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A free selective-style thinking skills check

Free, with no sign-up. About ten minutes.

Ten thinking skills questions in the style of the selective test, for Years 5 and 6, from Learnest's own question bank. Your child picks an answer for each. Then you see the marks, the usual slip behind each wrong answer and the skills to look at.

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  1. Question 1: Thinking skills

    Six guests arrived at a birthday party one at a time. Ruby arrived some time after Jack. Hugo arrived immediately before Sam. Hugo was not the first to arrive. Exactly three people arrived between Sam and Jonah. Lily arrived somewhere between Jonah and Hugo. Sam arrived some time before Ruby. Who was the fourth to arrive?

  2. Question 2: Thinking skills

    Sienna, Yusuf, Yasmin and Aarav each spotted a different bird (lorikeet, cockatoo, galah or magpie) and walked in a different park (Lakeside Park, Hilltop Park, Seaview Park or Bushland Park). Sienna spotted the magpie. The person who spotted the lorikeet walked in Lakeside Park. Neither Sienna nor Yasmin walked in Hilltop Park. Neither Yusuf nor Aarav spotted the cockatoo. Which park did the person who spotted the galah walk in?

  3. Question 3: Thinking skills

    These facts are about the animals at a vet clinic today. None of the animals with collars are getting a needle. Some animals that came by car have collars. Which statement is certain?

  4. Question 4: Thinking skills

    Not every cake that contains nuts gets a red label. Each cake that gets a red label sits on the top shelf. Jonah's cake contains nuts. Which statement must be true?

  5. Question 5: Thinking skills

    Some school swimmers train before school. Isla swims for the school, and Aylin trains before school. Jack says Isla trains before school. Petra says Isla has goggles. Who is correct?

  6. Question 6: Thinking skills

    Ada is one of the 30 council members, and Ada meets the principal on Friday. Mateo says all 30 of them meet the principal on Friday. Which option names Mateo's mistake?

  7. Question 7: Thinking skills

    'Classes should have quiet reading after lunch,' says Dimitri. 'Children settle down faster.' Which extra fact would make the argument stronger?

  8. Question 8: Thinking skills

    Elena's birthday, 3 March, falls on a Monday this year. Her cousin's birthday is 27 April. Which day of the week is that?

  9. Question 9: Thinking skills

    A square card is folded into quarters. Leo snips a half circle notch from one creased side, away from any corner. Unfolding the card, how many holes does Leo find?

  10. Question 10: Thinking skills

    In a game, tokens are worth 1, 6 and 10 points. What is the fewest tokens that make exactly 12 points?

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Learnest is not affiliated with ACARA, NESA, the NSW Department of Education or the Australian Maths Trust. Every question in this check is Learnest's own, written for practice. None comes from a past paper.