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a. fruit
b. camera
c. colour
d. favourites
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a. donkey These three words are related in some way. Which of the
words below is related to these words?
b. fruit tree
a. level
c. lantern
b. rissole
d. slide
c. colour
d. favourites
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4. Ear is to head as toes is to 5. the water looked and gloomy because it had
been raining all day.
a. hand
a. bright
b. foot
b. clear
c. arm
c. dark
d. leg
d. blue
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6. Light, green, white. 7. Rearrange the words to make a complete sentence. What
word follows Bali?
These three words are related in some way. Which of the
words below is related to these words? went holiday for to Sarah Bali her .
a. house a. holiday
b. fruit b. went
c. chimney c. for
d. Sarah
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8. Rearrange the words to form a complete sentence. Is it true 9. Tallied is to tally as walked is to
or false?
a. tallying
triangle four sides has .
b. walking
a. true
c. talked
b. false
d. walk
c. unable to answer
e. talk
d. a sentence cannot be formed
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10. Buy is to bought as fight is to 11. Look at the shapes on the top row. They are alike in some
way and belong together. Choose one shape from the bottom
row that belongs with the shapes on top.
a. buyed
b. fought
c. though
d. paid
A B C D
e. none of the above
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12. Look at the shapes in the boxes below. Carefully look at the 13. Look at the shapes in the boxes below. Considering the
pattern of the shapes going across and up and down. Can pattern made by these boxes, which of the shapes below
you see the pattern? Considering this pattern, which of the fits in the empty box?
shapes below fits in the empty box? A C E
A D
B E B D
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14. Look at the shapes on the top row. They are alike in some 15. Look at the shapes in the boxes below. Carefully look at the
way and belong together. Choose one shape from the bottom pattern of the shapes going across and up and down. Can
row that belongs with the shapes on top. you see the pattern? Considering this pattern, which of the
shapes below fits in the empty box?
A C E A C E
B D B D
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16. Look at the patterns in the squares below. They go together 17. Look at the top row of pictures. Can you see how the paper
in a certain way. Can you recognise how they are connected? is being folded? Which of the pictures below shows how the
Considering this pattern, which of the shapes below fits in paper will look when it is opened?
the empty box?
A C E
B D
A B C
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18. Look at the shapes in the grid below. Considering the 19. Look at the pattern in the squares above the line. Choose
pattern of these shapes, which of the shapes below fits in which square from below the line comes next.
the empty box?
A B C
D E
A B C D
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20. Look at the patterns in the grids below. They go together in 21. What is the missing number from the equation below?
a certain way. Can you recognise how they are connected?
(2 + 3) + 10 = (10 x ?) + 5
Considering this pattern, which of the shapes below the line
comes next? a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. 5
A B C D
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22. How many of the five pairs listed below are exact 23. The numbers below follow a pattern. Can you see it? Follow
duplicates? the pattern to work out the missing number.
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24. What is the missing number from the equation below? 25. What is the missing number from the equation below?
# + ? < 13 3x3=?+5
#=7
a. 1
a. 3 b. 2
b. 6 c. 3
c. 9 d. 4
d. 12 e. 5
e. 15
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26. Complete the mathematical equation below. 27. Complete the numerical pattern below.
2 + 5 + 11 – 3 = 4 + ? – 6 + 10 55 66 77 88 99
a. 2 a. 100
b. 5 b. 105
c. 7 c. 110
d. 9 d. 115
e. 12 e. 120
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28. Each pair of numbers below is related somehow. Can you 29. What comes next in the pattern?
work out the relationship? Considering the pattern of the
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first two pairs, which of the numbers below completes the
third pair? a. 1
b. 2
(13 < 26) (21 < 42) (56 < ? )
c. 3
a. 69 d. 4
b. 77 e. 5
c. 24
d. 112
e. 106
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(2 + 7) + ? = (2 x 3) + 5
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. none of the above
Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT) Challenge Cards - Answers
1 c. colour 11 C 21 a. 1
2 d. slide 12 B 22 b. 2
a. level
3 All the words are palindromes, meaning they read the 13 B 23 e. 38
same backwards as they do forwards.
4 b. foot 14 C 24 a. 3
5 c. dark 15 D 25 d. 4
6 a. house 16 C 26 c. 7
7 c. for 17 C 27 c. 110
8 d. 18 B 28 d. 112
9 d. walk 19 B 29 b. 2
10 b. fought 20 C 30 b. 2
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