Intermediate Thinking Skills

Term 2 Week 3

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Logic Games

Logic Games are designed to measure your ability to analyse relationships between elements and then
draw conclusions based on those relationships.

Logic Games - Example Question

Four people named Maxine, Naomi, Owen, and Paul are standing in line at the bank, with no pair of
people standing together.

Owen is second in line.

Paul is standing someplace ahead of Naomi.

Which one of the following could be the order in which the four people are standing in line, from first
to last?

A. Paul, Naomi, Owen, Maxine

B. Maxine, Owen, Naomi, Paul
C. Paul, Owen, Maxine, Naomi
D. Naomi, Owen, Paul, Maxine

Solution: When using the given rules to answer a logic game question, focus on a single rule and then
rule out incorrect answer options.

The first rule tells you that Owen is second in line, so you can immediately cross out (A). The second
rule says that Paul is ahead of Naomi, so cross out (B) and (D). Therefore, the correct answer is (C).

The questions are not likely to always be this simple. Here's another question on the same situation.

Four people named Maxine, Naomi, Owen, and Paul are standing in line at the bank, with no pair of
people standing together.

Owen is second in line.

Paul is standing someplace ahead of Naomi.

If Maxine is third in line, which one of the following must be true?

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A. Paul isn’t first in line.
B. Naomi isn’t fourth in line.
C. Maxine and Naomi aren’t standing next to each other.
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D. Naomi and Owen aren’t standing next to each other.

Solution: In this question, the extra rule tells you that Maxine is third in line, which allows you to
correctly place both Owen and Maxine, and by extension Paul and Naomi. So in order to conform to all
the given rules, we know the order has to be:

Paul Owen Maxine Naomi

Now, the question is easy to answer. You know that the right answer is True and that the wrong
answers are Possible or False, so go through the answers one by one. Answer (A) says that Paul isn’t
first, which is False. Answer (B) tells you that Naomi isn’t fourth, which is False. Answer (C) says
that Maxine and Naomi aren’t adjacent, which is False. Answer (D) says that Naomi and Owen
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aren’t adjacent, which is True, so this is the right answer.
Logic Games - Questions

1. Exactly eight rock bands--Moonshot, Nonesuch, Orbit, Plethora, Rewind, Simpleton, Truth, and
Victim--perform consecutively at a showcase on Friday night. No band performs more than once, and
no two bands perform simultaneously. The following conditions apply:

Truth and Plethora both perform at some time before Orbit.

Simpleton performs at some time before Rewind.
Truth performs at some time before Nonesuch.
Victim performs at some time after Simpleton.
Moonshot performs at some time before Victim and at some time after Orbit.

If Moonshot performs fourth, then which one of the following must be true?

A. Victim is the sixth band to perform.

B. Truth performs earlier than Plethora.
C. Nonesuch performs earlier than Victim.
D. Simpleton performs later than Orbit.

2. A university library budget committee must reduce exactly five of eight areas of expenditure—G, L,
M, N, P, R, S, and W—in accordance with the following conditions:

If both G and S are reduced, W is also reduced.

If N is reduced, neither R nor S is reduced.
If P is reduced, L is not reduced.
Of the three areas L, M, and R, exactly two are reduced.

If both M and R are reduced, which one of the following is a pair of areas neither of which could be
reduced?

A. G, L
B. G, N
C. L, N
D. L, P

3. Seven boats—Flyer, Jasmine, Kilborn, Lulu, Maritime, Orbit, and Pinwheel—finish a race one at a
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time and consecutively. No other boats compete in the race. The following conditions hold:

Maritime finishes at some time before Orbit.

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Jasmine finishes at some time after Kilborn but at some time before Pinwheel.
Orbit finishes at some time after Lulu.
Pinwheel finishes at some time after Lulu but at some time before Flyer.

Which one of the following could be the order in which the boats finish, listed from first to last?

A. Maritime, Kilborn, Orbit, Jasmine, Lulu, Pinwheel, Flyer

B. Kilborn, Jasmine, Lulu, Orbit, Pinwheel, Maritime, Flyer
C. Lulu, Maritime, Kilborn, Jasmine, Pinwheel, Flyer, Orbit
D. Maritime, Lulu, Kilborn, Orbit, Pinwheel, Jasmine, Flyer

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4. The five children in a certain neighbourhood—Rocky, Sally, Tina, Urma, and Vivian—each own one
or more of only three types of dogs: King Charles Spaniel, Labrador, and Maltese. No child owns more
than one of any particular breed of dog. The following conditions apply:

Urma owns more dogs than Tina.

Urma and Sally do not own any of the same breed of dogs.
Rocky and Tina do not own any of the same breed of dogs.
Vivian owns more dogs than any other child.

Which one of the following must be true?

A. Urma and Vivian have two dog breeds in common.

B. Sally and Vivian have two dog breeds in common.
C. Tina and Vivian have two dog breeds in common.
D. Rocky and Urma have two dog breeds in common.

5. Exactly five parks—Jasper Park, Kip Park, Laurel Park, Mountain Park, and North Park—are part of
the Hillside Recreation Complex. A series of bike trails runs through the recreation complex such that
each park is directly connected by a bike trail to at least one other park. The parks are not directly
connected in any other way. The following must apply:

North Park is directly connected to more parks than is Kip Park.

Jasper Park is not directly connected with Mountain Park.
North Park is directly connected to fewer parks than is Mountain Park.

Which one of the following must be true?

A. Mountain Park is directly connected to more parks than is Kip Park.

B. Laurel Park is directly connected to more parks than is Kip Park.
C. Kip Park is directly connected to more parks than is Jasper Park.
D. Jasper Park is directly connected to more parks than is Laurel Park.

6. An accountant assigns double-digit codes to four different clients—Frank, Gardner, Hunt and
Jordan. The codes are made using the digits 1 through 8, and the accountant uses each digit only once.
The following conditions must apply:
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The code with a six in the tens place has a three in the units place.
Hunt’s code has a higher numeric value than Jordan’s code does.

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Frank’s code has the highest numeric value.
Jordan’s code ends with a two.
Three of the four codes are even.

If Gardner’s code has a lower numeric value than Jordan’s code, which one of the following must be
false?

A. Gardner’s code ends with a 4.

B. Gardner’s code ends with a 3.
C. Gardner’s code ends with an 8.
D. Frank’s code ends with a 4.

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7. A film club will present exactly one feature film each week for exactly eight consecutive weeks, 1
through 8. Each week, the feature film presented will be one of exactly five films: Landing, Milner,
Octagon, Prestige, or Quibble. Each film is presented at least once. The following conditions apply:

Octagon is not presented until sometime after the second presentation of Quibble.
Prestige is presented in any week immediately following a week in which Landing is presented.
Milner is presented in week 5.
Octagon is presented exactly twice.

Which one of the following must be true?

A. Milner is presented exactly once.

B. Quibble is presented exactly twice.
C. Milner is presented exactly twice.
D. Landing is presented exactly once.

8. The Trippy Trips Travel Agency is offering a promotion through which a traveller can pay a fixed
fee to visit exactly six cities. The traveller can choose from three Italian cities— Florence, Genoa, and
Latina—three Spanish cities—Madrid, Oviedo, and Pamplona—and four United States Cities—Reno,
San Francisco, Tampa, and Washington DC. When selecting six cities to visit, the traveller must choose
according to the following restrictions:

More Spanish cities than Italian cities must be selected.

Reno and Washington DC cannot both be selected.
Genoa and Madrid cannot both be selected.
If San Francisco is selected, then both Pamplona and Genoa must be selected.

Which one of the following could be a complete and accurate list of cities selected?

A. Genoa, Oviedo, Pamplona, San Francisco, Tampa, Washington DC

B. Latina, Madrid, Pamplona, Reno, Tampa, Washington DC
C. Latina, Madrid, Pamplona, Reno, San Francisco, Tampa
D. Florence, Latina, Madrid, Oviedo, Tampa, Washington DC

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9. A crayon manufacturer is designing a box with ten colours of crayons—M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V, W, and
Y. The crayons will be arranged in two rows—front and back—and five columns, labelled 1–5 from
left to right. The following conditions apply:

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P is in the same row as O, and there are exactly three crayons between them.
S is in the same column as W.
T is directly to the left of P.
If M is in the front row, W and Y are in the back row.
If W is in the front row, O is in the back row.
R is in the third column.

Which one of the following could be a possible arrangement of crayons, listed from left to right?

A. Front: O, S, R, T, P Back: W, N, M, Y, V
B. Front: O, S, R, T, P Back: N, W, V, Y, M
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C. Front: Y, W, N, R, V Back: P, S, M, T, O
D. Front: O, R, S, T, P Back: N, V, W, Y, M

10. Exactly six people—Farang, Gayle, Hannah, Issa, Jin, and Kit—are the only contestants in a
Scrabble tournament. The tournament consists of four games, played one after the other. Exactly two
people play in each game, and each person plays in at least one game. The following conditions must
apply:

Issa does not play in the second or the fourth game.

Jin plays in the first game.
Kit plays in only one game, and it is not against Gayle or Hannah.
Gayle plays in exactly two games, exactly one of which comes before the only game that Issa plays.

If the only game that Farang and Jin play is against each other, then which one of the following must
be true?

A. Kit plays in two games.

B. Issa plays against Gayle.
C. Hannah plays against Issa.
D. Two players play against each other twice.

11. A dolphin trainer is selecting a group of dolphins for anupcoming performance at GoSea! Ocean
Theme Park. There are exactly four adult dolphins—Francine, Griseus, Heronymous, and Ignacio—
and exactly four juvenile dolphins—Mambo, Nelly, Orpheus, and Plato—to choose from. The trainer
will choose exactly four dolphins for the performance. The following conditions must hold:

At least 1 but no more than 2 juveniles will be chosen for the performance.
If Mambo is not chosen for the performance, Heronymous is.
If both Francine and Griseus are chosen for the performance, Orpheus is not.
If Nelly is chosen for the performance, Heronymous is not.
If Mambo is chosen for the performance, either Ignacio or Plato is also chosen, but not both of them.

Which one of the following must be true?

A. Either Francine or Mambo does not perform.

B. Either Francine or Nelly performs.
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C. At least two juveniles perform.
D. At least two adults perform.

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12. John will assemble and send exactly three gift baskets, one to each of his three friends, Stan, Tara,
and Wendy. Each basket will contain gifts chosen from among exactly six different foods: havarti
cheese, kiwis, licorice, macadamia nuts, oranges, and pears. Each of the six gifts is included in exactly
one gift basket. The pears and the oranges each weigh two kilograms; the remaining gifts each weigh
one kilogram. The following conditions also apply:

The weight of any one gift basket must not exceed three kilograms.
The kiwis are sent to Tara.
The macadamia nuts and the oranges are sent in the same gift basket.

If the pears are sent to Tara, which one of the following must be true?

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A. Each basket contains exactly two gifts.
B. The licorice is sent to Wendy.
C. The havarti cheese is sent to Wendy.
D. One basket contains three gifts.

13. A circus must select at least four clowns from among a group of seven—Marny, Nifty, Oscar, Porky,
Rascal, Sunny, and Vinny—to perform in a travelling show. The selection of clowns must conform to
the following conditions:

Exactly two of Rascal, Sunny, and Vinny are selected.

If Nifty is not selected, then Oscar must be selected.
Oscar cannot be selected unless Rascal is selected.
Porky cannot be selected unless Sunny is selected.
If Marny is selected, then Nifty cannot be selected.

If Sunny is not selected, then which one of the following must be true?

A. Oscar is selected.
B. Marny is selected.
C. Nifty is not selected.
D. Rascal is not selected.

14. The members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have volunteered to play in a local charity
basketball tournament. Five starters—two forwards, two guards, and a centre—are to be chosen from
among four men—Michael Stipe, Neil Young, Prince, and Ozzy Osbourne—and three women— Ronnie
Spector, Stevie Nicks, and Tina Turner. The following conditions apply:

Either both starting guards are women, or neither starting guard is a woman.
Either both starting forwards are men, or neither starting forward is a man.
Neither Ronnie Spector nor Stevie Nicks starts at centre.
Neither Ozzy Osbourne nor Neil Young starts at forward.
If Tina Turner starts at centre, Ozzy Osbourne starts at guard.

If Stevie Nicks starts at forward, which one of the following must be false?

A. Tina Turner starts at forward.

B. Ronnie Spector starts at guard.
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C. Ozzy Osbourne starts at centre.
D. Neil Young starts at centre.

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15. Envirolab will schedule three projects—F, G, and H—to their lab facilities over a five-week period.
Exactly one project will be assigned to each of the five weeks, and each project will be assigned at least
once. One of the projects is made up of eight researchers, one is made up of ten researchers, and one is
made up of twelve researchers. The scheduling of the lab must conform to the following constraints:

Project F is assigned to more weeks than project H.

There are more researchers assigned to project H than project F.
More researchers are assigned to week three than are assigned to either week one or week two.
The project assigned to week two does not have eight researchers.
Project F is assigned to week four.

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Which one of the following could be an accurate schedule of projects for the five weeks, listed in order
from week one to week five?

A. G, H, F, F, F
B. G, G, H, F, F
C. F, F, H, G, F
D. H, H, G, F, G
16. A bartender is organising a taste test of the newest beer selections. Exactly seven different
varieties of beer will be tasted—Long Lake, Moon Rune, Newtonbury, Olenguard, Pumpkin Pale,
Quest, and Roundabout—one at a time and consecutively. No other beers are to be tasted. The
bartender must adhere to the following rules:

Olenguard must be the third beer tasted.

There is exactly one beer tasted between Newtonbury and Quest.
Either Long Lake or Pumpkin Pale is the fifth beer tasted.
Either Pumpkin Pale is tasted before Roundabout or Moon Rune is tasted before Newtonbury, but not
both.

Which one of the following could represent the order in which the beers are tasted, from first to last?

A. Long Lake, Moon Rune, Olenguard, Newtonbury, Pumpkin Pale, Quest, Roundabout
B. Long Lake, Quest, Olenguard, Newtonbury, Roundabout, Pumpkin Pale, Moon Rune
C. Long Lake, Newtonbury, Moon Rune, Quest, Pumpkin Pale, Olenguard, Roundabout
D. Long Lake, Quest, Olenguard, Newtonbury, Pumpkin Pale, Roundabout, Moon Rune

17. A comic is planning her college tour schedule for the year. Her tour will include performances at
least one of exactly eight different schools: Penn, Queens, Rice, Stanford, Tufts, Utah, Vermont and
Wellesley. Her tour schedule must conform to the following conditions:

If she performs at Rice, she will perform at neither Penn nor Stanford.
If she performs at Queens, she will perform at neither Stanford nor Tufts.
If she performs at Wellesley, she will perform at either Tufts or Utah, but not both.

If she performs at Rice, what is the maximum number of schools that could be included in the tour?

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18. A group of students in a poetry class is being assigned readings. Each of three students—Francis,
Grace, and Hu— will read at least one of four poems—Walkabout, Xtravagance, Yonder Cloudbreak,
and Zoolandia.

No student reads both Yonder Cloudbreak and Zoolandia.

Hu reads more poems than Grace and Francis.
Any student that reads Xtravagance also reads Walkabout.
Any poem that is read by Francis is also read by Grace.

Which of the following must be true?

A. Grace reads more poems than Francis.

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B. If Grace reads Xtravagance, Francis reads Xtravagance.
C. If Francis reads Xtravagance, Grace reads Walkabout.
D. If Hu reads Yonder Cloudbreak, Francis and Grace do not.

19. Seven singers—Hiroshi, Jordan, Kirkwood, Lewin, Marin, Olin, and Pan—will audition for the lead
singer role in a Frank Sinatra cover band. The auditions will take place one at a time, and no other
singers will audition for the role. The order of the auditions must conform to the following rules:

Exactly two auditions will take place between Jordan’s audition and Olin’s audition.
Exactly one audition will take place between Marin’s audition and Pan’s audition.
Hiroshi’s audition will take place immediately before or immediately after Lewin’s audition.
Jordan’s audition will take place before Hiroshi’s audition.

If Olin auditions first, which one of the following must be true?

A. Marin auditions third.

B. Pan auditions third.
C. Kirkwood auditions second.
D. Jordan auditions third.

20. The Pampered Pets Grooming Salon has a very busy day ahead. There are three groomers—Lisa,
Mario, and Nancy— scheduled to work, and the salon has 1-hour appointment slots available for each
groomer at 8, 9 and 10 AM. Seven animals have appointments—four poodles, two terriers, and
one westie. No more than one animal is assigned to any particular appointment slot. Animals are
assigned to grooming appointments according to the following restrictions:

Lisa grooms more animals than any other groomer.

At least one poodle is groomed before any terrier is groomed.
Each groomer grooms at least two different types of animals.
Mario does not groom a poodle first.

Which one of the following must be true?

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A. Mario is assigned exactly one animal.
B. Nancy is assigned exactly one animal.
C. Lisa is assigned exactly two animals.

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D. Mario is assigned exactly two animals.

21. Six young children—K, L, M, N, O, P—gather in a circle and play a game in which they toss a ball to
one another. One child starts the game by tossing the ball to one of the other five children, who then
tosses it to another child, who tosses it to another child, who is declared the “winner.” A child may
handle the ball more than once during the course of any one game, but cannot toss the ball to
himself/herself. The following conditions apply:

K can only toss it to P.

P can only toss it to O.
N can only receive a toss from M.
L can only toss to P or M, and M can only receive a toss from L.
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Which of the following could be the order of tosses, from the child who starts to the child who wins?

A. M to L to P to K
B. L to M to L to P
C. M to N to K to L
D. L to N to K to P

22. North Pole Productions is arranging a sled pull and must arrange six reindeer—Prancer, Rudolf,
Sam, Tony, Vixen and Yeller—into three rows, numbered 1–3 from front to back. Each row has exactly
two positions—one on the left side and one on the right—which are adjacent to one another. The
arrangement must adhere to the following conditions:

If Rudolf is in the second row, Vixen must be on the left side.

If Sam is in the first row, Yeller must be in the second.
If Yeller is not in the third row, Sam cannot be in the second one.
Vixen and Sam cannot be in the same row.
Tony must be placed one row behind Sam and on the same side.

Which of the following is a possible arrangement of reindeer, in order from left to right?

A. Row 1: Rudolf, Prancer

Row 2: Sam, Yeller
Row 3: Tony, Vixen

B. Row 1: Vixen, Rudolf

Row 2: Sam, Prancer
Row 3: Tony, Yeller

C. Row 1: Vixen, Prancer

Row 2: Rudolf, Sam
Row 3: Tony, Yeller

D. Row 1: Sam, Vixen

Row 2: Tony, Yeller
Row 3: Rudolf, Prancer
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23. Dylan is hosting a party and invites eight fickle friends— Lance, Matt, Nick, Oscar, Pam, Reena,
Sara, and Tracy—some of whom get along, some of whom don’t. The following conditions apply:

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If Matt comes, Sara will come.
If Lance comes, Oscar and Pam will not come.
Matt will come to the party unless both Lance and Reena do.
Sara or Tracy, but not both, will come to the party.

Which of the following could be a complete list of friends who come to the party?

A. Lance, Nick, Oscar, Reena, Tracy

B. Lance, Nick, Reena, and Tracy
C. Lance, Nick, Reena
D. Matt, Nick, Oscar, Pam, Tracy
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24. Seven friends—K, L, M, N, O, P, and R—graduated from university over the course of seven years,
one person per year. The following conditions apply:

K graduated two years before O.

P and M graduated in consecutive years, though not necessarily in that order.
N graduated third.
L did not graduate sixth.

If K graduated fifth, which of the following must be true?

A. P graduated first.
B. M graduated second.
C. L graduated second.
D. R graduated sixth.

25. Eight singers—Frank, Grace, Horace, Ian, Jezebel, Kramer, Lenore, and Maria—will be ranked from
one, the best singer, to eight, the worst singer. The top five performers will receive prizes. The ranking
of singers must conform to the following rules:

Jezebel is a better-ranked singer than Lenore.

If Horace is awarded a prize, then Grace ranks higher than Kramer, though both receive prizes.
Ian is ranked either first or fifth.
Ian is a better-ranked singer than Kramer.

Which of the following is an acceptable ranking of the singers who will be given from first to fifth?
A. Jezebel, Kramer, Grace, Lenore, Ian
B. Grace, Maria, Jezebel, Horace, Ian
C. Ian, Jezebel, Grace, Kramer, Horace
D. Jezebel, Lenore, Grace, Frank, Maria

Questions 26 - 30

A group of seven friends—Paul, Quita, Ron, Sammy, Tim, Vanessa and Wanda—are trying to decide
which of them will attend a volleyball game. At least two of them must attend. The following
conditions apply:

Ron and Tim cannot attend the game together.

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If Paul attends the game, so does Tim.
If Ron does not attend the game, neither does Vanessa.
If Wanda or Tim attends the game, they attend together.

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Sammy attends the game if, and only if, Quita does not attend.

26. Which of the following could be a complete and accurate list of friends who attend the game?

A. Quita, Ron, Sammy, Vanessa

B. Paul, Sammy, Tim
C. Ron, Tim, Vanessa
D. Quita, Tim, Wanda

27. Which of the following could be true?

A. Both Vanessa and Paul attend the game.

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B. Both Vanessa and Wanda attend the game.
C. Neither Paul nor Ron attends the game.
D. Neither Sammy nor Quita attends the game.

28. What is the minimum number of students who do not attend the game?

A. 4
B. 3
C. 2
D. 1

29. If Tim attends the game, which of the following could be true?

A. Quita does not attend the game but Ron does.

B. Sammy does not attend the game but Vanessa does.
C. Neither Quita nor Sammy attends the game.
D. Neither Quita nor Paul attends the game.

30. If Wanda does not attend the game, which of the following must be true?

A. Ron does not attend the game.

B. Vanessa does not attend the game.
C. Ron and Vanessa do not both attend the game.
D. Ron attends the game.

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 Thinking Skills Lesson 3 Homework

Questions 1 - 5

Seven students—K, L, M, N, O, P, and R—give presentations, one at a time and in order. The following
conditions apply:

N presents before L.
M presents after O.
P presents after L but before M.
R presents before K but after N.
K presents after P.

1. Which of the following could represent the order in which students give presentations?

A. N, L, P, R, K, M, O
B. L, N, R, O, P, K, M
C. O, N, L, R, P, M, K
D. O, N, L, M, P, R, K

2. Which of the following could be true?

A. P presents before N.
B. M presents before N.
C. K presents before N.
D. M presents before R.

3. Which of the following must be false?

A. K presents fifth.
B. P presents fourth.
C. M presents last.
D. N presents third.

4. If O presents second, each of the following must be true EXCEPT

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A. L presents third or fourth.
B. P presents fourth or fifth.
C. N presents first.
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D. M presents seventh.

5. If L presents before O, which of the following must be true?

A. N presents first.
B. P presents third.
C. M presents last.
D. P presents fourth.

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Questions 6 - 25

A toymaker will use six different paint colours—fuchsia, goldenrod, heliotrope, indigo, jonquil, and
khaki—to paint three different model toys—an airplane, a race car, and a truck. Each colour will be
used once, and each toy will be painted with exactly two colours. The following conditions apply:

Heliotrope and jonquil will not be used on the same model.

Either fuchsia or goldenrod, but not both, will be used on the race car.
Indigo can be used only with either goldenrod or jonquil.
Goldenrod will not be used on the truck unless khaki is also used on the truck.

6. Which of the following could represent the colours used for each toy?

A. Airplane: jonquil, heliotrope; Race car: indigo, goldenrod; Truck: fuchsia, khaki
B. Airplane: heliotrope, khaki; Race car: indigo, goldenrod; Truck: fuchsia, jonquil
C. Airplane: heliotrope, khaki; Race car: fuchsia, goldenrod; Truck: indigo, jonquil
D. Airplane: jonquil, indigo; Race car: fuchsia, khaki; Truck: goldenrod, heliotrope

7. Which of the following would determine the colours for all three models?

A. Goldenrod is used on the airplane.

B. Goldenrod is used on the race car.
C. Goldenrod is used on the truck.
D. Fuchsia is used on the airplane.

8. If goldenrod and khaki are used together on one model, which of the following must be true?

A. Fuchsia and heliotrope must be used on one model.

B. Fuchsia must be used on the race car.
C. Jonquil must be used on the airplane.
D. Fuchsia and indigo must be used on the same model.

9. If fuchsia and jonquil are used on the race car, how many different pairs of colours can be used on
the truck?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
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D. 4

10. If indigo is used on the race car, which of the following CANNOT be the pair of colours used on the
airplane?

A. fuchsia and heliotrope

B. fuchsia and jonquil
C. fuchsia and khaki
D. heliotrope and khaki

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 11. Tanner flips a coin a total of eight times. He manages to score 3 tails and 5 heads.

He never flipped tails twice in a row.

What is the greatest number of times he could have flipped the heads in a row?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

12. Jennifer purchases a $200 pair of sneakers for herself. She keeps them in her closet and forgets
about them. After 10 years, she finds them while sorting out her closet and realises she can resell
them for a very high price. She ends up making a 250% profit on the shoes after selling them. How
much did she sell them for?

A. $700

B. $500

C. $450

D. $550

13. “A mechanical engineer’s most important role is to understand the inner workings of
mechanical systems.”

What statement, if true, would most strengthen this argument?

A. Becoming an engineer requires years of study.

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B. Cars are very complex machines.

C. An engineer cannot fix a machine without understanding how it works.

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D. An engineer must be very talented at mathematics.

14. The Pembroke Welsh Corgi is highly intelligent, loyal, able and willing to please its owner.
Corgis are extremely active and are good with children so long as the dog sees humans as above
him in the pack order. Protective and sturdy, they make fine guards, and excellent show and
obedience dogs. Wary of strangers, they should be properly socialised and trained when they are
is still young. They need their humans to have a determined, consistent and loving approach,
showing firm but calm leadership with proper human-to-canine communication to avoid over-
protective behaviors as an adult.

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According to the information above, which of the following statements are true?

A. The best guard dogs are corgis.

B. Corgis are generally good with children.

C. All corgis are trained and properly socialised when young.

D. Corgis are under-protective animals.

15. Max: “All paramedic services should provide free emergency medical services in order to avoid
unwealthy people not using the services despite having a life-threatening emergency.”

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken Max’s argument?

A. Having a price for paramedics may discourage people from using it.

B. Many sick people could not afford to pay for exorbitant fees.

C. Paramedic services require funding and therefore, need to charge people.

D. Healthcare is a human necessity.

16. A pet is commonly defined as a domestic or tamed animal kept for companionship or pleasure.

Mitchell: “This animal is not domestic, therefore, it is not a pet.”

Petra: “The animal is not kept for companionship nor pleasure, therefore, it is not a pet.”

If the information above is true, then whose reasoning is correct?

A. Mitchell only.

B. Petra only.

C. Both Mitchell and Petra.

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D. Neither Mitchell nor Petra.

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17. A toy factory has a manufacturing error which occurs once out of every 4000 toys made. If the
factory produces 4 million toys a week, how many errors are expected to be made in a fortnight?

A. 1000

B. 500

C. 2000

D. 4000

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 18. The mortality rate of newborns in developing countries is alarmingly high. Newborns do not
receive the appropriate medical treatment as there are minimal healthcare resources or facilities.
This is because there is barely enough funding going into the healthcare systems.

With reference to the information given, which of the following options could be a viable aid to the
solution?

A. Training the doctors and nurses better.

B. Pushing for more citizens to becomes healthcare workers.

C. Diverting more government funds towards the healthcare system.

D. Improving the medical techniques of the healthcare citizens.

19. A dinosaur is described as an extinct reptile of the Mesozoic era, in many species reaching an
enormous size.

If the above statement is true, then which of the following could describe a dinosaur?

A. A large reptile found in the local park.

B. A small reptile with fossils dating back to the Mesozoic era.

C. An ancient giant marine animal found in fossils.

D. An Asian reptile about to go extinct.

20. Cockroaches are known as a pest insect because they cohabit with humans in dwellings,
especially in kitchens, where some species can carry disease organisms like Salmonella, which may
cause gastroenteritis, dysentery, tuberculosis, hepatitis and typhoid fever.

If the information above is true, then which of the following statements are also true?

A. All cockroaches carry Salmonella.

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B. Some cockroaches carry tuberculosis.

C. Salmonella can cause hepatitis.

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D. Cockroaches can not carry Salmonella.

21. A building has exactly 2400 people inside it at the moment. 25% of these people are children.
50% of these children are males. If there are 200 more males than females in total inside the
building, how many female adults are there?

A. 1800

B. 900

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 C. 800

D. 300

22. The sum of the interior angles of any triangle is 180°. The sum of the interior of any
quadrilateral is 360°.

Which one of the following shapes has an interior angle sum of 900°?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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23. Andrew: “My sister is not very athletic due to her arthritis.”

Which of the following solutions could help Andrew’s sister improve in her athletic ability?

A. Seeing a doctor for possible arthritis treatment.

B. Training to be a faster runner.

C. Giving up on any chance to become more athletic.

D. Switching her hobbies to swimming instead.

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 24. A gas heater has a special system to maintain the temperature in a house. When the
temperature reaches 15°C or below, the gas will turn on to power the heater until the temperature
reaches 23°C before switching off.

Alex: “The temperature is 10°C so the gas must be on.”

Beth: “The temperature is 24°C so the gas must be off.”

If the information above is true, then whose reasoning is correct?

A. Alex only.

B. Beth only.

C. Both Alex and Beth.

D. Neither Alex nor Beth.

25. Talia is trying to understand how an alien currency works. She is reading up on the
information online:

· 40 Crud is worth 3 Trud.

· 60 Trud is worth 8 Brud.

· 1 Brud is worth 9 Prud.

According to the above statements, which of the following must be true?

A. 100 Crud is worth 1 Brud.

B. 60 Trud is worth 81 Prud.

C. 50 Crud is worth 18 Prud.

D. 30 Trud is worth 40 Prud.

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Logic Puzzle

Use the provided clues to match up all of the options. For a negative statement, put a cross in the grid,
and for a positive statement, put a tick. Keep going through the clues until you arrive at the solutions
and write them down in the bottom grid.

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