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Introduction
There are 20 questions in this test. We have tried to give you an idea of the
variety of different items you may be presented with in real scholarship or
assessment tests. Please try to answer all the questions. If you do not know
the answer, then at least choose an answer that you think fits best. At the end
of each section you may review your performance, or if you choose, you can
review all your results together at the end.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please note: Practice tests do not entirely duplicate the
examination material.
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Edutest practice test for year 6-3
Question 1
Options
A eye specialist
B confused
C positive
D cynical
E pessimistic
Question 2
The bird is smaller than the dog, but bigger than the cat. The piglet is bigger
than the bird. The dog is bigger than the cat, but smaller than the goat. The
goat is larger than the dog and also larger than the piglet.
Options
A bird
B dog
C cat
D goat
E piglet
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Question 3
Options
A noisy
B ears
C hearing
D touch
E taste
Question 4
TODAY IS HOT.
4: Today is Tuesday.
Options
A 4&5
B 1&2
C 1&5
D 3&5
E 3&4
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Question 5
Options
A university
B patchwork
C watercolour
D stuck
E school
Question 6
When read backwards, which of the following words does not create a new
word?
Options
A wets
B flow
C draw
D spine
E reward
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Edutest practice test for year 6-3
Question 7
Six friends joined the same library, all on different days. Esme joined after Clea
and Desmond. Clea joined immediately before Agnes and immediately after
Bede. Franco was not the last person to join, but signed up after Desmond.
Options
A Bede
B Clea
C Franco
D Desmond
E Esme
Question 8
Emily has one brother, Tommy, and a sister, Kelly. Emily and her father both
have black hair. Tommy and Kelly have the same colour hair.
If only one male in the house has black hair and the other male has
brown hair, what colour hair does Kelly have?
Options
A black
B blonde
C red
D brown
E none of these
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Question 9
Options
A CORNS
B CORSN
C NSCOR
D SNORC
E CRONS
Question 10
Options
A guitar
B flute
C violin
D cello
E ukelele
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Question 11
Options
A happy
B joyful
C glad
D cheerful
E reticent
Question 12
Options
A fox
B flow
C wood
D den
E canine
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Question 13
Options
A performing
B theatre
C script
D Hollywood
E unemployed
Question 14
Which of the following options could be included with the words above?
Options
A diminish
B guard
C revere
D acknowledge
E restrain
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Edutest practice test for year 6-3
Question 15
Brett runs four kilometres north from his work. Brett's home is two kilometres
east of his work. If he then rides his bike two kilometres west and four
kilometres south, how far is Brett from his home?
Options
A 1 kilometre
B 3 kilometres
C 4 kilometres
D 2 kilometres
Question 16
Each pair of words in the list below is meant to fit into the same
pattern. However, one pair does not fit.
Options
A angry, furious
B big, enormous
C clever, intelligent
D small, tiny
E gross, dangerous
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Edutest practice test for year 6-3
Question 17
Options
A vealer
B evader
C reeled
D reveller
E levered
Question 18
In a foreign language sup wit flim? means where is the chocolate? Flim wit
bin koin means The chocolate is in the cupboard, and sup bin koin? means
where in the cupboard?
Options
A wit
B koin
C flim
D bin
E sup
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Edutest practice test for year 6-3
Question 19
Assume that all gifs are gafs, all peas are herns, and some twas are peas.
Options
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Question 20
Options
A 1&5
B 3&4
C 1&2
D 2&5
E 2&3
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Edutest practice test for year 6-3
Question 1
3 6 9 ? 15
Options
A 11
B 12
C 13
D 14
E 10
Question 2
There are 10 people in a room. 7 people are wearing socks and 4 people are
wearing shoes. 3 people are wearing both. How many people are in bare feet?
Options
A 0
B 1
C 2
D 3
E 4
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Edutest practice test for year 6-3
Question 3
1 3 ? 7 9 ? 13
Options
A 5, 11
B 5, 12
C 6, 10
D 6, 11
E 6,12
Question 4
1 4 ? 10 ? 16
Options
A 6 & 12
B 8 & 14
C 7 & 13
D 7 & 12
E 7 &11
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Question 5
A family of five children is each paid their pocket money in a different way.
Barbara receives $8.00 the first week, then $1.00 less each week than the
week before.
Cooper receives 50c the first week, then double the previous week’s amount
each week.
David receives 10c the first week, then triple the amount each week.
Eliza receives $18.00 the first week, then half the previous amount in the
following weeks.
After six weeks who has received the largest amount of money?
Options
A Andrew
B Barbara
C Cooper
D David
E Eliza
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Question 6
The numbers in each pair are related to each other in the same way. What is
the missing number?
Options
A 237
B 234
C 25.2
D 63
E 84
Question 7
Options
A 10:52
B 9:26
C 11:52
D 10:43
E 11:09
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Edutest practice test for year 6-3
Question 8
This next set of items are referred to as Number Matrices. The idea is to find
patterns in each matrix, by looing for what happens to numbers as they go
down or across. In each Matrix, you will find one or more numbers missing –
however, please note, you will always be asked to find the number in the square
marked by the question mark. Which number should be in the square marked
by the question mark?
Options
A 3
B 4
C 6
D 7
E 8
Question 9
Mike ate one quarter of a pizza and his friends Matt and Mark equally shared
what was left. Who ate the smallest amount?
Options
A Mike
B Matt
C Mark
Question 10
Options
A 6
B 7
C 8
D 9
E 0
Question 11
Options
A 32.3 o C
B -32.3 o C
C 74.7 o C
D -145.9 o C
E 145.9 o C
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Edutest practice test for year 6-3
Question 12
Options
A 6
B 7
C 8
D 13
E 11
Question 13
A bouncing ball reaches half of its previous height each time it bounces. How
high will it reach on the 5th bounce if it is dropped from a building that is 64
metres high?
Options
A 4m
B 8m
C 2m
D 1m
E 1/2 m
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Edutest practice test for year 6-3
Question 14
If a certain number plus 5 equals 31.5, then the value of that certain
number is?
Options
A 10.5
B 26.5
C 31.5
D 26
E 24.5
Question 15
Zac has a jar with 57 Smarties in it. He would like to divide them up
between a group of friends so that each person receives the same
number.
Options
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Edutest practice test for year 6-3
Question 16
Options
A 9
B 10
C 11
D 12
E 13
Question 17
Helen takes twice as long as her big sister Sarah to mow the lawn. If it takes
Sarah four minutes to mow the lawn, how many minutes will it take Helen to
mow the lawn?
Options
A 2
B 4
C 8
D 12
E 15
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Edutest practice test for year 6-3
Question 18
The result of
-99 + 88 – 77 + 66 – 55 + 44 – 33 + 22 – 11
Options
A is zero
B is positive
C is negative
D is a fraction
E is a decimal
Question 19
Options
A 11 x 19
B 12 x 18
C 13 x 17
D 14 x 16
E 15 x 15
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Edutest practice test for year 6-3
Question 20
If vanilla ice-creams cost $2, how much will one ice-cream of each flavour
cost me in total?
Options
A $6
B $8
C $10
D $11
E $11.50
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Edutest practice test for year 6-3
Question 1
Kirsty had $4 and spent 25% of it. How much does Kirsty have left?
Options
A $3.75
B $2
C $1
D $3
E $2.75
Question 2
Options
A 0.85
B 0.8
C 0.79
D 0.09
E 0.83
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Edutest practice test for year 6-3
Question 3
182 + 27 + 11 =
Options
A 200
B 220
C 180
D 100
E 210
Question 4
Options
A 3
/7
B 1
C 4
/7
D 0
E /7
1
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Edutest practice test for year 6-3
Question 5
60 ÷ 10 + 2 × 3 =
Options
A 24
B 4
C 12
D 10
E 22
Question 6
Options
A 3
B 9
C 18
D 2
E 0
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Question 7
Options
Question 8
Options
A 565
B 465
C 505
D 405
E 665
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Question 9
Options
A 75o
B 255o
C 105o
D 35o
E 65o
Question 10
Meagan bought a piece of fabric that was 8.43 metres long then she cut off 6.6
metres to use for a dress. How much fabric is left?
Options
A 15.03 m
B 7.77 m
C 1.83 m
D 2.37 m
E 2.83 m
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Edutest practice test for year 6-3
Question 11
What is the missing number in the pattern? /3, 3/5, 5/7, __, 9/11
1
Options
A 7
/11
B 8
/12
C 7
/9
D 7
/13
E 8
/11
Question 12
Options
A 3, 4
B 8, 2
C 2, 5
D 2, 6
E 6, 3
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Question 13
Options
A 83678
B 83675
C 269273
D 200873
E 14786
Question 14
Options
A 50
B 5000
C 500
D 5
E 250
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Edutest practice test for year 6-3
Question 15
Options
A 658.5
B 6508.5
C 65085
D 6058.5
E 6585
Question 16
If each block is one cubic centimetre, how many cubic centimetres are in the
shape?
Options
A 15
B 24
C 20
D 19
E 7
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Edutest practice test for year 6-3
Question 17
Options
A 11
B 13
C 15
D 17
E 19
Question 18
Options
A A
B H
C M
D P
E Z
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Question 19
A metal ball weighs 65.3 grams. How much do 7 balls weigh altogether?
Options
A 65.3 g
B 457.1 g
C 425.1 g
D 4571 g
E 4.571 kg
Question 20
Options
A 1
/5 of a kilometre
B 4
/5 of a kilometre
C 11/10 of a kilometre
D 11/5 of a kilometre
E 16/10 of a kilometre
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Edutest practice test for year 6-3
Question 1
Select the option which will best replace the words underlined in the sentence
to make it correct.
Jack's new job requires heavy lift. He will have to take care of his
back.
Options
Question 2
Options
Question 3
Options
A sadly
B unpredictably
C regularly
D steadily
E cheerfully
Question 4
Select the option which will best replace the words underlined in the sentence
to make it correct.
Billy have to go to school tomorrow.
Options
A had to go
C having to go
D has to go
E wants to go
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Edutest practice test for year 6-3
Question 5
The little girl hated doing her piano practice, even though she was
really quite good at reading music.
What will the best ending to this new sentence be so it still means the same
thing?
Options
A at reading music, even though she hated doing her piano practice.
Question 6
The sentence below does not have any punctuation. You need to choose the
correctly re-written sentence.
i will bring my red gumboots as well as my scarf coat and hat
Options
Question 7
In this question you are given a sentence. The sentence has then been re-
written, but only the first half of the new sentence has been provided. Choose
the best ending so the new sentence tells us the same thing.
Options
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Question 8
With the ferocity of a lion, yet the size of a wombat, the Honey Badger is one
of the toughest mammals in Africa and Western Asia. Honey badgers stand
less that one foot high and are less than a metre long and they weigh around
ten kilos. In spite of this they have a reputation for toughness that is far
greater than their size. They also have an exceptionally thick, loose skin, which
makes them difficult to grip on to, and is almost impenetrable to bites, arrows
and spears. Some Honey Badgers have been known to chase away lions and
take their kill. I guess it goes to show that size isn’t everything when it comes
to a fight.
Options
Question 9
The sentence below contains no punctuation. Choose the option with the
correct punctuation.
Options
Question 10
His bedroom was strewn with dirty clothing, half drunk cups of tea and piles
of books. The curtains were drawn, giving the whole place an eerie blue
glow, and a feeling that daytime never really reached inside. There was an
odour which could only be described as unpleasant emanating from the chaos
of the room. Surprisingly, each day a young man emerged from this room,
wearing a neatly washed and ironed outfit. He carried a laptop out to his
luxury car and headed off to work on time. He never had guests back to his
home, always arranging social activities elsewhere, and he told no one about
his messy house.
Options
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Question 11
Bob was good at the decathlon because he excelled at shot put, hurdles and
high jump. The other seven events he performed at an average level, but his
superior performance in his favourite events meant he could often win on
points.
Options
B A seven-event competition.
E A marathon.
Question 12
George jumped out from behind the door and scared Jack. So, three days
later, Jack got revenge by jumping out from behind a tree and scaring
George.
Options
A scared
B pay back
C angry
D punishment
E reversal
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Question 13
Options
Question 14
Select the option which will best replace the words underlined in the sentence
to make it correct.
Dolores' new job require written skill. She will have to write news
articles.
Options
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Edutest practice test for year 6-3
Question 15
In this question, you are given a sentence. The sentence has then been re-
written, but only the first half of the new sentence has been provided. Choose
the best ending so the new sentence tells us the same thing.
Options
B I would do anything.
E none of these.
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Question 16
Seals are warm blooded, hairy mammals perfectly evolved for life in the
sea. Water takes more heat from a body than air does, so seals have developed
a layer of tough, spongy tissue filled with oily fat just beneath their skin. This
tissue, called blubber, keeps in body heat and allows them to spend time in icy
waters in the Arctic and around the globe. Seals are incredible swimmers,
perfectly adapted to catching fish as they swim underwater, holding their breath
for up to thirty minutes at a time.
Historically, seals were an important resource for the Inuit people in the Arctic
Circle. They were captured for their meat, and for the oil in their blubber, which
was used for cooking, lighting and heating. Their skins were made into warm
clothing and shelters; and sinews were used for sewing. Seal bones were used
to make spears and arrows. Seals are still hunted today, although they are
protected in many countries. They are highly intelligent animals who can learn
tricks and are often very popular attractions at zoos and wild life parks.
Options
D The bones of seals are the best materials to make spears and arrows with.
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Question 17
Read the following paragraph to answer questions 17 and 18. You will
have already read this passage to answer question 16.
Seals are warm blooded, hairy mammals perfectly evolved for life in the
sea. Water takes more heat from a body than air does, so seals have developed
a layer of tough, spongy tissue filled with oily fat just beneath their skin. This
tissue, called blubber, keeps in body heat and allows them to spend time in icy
waters in the Arctic and around the globe. Seals are incredible swimmers,
perfectly adapted to catching fish as they swim underwater, holding their breath
for up to thirty minutes at a time.
Historically, seals were an important resource for the Inuit people in the Arctic
Circle. They were captured for their meat, and for the oil in their blubber, which
was used for cooking, lighting and heating. Their skins were made into warm
clothing and shelters; and sinews were used for sewing. Seal bones were used
to make spears and arrows. Seals are still hunted today, although they are
protected in many countries. They are highly intelligent animals who can learn
tricks and are often very popular attractions at zoos and wild life parks.
From your reading of the passage, blubber is useful for all of the
following reasons, except:
Options
B It is used in cooking.
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Question 18
Read the following paragraph to answer question 18. You will have
already read this passage to answer questions 16 and 17.
Seals are warm blooded, hairy mammals perfectly evolved for life in the
sea. Water takes more heat from a body than air does, so seals have
developed a layer of tough, spongy tissue filled with oily fat just beneath their
skin. This tissue, called blubber, keeps in body heat and allows them to
spend time in icy waters in the Arctic and around the globe. Seals are
incredible swimmers, perfectly adapted to catching fish as they swim
underwater, holding their breath for up to thirty minutes at a time.
Historically, seals were an important resource for the Inuit people in the
Arctic Circle. They were captured for their meat, and for the oil in their
blubber, which was used for cooking, lighting and heating. Their skins were
made into warm clothing and shelters; and sinews were used for
sewing. Seal bones were used to make spears and arrows. Seals are still
hunted today, although they are protected in many countries. They are
highly intelligent animals who can learn tricks and are often very popular
attractions at zoos and wild life parks.
From your reading of the passage, we can ascertain that the Inuit
people:
Options
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Question 19
At the end of Matthew's street is an old, large house. Many of the children in
the street have told Matthew that the house is haunted, and that people who
enter the house after sunset never come back out. Although Matthew's dad
had told him that there was no such thing as ghosts, he was still convinced
that there was something creepy about the house at the end of the street.
One afternoon, Matthew and the other children in the street were playing
cricket, and Matthew hit the ball so hard it smashed into the front window of
the house at the end of the street. The other children were so scared that
they all ran home, leaving Matthew out in the street on his own. Matthew
knew that the most responsible thing to do was to go to the house and
apologise for breaking the window, so he slowly walked up the steps and
knocked on the door. To his surprise, a little old lady answered the door and
invited him inside. After Matthew apologised for the window and cleaned up
the broken glass, the lady thanked him for being honest and offered him a tall
glass of milk and some biscuits, before giving him his ball back.
Options
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Question 20
At the end of Matthew's street is an old, large house. Many of the children in
the street have told Matthew that the house is haunted, and that people who
enter the house after sunset never come back out. Although Matthew's dad
had told him that there was no such thing as ghosts, he was still convinced
that there was something creepy about the house at the end of the street.
One afternoon, Matthew and the other children in the street were playing
cricket, and Matthew hit the ball so hard it smashed into the front window of
the house at the end of the street. The other children were so scared that
they all ran home, leaving Matthew out in the street on his own. Matthew
knew that the most responsible thing to do was to go to the house and
apologise for breaking the window, so he slowly walked up the steps and
knocked on the door. To his surprise, a little old lady answered the door and
invited him inside. After Matthew apologised for the window and cleaned up
the broken glass, the lady thanked him for being honest and offered him a tall
glass of milk and some biscuits, before giving him his ball back.
Options
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Answer sheet
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