EC Unlock Your BRAIN

Front

Which number should come next: 37, 34, 31, 28

Back

25

Answer explanation

The numbers are decreasing by 3

Front

Book is to Reading as Fork is to:

Back

eating

Answer explanation

You read a book, you eat with a fork

Front

Find two words, one from each group, that are the closest in meaning: Group A: talkative, job, ecstatic; Group B: angry, wind, loquacious

Back

talkative & loquacious

Answer explanation

Loquacious: tending to talk a great deal; talkative

Front

What number best completes the analogy 8:4 as 10:

Back

5

Answer explanation

4 is half of 8, 5 is half of 10

Front

"Stets" is a palindrome.

Back

True

Answer explanation

A palindrome is a word or phrase that is spelled the same written forward or backward, STETS can be written forward or backward.

Front

3, 7, 13, 21, 31. What number comes next in the sequence?

Back

43

Answer explanation

The number to add advances by 2 with each number, i.e., 3+4 = 7; 7 + 6 = 13; 13 + 8 = 21... 31 + 12 = 43.

Front

Which of the five is least like the other four? Eel, shark, dolphin, swordfish, turtle

Back

Turtle

Answer explanation

A turtle breathes air and has four legs.

Front

If you rearrange the letters of "ahret," you would have the name of a:

Back

Planet

Answer explanation

Earth - a planet. A ventricle is not a heart, but a part of a heart.

Front

How many four sided figures are in this diagram?

Back

6

Front

Select a number in your head. Double it. Subtract 2. Multiply by 3. Divide by 6. Add 2. The number is the same one you first selected in your head.

Back

False

Answer explanation

If you added 1 at the last step, instead of 2, the number would be the same.