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Thinking Skills Practice Set Week 1

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Thinking Skills Practice Set #1


(10 questions)

Week 1

Presented by

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Foreword
Dear students and parents,

Welcome to Thinking Skills Practice Set #1, Week 1!

How many questions can you solve? Post your responses before the answers are
revealed next week on our Facebook community
https://www.facebook.com/groups/selectivetestdiscussiongroup.

BrainDoc Academy is a growing community of students, parents and staff who


strive together to reach their goals in the Selective Schools Test. We are committed
to creating an open, inclusive learning environment and as part of that goal, we post
Thinking Skills challenges every week in our free Facebook discussion group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/selectivetestdiscussiongroup. For more
information about our program, visit our site https://braindocacademy.com.au/.

We invite you to take part in our challenge practice sets and warmly extend this
invitation to anyone! Bring along your friends and engage in some fun, competitive
practice. Keep your eyes peeled on this week’s answers, as well as next week’s
practice set, which will be revealed next week on Facebook!

Questions have 4 difficulties: easy, medium, difficult and BrainDoc. Who can solve
BrainDoc difficulty?

Happy thinking,

BrainDoc Academy

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Question 1 (Level: Easy)

If Sanket is inside the house, Kaushal will also be inside the house.

Aston: “I can see Sanket in the kitchen of the house. Still, we cannot jump to the
conclusion that Kaushal is inside the house.”

Gill: “I can see Kaushal in the garden outside the house. This means that Sanket is
also not inside the house.”

If the information in the box is true, whose reasoning is correct?

A. Aston only
B. Gill only
C. Both Aston and Gill
D. Neither Aston nor Gill

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Question 2 (Level: Easy)

Mr. Lau encourages his Year 11 and 12 students to learn a musical instrument as a
hobby. He says that learning an instrument improves a student’s verbal memory and
mental health, especially in the long-term. By learning an instrument, they can take a
break from academics, which can be very stressful and taxing, especially in senior
years.

Which of the following, if true, most weakens Mr. Lau’s argument?

A. Some senior students do not have the time to do extracurriculars outside of


studying.
B. Playing an instrument is not employable as only very few musicians become
professional.
C. Learning an instrument can be just as stressful as studying due to the
mistakes one makes along the way.
D. It costs money to hire a musical tutor and to purchase musical equipment.

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Question 3 (Level: Easy)

This design is called a “trianglex” of order 4, since the two sides are all the same
length and each side has four posts spaced evenly along it.

How many posts would be evenly spaced along a “trianglex” of order 30?

A. 59
B. 60
C. 61
D. 62

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Question 4 (Level: Medium)

In a push-up competition, prizes are awarded to the participants who can


do the most and second most number of push-ups in a row, as well as
anyone who is able to do a push-up with one hand only.

Tina: "I heard that three participants can do push-ups with one hand only, so that
means there will be a total of five prize winners."

Which one of the following sentences shows the mistake Tina has made?

A. Tina mistakenly assumed that all participants who can do push-ups with one
hand will receive prizes.
B. Tina mistakenly assumed that all participants who did push-ups will receive
prizes.
C. Tina mistakenly assumed that the participants who did the most and second
most number of push-ups are also able to do single-handed push-ups.
D. Tina did not make a mistake.

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Question 5 (Level: Medium)

The prevalence of obesity is steadily increasing in Australia. Public health experts


like Nicole are discussing ways to combat this. There are calls for bans on digital
technology, by imposing fines on anyone who uses phones over 5 hours a day.
Proponents of this policy claim that this incentivises people to get off their screens
and do some exercise. Nicole disagrees and says that educating people on the
dangers of excessive digital technology is a better solution.

Which one of these statements, if true, most strengthens Nicole’s argument?

A. Digital technology allows individuals to message one another.


B. Imposing a ban on digital technology infringes on individual freedoms.
C. Being addicted to digital technology is better than being addicted to drugs.
D. Education shows one’s status and privilege in society.

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Question 6 (Level: Medium)

Students who have had at least 2 years of cheerleading experience in high


school can automatically get into the university cheerleading squad.
However, this is only on the condition that students have not been
suspended during their last year of high school.

Emily: “I’ve been suspended in the second last year of high school. Because of this,
I have no chance of getting in the university cheerleading team. I may as well not
apply.”

Jacinta: “No, you are wasting an opportunity! If you apply, you will definitely get in!”

If the information in the box is true, whose reasoning is correct?

A. Emily only
B. Jacinta only
C. Both Emily and Jacinta
D. Neither Emily nor Jacinta

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Question 7 (Level: Difficult)

Tony stacked a few objects on top of one other to build a Lego house. He then
looked at it from the front and saw the following.

If Tony looks at it from above, what does he see?


A.

B.

C.

D.

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Question 8 (Level: Difficult)

Jennifer is a chef. Her signature dishes have fixed prices based on their complexity
and ingredients. She also offers sandwich catering options for events, with rates
depending on the number of guests. Her pricing details can be found in the table
below:

Signature dishes for 1 Events menu


Dumplings $17 1 – 3 people $10 per person
Noodles $15 4 – 8 people $8 per person
Curry $20 9+ people $7 per person

Jennifer is serving a group of diners. Everyone was included in the sandwich


catering and two people ordered dumpling signature dishes for themselves. One
other person ordered a curry signature dish.

If the diners paid $110 in total, how many diners were there?

A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8

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Question 9 (Level: Difficult)

A group of students, Aniket, Brianna, Clement, and Lachlan, participated in a


Thinking Skills practice exam. Each student got different scores: 27, 25, 35, and 31.

• Brianna’s score was 4 marks lower than someone else’s score.


• Lachlan did not score the lowest.
• Clement scored higher than Brianna.
• The difference between Aniket’s and Lachlan’s scores is 10 points.

Based on the above information, which one of the following must be true?

A. Lachlan came second last.


B. Brianna came third.
C. Clement scored 31 points.
D. Aniket scored more than 30 points.

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Question 10 (Level: BrainDoc)


Designs are inputted into a computer software which applies checkered and striped
arrows to the design. Each arrow causes a specific transformation to the design,
which is either rotating or flipping it.

Three examples of arrows being applied to designs are shown below:

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The BrainDoc logo is inserted into the program. A series of four arrows is applied to
the logo such that the following transformation occurs.

Which one of the following shows a possible series of arrows that was applied?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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