What group of letters comes next in this

series?

EG FH GI HJ IK ____

In a certain code, VEDCXJKISWTO

means EXIT. In the same code, what does

PHSLOTYWY mean?

A case of fruit weighs 53 kilograms, and

another weighs 41 kilograms. How much

weight must be removed from the first

case and placed in the second so that they

are both of equal weight?

THREE is to TRIANGLE as FIVE is to

Trevor is taller than Daniela, and Nadine

is taller than Hamish. If Samira and

Nadine are both shorter than Daniela,

who is second-tallest?

What group of letters comes next in this

series?

LCW MEU NGS OIQ ____

If 10 hens can lay 100 eggs in 10 days,

how long would it take 4 hens to lay 28

eggs?

These words run in pairs. Insert the

missing word to complete the third pair.

SUBTRACTION – SUBTRACT

DIVISION – DIVIDE

MULTIPLICATION – __________

A figure is missing in the following

sequence. Which one of the answer

figures would best replace the question

mark?

If the word SHAVING is coded 7392410

then the word VANISH would be coded

Sheng thinks of a number, doubles it,

then subtracts half the original number,

then adds three.

He finishes with the number 39.

Sheng’s original number was

The numbers in each of the three patterns

follow the same rule. Find the missing

number.

A figure is missing in the following

sequence. Which one of the answer

figures would best replace the question

mark?

SOMERSAULT is to 9271894530 as

MAELSTROM is to

Remove some letters from the word

CONSOLE. Rearrange the letters to make

a word meaning to shut. The removed

letters are

Four parcels have a total weight of

22 kilograms. Parcel 1 is four times the

weight of Parcel 3. Parcel 4 is half the

weight of Parcel 2.

If Parcel 1 weighs 8 kilograms, how much

does Parcel 4 weigh?

LEVER is to REVEL as DRAWER is to

What group of letters comes next in this

series?

CEF GIJ KMN OQR ____

A figure is missing in the following

sequence. Which one of the answer

figures would best replace the question

mark?

In a certain code DZMG means WANT.

What does YVZW mean?

In a foreign language,

TAYO YETI means OLD MAN,

ALI SOTI means YOUNG WOMAN,

and ALI YETI means OLD WOMAN.

What is the foreign word for YOUNG?

Use each of the numbers 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and

9 once only. Fill the empty squares so that

each row, column and diagonal adds up to

15.

The numbers that add up to 15 are

row 1 row 2 row 3

In a certain code,

I WANT TO BE

becomes

O TNEW UT IB.

In this code the message

HOW MANY TIMES would become

Christin’s age is equal to three times her

age in 3 years’ time minus three times her

age 3 years ago.

How old is Christin?

Stephen is 18 years old. In 14 years’ time

he’ll be half the age his father will be

then.

How old is his father now?

If you arrange the words below to make

the best sentence, what letter does the

LAST word begin with?

the below roof the carpet leaked onto the

through rain

Which one does not belong?

HEAT TEPID COLD FREEZING

The numbers in each of the three brackets

follow the same rule. Find the missing

number.

[19, 25, 3] [4, 26, 11] [?, 51, 9]

A figure is missing in the following

sequence. Which one of the answer

figures would best replace the question

mark?