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Q questions
The following questions are typical of the language related questions you might find on a typical IQ test.
Mary had 5 cookies after she gave half away. So 5 is half of something. 5 x 2 = 10. She had 10 cookies before she gave half to
her brother.
Before she had 10, she ate one. So you add one to the ten.(Remember, working backwards). 10+1=11.
Explanation:
Work backwards through the story:
Mary ends up with 5 cookies, after giving away half to her brother. So before she gave away half, she had 10 cookies.
Before she had 10 cookies she ate one, so prior to eating that cookie she had 11 cookies.
Before she gave away half to her sister, she had 22 cookies.
Before eating the first cookie she started with 23 cookies.
We can express the story algebraically.
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7. Which one of the five is least like the other four?
WHEAT - HAY - BARLEY - OATS - RICE
8. "A spaceship received three messages in a strange language from a distant planet. The astronauts
studied these messages and found that "Elros Aldarion Elendil" means "Danger Rocket Explosion" and
"Edain Mnyatur Elros" means "Danger spaceship Fire" and "Aldarion Gimilzor Gondor" means "Bad Gas
Explosion".
What does "Elendil" mean?
DANGER - EXPLOSION - NOTHING - ROCKET - GAS
9. Which one of the five makes the best comparison?
Belt is to buckle as shoe is to:
SOCK - TOE - FOOT - LACE - SOLE
10. If you rearrange the letters "MANGERY", you would have the name of a:
OCEAN - COUNTRY - STATE - CITY - ANIMAL
2. If you rearrange the letters "BARBIT", you would have the name of a:
6. "If some Smaugs are Thors and some Thors are Thrains, then some Smaugs are definitely Thrains."
10. Which one the five is least like the other four?
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