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Mastering Thinking Skills
Book 1
Mastering
Thinking
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Skills PL
Selective and Scholarship Tests
Selective and Scholarship Tests

2nd edition
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 Enhances higher-order
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and critical thinking skills
 Improves knowledge and
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decision-making in problem solving

Yvonne Kang
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 Develops mental, cognitive and
strategic abilities
A FIVE SENSES PUBLICATION
Yvonne Kang
Trim Size 210 x 297 mm

Contents
Instructions v
Test 1 1
Test 2 24
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Test 3 47
Test 4
Solutions
Notes
PL 73
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118
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Test 1
TEST 1

1. Brian wants to buy a cup of instant noodles from the school canteen at lunch time. He
will decide what to buy based on the recommendation from his friends.
There are three products.
• Fantastic Bowl: $2.80, recommended by 4 of his friends.

• Super Chicken Noodles: $3.50, recommended by 3 of his friends.
• Beef Oodles: $5.20, recommended by 2 of his friends.
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If the noodles are cheap, then they don’t have to be recommended by many people.
If the noodles are expensive, then they have to be recommended by many people.
Which product should Brian buy and why?
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A Fantastic Bowl because it’s the cheapest and reasonably recommended.
B Super Chicken Noodles because it is reasonably priced and least recommended.
C Beef Oodles because it is the most expensive and most highly recommended.
D They are all the same.
2. One of the largest impacts TV has on teenagers is violence. When someone sees a lot
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of violence on TV or video games, it can desensitize the viewer and make them feel
almost immune to it when it is happening to them.
Sandra: “Children should reduce their TV time to less than 30 minutes a day.”
Which one of these statements, if true, most weakens Sandra’s argument?

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A Studies have shown that violence in young adults has been steadily increasing over
the years.
B Television has both positive and negative effects on children.
C The average child watches TV about 14 hours each week.
D There are channels on TV that are both fun and educational.

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3. Three identical cubes as stacked on top of each other. The views from the north and east
are shown below.
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What does the sculpture look like from above?
A B
C
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4. David has four cars. No one else in his company has four cars. There are 50 people in
his company.

If the information in the box is true, which one of the following must be also true?
A All employees in the company have less than four cars each.
B Everybody in the company has cars.
C Some of the employees have more than four cars.
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D Forty-nine people in the company don’t have 4 cars.
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5. The Cinema Club has three categories of cinema memberships, as below.
Gold membership – annual subscription $80

Silver membership – annual subscription $40
Bronze membership – annual subscription $20
The gold membership entitles members a 20% off discount on tickets.

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The silver membership entitles members a 10% off discount on tickets.
The bronze membership entitles members a 5% off discount on tickets.
John is planning to watch one movie each month for a year and has decided to join one
of the membership categories.
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Which membership is the best deal for John?
A Gold membership
B Silver membership
C Bronze membership
D They are all the same


Solutions
TEST 1
1. A: Brian wants noodles that are either cheap with least recommendations or expensive
with most recommendations. Fantastic Bowl is both the cheapest and most
recommended by his friends.
2. D: Sandra’s argument is that because TV is a bad influence, the time children are
exposed to it should be reduced. Option D weakens this argument by providing a
positive impact TV can have on its viewers.
3. A: From the north, all three cubes are equally visible. From the east, you can see the
cubes stacked vertically with one cube partially visible on the right. Only figure A fits
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this description.
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4. D: All other employees in the company have a different number of cars. This can be any
number but 4. There is not enough information on other employees in the company
to make a conclusion about them.
5. C: Let the tickets be $10 each.
Each year, John will spend 12 x $10 = $120 on tickets.
Gold: 20% savings on $120 = $24.
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$120 - $24 = $96 on tickets
Total cost = $96 + $80 subscription fee = $176
Silver: 10% savings on $120 = $12
$120 - $12 = $108
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Bronze: 5% savings on $120 = $6

$120 - $6 = $114
John will spend the least with the bronze membership.
6. D: Lee 8, Sam and Ethan 9, Susan 10, Kerry 11
7. B: 30 – 10 = 20, 100 – 30 – 10 = 60, 100 + 10 – 30 = 80
8. B: Total number of days absent by 8 people = 30 + (2 x 10) +(3 x 3) + (4 x 2) + 5 = 72
Total number of days absent by 7 people = 67
Number of days Sam was absent = 72 – 67 = 5 days


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Mastering Thinking Skills

Selective and Scholarship Tests

decision-making in problem solving

Trim Size 210 x 297 mm

© Yvonne Kang © Five Senses Education Pty Ltd  iii

• Fantastic Bowl: $2.80, recommended by 4 of his friends.

Which product should Brian buy and why?

B Super Chicken Noodles because it is reasonably priced and least recommended.

D They are all the same.

Which one of these statements, if true, most weakens Sandra’s argument?

B Television has both positive and negative effects on children.

C The average child watches TV about 14 hours each week.

D There are channels on TV that are both fun and educational.

B Everybody in the company has cars.

C Some of the employees have more than four cars.

Gold membership – annual subscription $80

The gold membership entitles members a 20% off discount on tickets.

Which membership is the best deal for John?

D They are all the same

Bronze: 5% savings on $120 = $6

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© Yvonne Kang © Five Senses Education Pty Ltd iii