be $330. Then buy two
calculators and that will be exactly $575 overall.

15 C
Since Samantha is four years younger than Sam (12), she must be 8. If she’s one year
away from the youngest, then the youngest in 7 years old, which is Polly. Since there are
no other siblings, Polly must be the youngest one.

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16 C
Firstly draw a diagram and remember to correct the diagram for when Matthew and Patrick
switch positions. Put Liam down on the diagram first, then Oscar to his left. Neil has to sit
on the opposite end of both of them and Patrick sits in the spot furthest from Oscar (only 2
spots left anyways).

17 C
The argument is that texting while driving is bad, so we need a statement that supports
that exact idea. Option C is the strongest statement that explains why texting is so bad
when driving. Option A doesn’t explain why texting is so bad, option B isn’t that bad, option
D is still not a reason why texting is bad.

18 B
Calculate the correct numbers first. Bus = 350, car = 150, cycle = 215, walk = 235. Option
B is correct.

19 D
First convert everything into numbers. Two number add together to get 18 and subtract to
get 8. With a bit of mental maths, we can figure out it is 13 and 5. 5 is E and 13 is M.

20 D
Be careful with this question, the shapes must be correctly oriented on the cube. In option
A, the hexagon is oriented wrong, the flat side should be facing the black rhombus, not the
corner. Option B is wrong because opposite sides are adjacent here. Option C is wrong
because the triangle is pointing the wrong way.

21 C
Using the process of elimination; the middle digit must be ‘4’ so eliminate option D. The
sum of the tens and one’s digit is 12, eliminating option A and option B, leaving only option
C.

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22 D
The argument is flawed because there may be other shows on television that AREN’T
good for children, or perhaps television itself can be harmful. Option D is the strongest
statement that explains the downsides of television for children.

23 B
Though there are many symbols in this question with only a few that repeat, there is
enough information to get our month. Look for similarities between George’s stated
months and the examples given. @ = e and is the second letter of the month so we can
eliminate option C. ‘E’ is also the fifth letter and that only occurs in September. Sometimes
scary questions are simpler than they look.

24 D
Child 1 and 2 are blonde so eliminate option A and B. It comes down to child 3 and 5, and
from what we know child 3 is heavier than at least 2 children, and child 5 is lighter than at
least 2 children. Altogether we can conclude child 5 is lighter than child 3, hence option D.

25 C
To get rotational symmetry, picture the puzzle rotated 90 degrees clockwise and you’ll see
that the only way for the puzzle to look the same is if the missing piece are empty squares.

26 B
There are 5 different coloured balls to pick from. In the worst-case scenario, you pick one
ball of each different colour. On the 6th pick, you have exhausted all colours and must pick
a repeating colour, so $3 x 6 = $18.

27 A
Sally finishes the race in 15 minutes, which is 5 minutes slower than James. She gets a 4
minutes head start so she will be 1 minute behind James.

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28 C
Drawing a rectangle diagram, since Candice and Eileen do not sit on the same side of the
table as Debra, they will sit on opposite ends of the short sides. If Abby switches positions
with Candice, regardless of where Candice was sitting (left vs right), she was always
opposite to Eileen.

29 C
The answer is 3x2x3x2x3x2x3. That is 3x3x3x3, which is 81, and 2x2x2, which is 8,
multiplied together. This will likely be much quicker and easier than trying to do the whole
multiplication in one go.

30 A
Have a look at the smallest 2-digit number first.
 Starting with ‘1’: 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
 Starting with ‘2’: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
 Starting with ‘3’: 34, 35, etc.
If you continue the pattern in your mind, you’ll realise that there are 8 numbers where the
second digit is larger than the first, then 7 numbers, then 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1.
8 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 36

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