The Complete Book of Intelligence Tests : 500 exercises to improve, upgrade and enhance your mind strength (18 page)

each there is any number of ideas.

3^4

Average

5^6

Good

7^8

Very creative

9

Exceedingly creative

Repeat the exercise as many times as you wish. Try other geometric

objects or lines as a starting point.

Test 4.3

Creative logic

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1 C: the rest are the same figure rotated.

2 D: so that the dot appears in the diamond and two circles.

3 B: the black dots increase by 1 each time and alternate top=bottom.

The white dots decrease by 1 each time and alternate bottom=top.

4 B: every alternate circle contains a dot, every fourth circle contains

lines middle of top and bottom; starting at the second circle,

every alternate circle contains a right bottom line and starting at

the third circle every fourth circle contains a right top line.

5 F: looking at rows and columns, in each horizontal and vertical

line of dots, just one in each line of three dots appears black in

each row and column.

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6 B: Only lines that appear in the same position just twice in the

four surrounding circles are transferred to the centre circle.

7 D: A is the same as F with black=white dot reversal. Similarly, B is

the same as E and C is the same as G.

8 E: the rest are the same figure rotated.

9 E: the box with the black border is the combination of the

remaining three boxes in the same row, except where lines appear

in the same position in any of these three boxes, in which case

they are cancelled out.

10 D: the rest are the same figure rotated.

Assessment

4^5

Average

6^7

Good

8

Very good

9^10

Exceptional

Test 4.4

The bucket test

Assessment

You can self-evaluate this test; however, it is best marked by a friend

or family member.

The following scores should be awarded:

* 2 points for any good, original, or useful answer.

* 1 point for not-so-good answers that nevertheless constitute a good

attempt.

* 0 points for completely impractical answers.

* 0 points for anti-social answers, such as hitting someone over the

head with the bucket.

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16^20 points

Highly creative and imaginative mind

12^15 points

Good effort

7^11 points

Average

Test 4.5

Lateral thinking test

Answers

1 E

T

A

Read up each column in turn in each square to spell out the

words ‘carpentry’, ‘redevelop’ and ‘candidate’.

2 prisoners: the letters ‘one’ appear in the sequence one******,

*one*****, **one****, ***one***, ****one**.

3 922: 107 þ 236 = 343, 236 þ 343 = 579, 343 þ 579 = 922.

4 J: Each group is a set of alternate letters of the alphabet,

FgHiJkL.

5 9: the totals of the columns decrease; 9, 8, 7, 6, 5.

6 Just one: the one in the middle. No other circles appear, just arcs.

7 L: to spell BAGEL. Take the first letter on the top row with the

last letter on the bottom row, etc., which plus the AGE in the

middle spell out BAGEL, PAGER, LAGER, CAGEY,

WAGED, EAGER and RAGES.

8 85: reverse the numbers at the top and add 1 to the digit

originally on the left.

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9 G: so that the letters inside the triangle can be rearranged to spell

the word ‘triangle’.

10 9: it is the number of straight lines in each word.

Assessment

4^5

Average

6^7

Good

8

Very good

9^10

Exceptional

Test 4.6

Lateral thinking exercises

Answers

1

1

4

3

2

Many people have difficulty with this type of question because

they do not think of using the space outside the boundary of the

dots.

2 HTSI: eigHT; SIx

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3

Look at the white squares only and the numbers 2 4 6 8 will

appear.

4 The word: wholesome

5 2: every other set is a mirror image of its adjacent set, to the left,

right, above or below.

6

7

The numbers 4, 9 and 49 are all squares.

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8 He falls off the edge inwards onto the top of the roof, rather than

onto the road below.

9

Turn the page onto its side and look at the figures from the right-

hand side. The letters K L M N will appear. The next in sequence

is therefore O.

10 insatiable: the abbreviated letters of the week appear in the words:

sunflower, among, statuette, Sweden, enthusiasm, befriend

and insatiable

Test 4.7

Problem-solving exercises

Answers

1 Weigh yourself. Then pick up the puppy and weigh yourself

again, but this time holding the puppy. The difference between

the two weighings is the weight of the puppy.

2 You ask to die of old age and natural causes.

3

1

3

4

2

1

4

2

3

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4 Amy was born just before midnight on February 28 and

Matthew was born just after midnight on March 1. The year in

question is a leap year, so that February 29 falls in between their

birthdays.

5

2

1

5

3

4

Number the segments 1^5. Triangles are formed by the following

segments or combinations:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1^2, 1^3, 2^5, 3^4, 2^5^4, 3^4^5, 1^2^3^4^5.

So, in total there are 12 triangles.

6

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7

8

9 The gladiator quickly swallows the piece of paper he picks and

offers the other to the emperor, saying, ‘Show this paper to the

crowd and tell me what I picked and what will be my fate’. Since

the eaten one says ‘death’, in order to save face with the crowd,

the emperor has to concede that the paper chosen by the gladiator

says ‘freedom’.

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Chapter 6 ^ Memory

Test 6.1

Pattern recognition A

Test 6.2

Association

Question

ARROW ..............................

CHAIR ..............................

COMPUTER ..............................

SAUSAGE ..............................

PENCIL ..............................

BALLOON ..............................

ROBOT ..............................

PARROT ..............................

BAGPIPES ..............................

TELEVISION ..............................

BRIDGE ..............................

SNAKE ..............................

DICTIONARY ..............................

BLACKBOARD ..............................

POTATO ..............................

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SLIPPER ..............................

TREE ..............................

MOUSTACHE ..............................

PARASOL ..............................

NAIL ..............................

CANDLE ..............................

TRACTOR ..............................

PIPE ..............................

MANDOLIN ..............................

Put a letter A against one pair, the letter B against a second pair, etc.,

through to the letter L, until you have matched what you think are the

original 12 pairs of words.

Assessment

10^12 pairs correct

Exceptionally good

9

Very good

7^8

Well above average

6

Above average

4^5

Average

Test 6.3

Verbal dexterity and memory test ^ anagrams

Answers

1 ABSTAIN

2 DOLPHIN

3 UTOPIAN

4 MERMAID

5 LEAFLET

6 POSTURE

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7 BROADEN

8 CONCEPT

9 EPISODE

10 VETERAN

11 PARAGON

12 HEARSAY

13 THEOREM

14 OPTIMAL

15 GRIMACE

16 CITIZEN

17 OUTDATE

18 ECONOMY

19 NATURAL

20 AVIATOR

Assessment

Each correct answer scores one point.

17^20

Exceptional

14^16

Very good

11^13

Good

8^10

Average

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Test 6.4

Number=shape recognition

Question

1 Which shape is in the middle position?

a) circle

b) square

c) rectangle

2 The letter P appears inside which shape?

a) rectangle

b) pentagon

c) circle

3 Which shape is immediately to the left of the rectangle?

a) square

b) pentagon

c) hexagon

4 In which shape does the letter H appear?

a) circle

b) pentagon

c) rectangle

5 Which letter appears inside the hexagon?

a) H

b) A

c) S

6 Which letter appears inside the square?

a) S

b) P

c) E

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7 Which letter is positioned next to the letter A?

a) S

b) P

c) H

8 What word is spelled out by the first three letters in reverse?

a) ASP

b) SPA

c) SHE

9 What word is spelled out by the last three letters?

a) ASP

b) SPA

c) SHE

10 What word is spelled out by taking the third, second, fifth, fourth

and first letters, in that order?

a) PHASE

b) SHAPE

c) HEAPS

Assessment

9^10

Exceptional

8

Very good

6^7

Good

4^5

Average

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Test 6.5

Pattern recognition B

Question

Which of the following figures did you look at 5 minutes ago on

page 147?

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Test 6.6

Instructions

Question

Which of the following sets of instructions have you just looked at

on page 148?

2

7

2

7

4

4

7

2

7

4

2

4

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Test 6.7

Pattern recognition C

Question

Which of the following did you look at 2 minutes ago on page 148?

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Test 6.8

Shopping list

Question

Write out the 10 items on the shopping list. The order is not important.

Assessment

10

Exceptionally good

9

Very good

7^8

Well above average

5^6

Above average

3^4

Average

Test 6.9

Attention to detail

Questions

1 The arrow is pointing to which letter?

2 How many triangles appear in the drawing?

3 What letter is inside the circle?

4 To what shape is the black circle connected?

5 The letter P appears inside which shape?

6 Three numbers appear in the diagram ^ what do they add up to?

7 What shape appears immediately above the number 9?

8 How many squares appear in the drawing?

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7^8

Exceptional

6

Very good

5

Good

4

Average

Test 6.10

Memorising an address

Question

Fill in the 10 blank spaces to complete the address as accurately as

possible:

David ******* Christiensen

*th Floor

******* House

*** Osprey Drive ****

off ************** Lane

****** lee

*** ingham

JU** 9**

Assessment