1. B; 2. allow; 3. 20: add 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4; 4.

3527: in the others the sum of the first two numbers is equal to the sum of the second two numbers, for exam le 5 ! 2 " # ! 1; 5. ressure; 6. $: lines across roceed !1, !2, !3% &ines down roceed !3, !2, !1; 7. ': in all the others the blac( circle is connected to three white circles% )n ' it is onl* connected to two white circles; 8. wei+ht, s eed; 9. 257,3 7 12 1# 12 1, 2- 247 5# 103 10. B: the rest are the same fi+ure rotated; 11. 44 minutes: 12 noon less 44 minutes " 11%1#, 11%1# less 4- minutes " 10%2-, , am lus -- minutes .44 / 20 " 10%2-; 12. 12)345, 4567)', )')'&4, &48972, 725:12; 13. cube: it is a three;dimensional fi+ure% 7he rest are all two;dimensional fi+ures; 14. 1witch : is fault*; 15. B: in each line and column, each of the three rin+s is shaded blac( once; 16. im act; 17. <)8 B6:5 " rainbow% 7he foods are s a+hetti .=:17 4)9270, macaroni .) ':8 56:>0, anca(e .':8 =4:?0 and chocolate .'66& '24:70; 18. 4: loo(in+ across at the three circles, the number in the middle is the roduct of the two numbers in the same se+ment in the other two circles% 7hus, 3 / 2 " #, 7 / 3 " 21 and 4 / 4 " 1#; 19. =56@411)68:&; 20. 11; 21. $: in each line across and down the arrows oint in each of three directions left, ri+ht and down% 7he number of arrows increases 1, 2, 3 in each row; 22. 51A1#: there are two alternate sequences: B1C and !1C; 23. lin+uist, ol*+lot; 24. ---, -,0: the sequence ro+resses /3, !2; 25. ta(e: all words can be refixed with =:5 to form another word B arable, arrot, arson, ar(in+, arta(e; 26. swimmer, s(ier; 27. laceA ace; 28. :lf 144, Dim 3#, 1id 12; 29. sexed Etah " exhausted% 7he words meanin+ out of this world are: wonderful .flow under0, unbelieFable .enFiable blue0, incredible .icier blend0; 30. 40 soc(s% )f he ta(es out 3- soc(s, althou+h it is Fer* unli(el*, it is ossible the* could all be blue and red% 7o ma(e 100 er cent certain that he also has a air of blac( soc(s he must ta(e out a further two soc(s; 31. 7he blac( dot is moFin+ u .then down0 b* one osition at each sta+e; 32. 37 minutes: 12 noon less 37 minutes " 11%23, 11%23 less nine minutes " 11%14% 10 am lus 74 minutes .2 / 370 " 11%14; 33. medle*, con+lomeration; 34. eFil: when Goined to+ether each air of words forms another word B bro(era+e, rosecute, daredeFil; 35. ,3541; 36. $: so that one dot a ears in the trian+le and one

circle; and the other dot a ears in the trian+le and three circles; 37. 2:89 9&)$45; 38. 9; 39. 0: loo(in+ at lines of numbers from the to : , / - " 72; 72 / -" 57#; 57# / - " 4#0-; 40. ': each o osite corner bloc( of four squares are identical%

Test Two: Answers

1. 4: the number of white dots is increased b* one each time, both Ferticall* and horiHontall*, and all white dots are connected; 2. =:57: 5:>=:57 and =:575)$94; 3. B: lines across roceed !2, B3, !2% &ines down roceed B3, !2, B 3; 4. +lass; 5. 5: .- ! 70 / 5 " 75; 6. fact is stran+er than fiction; 7. B: blac( obGects turn to white and Fice Fersa; 8. 7%5: the sequence roceeds !4, I2, !4, etc; 9. meridian, arallel; 10. B: in lines and columns, add the first three numbers to arriFe at the fourth number; 11. obserFe;
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12. 7ile 7 is incorrect, and should be re laced b* tile B; 13. friFolit*, sobriet*; 14. # / 1 " 2 / 3: 7 / - .# ! 20 " 5#, 11 / 4 " 44, 4 / 3 " 12, 44 ! 12 " 5#; 15. wei+h ha*; 16. $; 17. mandible: it is the Gaw bone, the rest are bones in the le+; 18. 10 m: 12 noon " 12 noon, 1 m " 12%43, 2 m " 1%2#, 3 m " 2%0,, 4 m " 2%52, !# hours " 10 m; 19. 6=7)':& )&&E1)68; 20. :: each line across and down contains fiFe blac( dots and four white dots; 21. :: the fi+ure is tumblin+ 45J at each sta+e and alternates whiteAblac(Astri ed; 22. crossfire: all words contain an embedded tree B do. ine0ss, uncl.oa(0in+, dishw.ash0er, cross.fir0e; 23. 57: there are two alternate sequences: !14, B,7; 24. '; 25. 27, ,, 12: the sequence ro+resses I3, !3, /3, B3 re eated; 26. $: it contains a trian+le in a circle, a circle in a trian+le .with the same orientation of the trian+le0 and a blac( dot in a square; 27. minimum; 28. 7: ,1 I 13; 29. 1witch $ is fault*; 30. coalesce; 31. 17: it is the sum of the two di+its ., ! -0 in the quadrant directl* o osite; 32. 4: so that the dot a ears in two circles and the square; 33. 32: the next cube number below #4 .4 /4 / 40 is 27 .3 / 3 / 30% )n order to construct a solid cube, therefore, with none left oFer, 5, B 27 " 32 bloc(s need to be ta(en awa*; 34. $45)34A$5)34; 35. 4,: .73 ! 250 I 2;
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36. '6>=E74; 37. $: the last two rows of fi+ures re eat the first two rows of fi+ures in reFerse; 38. >4$)6'54, 1E=45)65; 39. -: each number in the

se+ment at the bottom is the sum of the four numbers in the sections either side% 7hus: - ! 3 ! 4 ! 3 " 1-; 40. 4%

Test Three: Answers

1. 4: onl* lines that a ear three times in the same osition in the first three squares are carried forward to the final square; 2. trombone: the rest are ercussion instruments; 3. head of school " rinci al, fundamental truth " rinci le, standin+ still " stationar*, writin+ materials " stationer*, smaller in amount " less, smaller in number " fewer .score 1 oint if all answers are correct0; 4. #-3: in the other numbers add the first and last di+its to arriFe at the middle di+it; 5. =:17, @E7E54; 6. &; 7. $: to each arc, add a quarter of a circle cloc(wise; 8. 41':&:74, 24)92748; 9. 30, 2#: there are two alternate sequences% :dd 5 startin+ at 1% 1ubtract 5 startin+ at 50; 10. acellular, acerbated, acerbates, acescence, acescenc*, acetabula, acetamide, acetified; 11. $; 12. B: start at the bottom lefthand corner square and wor( alon+ the bottom row, then bac( alon+ the next row u etc, re eatin+ the numbers 3-21,; 13. +oFernment; 14. 4: each line across and down contains one each of the three s*mbols% )n each line one s*mbol is blac(, and one is u side down; 15. =:>=2&47, B56'2E54; 16. 32E: the numbers s elled out below are the number of sides in the fi+ures in which the* a ear; 17. 4: # / , " 54 .readin+ down the middle two bloc(s0; 18. quir(*; 19. #00: 72 I 12 / 100; 20. ': loo(in+ across and down the trian+les turn throu+h ,0J; 21. )32: the first letter moFes three laces in the al habet forwards: @+h); the second letter moFes four letters in the al habet forwards: 5stu3; the third letter moFes two laces in the al habet bac(wards: Di2; 22. '; 23. ': each circle is re eated rotated; 24. =56=4&&45; 25. 11: there are two alternate sequences: !3 and B4; 26.
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14 55 77 5# "1 5 7 4 "7 20 27. ': each row and column contains six com lete lines and six bro(en lines;

28. im robable; 29. K-%00 er erson: starter " 1 unit, sweet " 2 units, main course " 4 units, " 7 units in total% 7herefore, cost er unit " K5# I 7 " K-%00% 7he main course, therefore, cost 4 / - " 32 .or K-%00 er erson0; 30. maroon: the letters start and finish with the al habetic sequence: :Bc$4f92iD?l>8; 31. ': the to arm moFes 45J cloc(wise at each sta+e and the bottom arm moFes ,0J cloc(wise; 32. 55: each number indicates its osition in the +rid% 55 indicates row 5 column 5; 33. 947 :>634 68; 34. B: onl* dots that a ear in the same osition Gust twice in the first three hexa+ons are carried forward to the final hexa+ons; 35. 12: add the di+its of each three;fi+ure number to obtain the two;di+it numbers; 36. 86 175)891 :77:'24$; 37. ': in each row and column onl* lines that are common to the first two squares are carried forward to the final square; 38. 7he* will neFer a ear to+ether in the same corner as in a he ta+on three corners cloc(wise is the same as four corners anticloc(wise; 39. '2:>4&468: to roduce :5', :12, 14:, 94>, =)4, :)&, 2E4, :96, >:8; 40. 7o left is a third of bottom ri+ht, bottom ri+ht is three less than to ri+ht and to ri+ht is half of bottom left%

Test Four: Answers

1. B: the inner hexa+on is bein+ dismantled one side at a time wor(in+ anticloc(wise, while the outer hexa+on is bein+ constructed one side at a time wor(in+ cloc(wise; 2. ,2%2: deduct 2%# at each sta+e; 3. $)1:==4:5; 4. 3#4,: in all the others multi l* the first two di+its to+ether to roduce the number formed b* the last two di+its; 5. racticable, feasible; 6. second, last; 7. 72,32; 8. 3ertical lines turn dotted, one at a time at each sta+e% 6ne horiHontal line is added at each sta+e, and the reFious lines become dotted;
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9. disheFelled; 10. 1417: 42 I 3 " 14, 51 I 3 " 17; 11. :$$ @E4& 76 724 @)54; 12. 4: the rest are the same fi+ure rotated; 13. tributar*: in the other words the refix tri; refers to three; 14. 7: the numbers round the centre increase b* seFen .in the others the* increase b* three and fiFe res ectiFel*0; 15. 157: 7 ! - " 15, 2 ! 5 " 7; 16. B: loo(in+ across an outer circle is remoFed, loo(in+ down an outer circle is added; 17. sil(; 18. 42513# or #31524; 19. 1?L1'5.:=405; 20. $: loo(in+ across, the dot in the to left;hand quarter moFes to the o osite corner, the dot in the to ri+ht;hand quarter moFes one corner anticloc(wise at each sta+e, the dot in

the bottom left;hand quarter moFes between the to two corners, and the dot in the bottom ri+ht;hand quarter moFes one corner cloc(wise at each sta+e; 21. ': the first three arcs are bein+ re eated; and the osition of the arc shifts 1-0J; 22. 4M=:8$, 54$E'4; 23. ': loo(in+ across each line add three; loo(in+ down each column add two; 24. chord, cord; 25. >ar* 1#, 9eor+e 17, :lice 24, 1te hen 5#, 'laire 71; 26. 4: loo(in+ across and down, lines are carried forward from the first two squares to the final square when the* a ear in the same osition twice in the first two squares% 2oweFer, the* then chan+e from com lete to bro(en lines, and Fice Fersa; 27. )&&)')7; 28. ,: .7 / ,0 I .7 / 10; 29. @6&&6<45, $)1')=&4; 30. 7he white dot moFes cornerAsideAcorner anticloc(wise and the blac( dot does the same cloc(wise; 31. elicit: the followin+ word be+ins with the last two letters of the reFious word reFersed; 32. enta+on; 33. ,; 34. :: loo(in+ across the squares, the to left corner alternates one lineAtwo linesAthree lines; the to ri+ht corner alternates line ri+ht FerticalAline left Fertical; the bottom left corner alternates to horiHontalA bottom horiHontal and the bottom ri+ht corner alternates dia+onal between o osite corners; 35. 5A- or 0%#25 or #2%5 er cent; 36. @; 37. 2)B458:74; 38. 1: wor( bac(wards from 120; that is, 120 B #0 B 12 B 3 B 1; 39. $: all lines are continued% 2oweFer, waF* lines become strai+ht and Fice Fersa; 40. 52: start at the to left corner and wor( alon+ the to line, then bac( alon+ the second line, etc, addin+ nine then deductin+ three%

Test Five: Answers

1. ': it has three white and one blac( on the left and three blac( and one white on the ri+ht% 7he rest are the o osite wa* round; 2. chee(*; 3. ear, brain; 4. #,57: all the rest ro+ress !3, B2, !3; 5. ')5'E>8:3)9:7)68; 6. 12; 7. 150, 157: the sequence ro+resses !1, /2, !3, /4, !5, /#, !7; 8. alleFiate: it means to lessen, the rest meanin+ to increase; 9. 4: .# ! 70 B .4 ! 50; 10. 6'76=E1: to roduce $E6,
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:5', 1:7, :96, >:=, L6E, <:1; 11. ': at each sta+e the third circle moFes to the end and the sixth circle moFes to the be+innin+; 12. -: the number in the middle is the aFera+e of the numbers round the outside% 1o, 7 ! - ! , ! 7 ! - ! , " 4-, and 4- I # " -; 13. >:9847)1>; 14. 115: in ei+ht *ears the combined a+e is 124; the a+e now is 124 B .- / 30 " 100% :+e in fiFe *ears is 100 ! .5 / 30 " 115; 15. ri e, mellow; 16. ': all lines carr* on and chan+e from dotted to unbro(en, and Fice Fersa; 17. creFice; 18. Dac( 10 and Dill 5; 19. '6>4 76 &)@4; 20.

7he sequence ro+resses circle, trian+le, diamond, with alternate horiHontalAFertical lines; 21. 730: deduct 135 each time; 22. ': it contains four blac( dots and three white; 23. mi+htAmite; 24. 2#4# .14 / 1-,0; 25. usin+ few words; 26. 1:7E5:74, <:745&69; 27. #5: there are two alternate sequences: !12 and !,; 28. ': the lar+e rectan+le is bein+ dismantled, half a side at a time anticloc(wise; the small rectan+le is bein+ constructed half a side at a time cloc(wise; 29. 7417)>68L; 30. #: so that the numbers in the trian+les, squares and circles add u to 33; 31. ': so that one dot a ears in one trian+le and the other dot a ears in two trian+les .in the exam le the ri+ht;hand side forms a small trian+le and a lar+er trian+le and the dot is in both0; 32. ,: the alternatiFes are: 4n+land win both +olf and tennis, 1cotland win both +olf and tennis, <ales win both +olf and tennis, 4n+land win +olf, 1cotland win tennis, 1cotland win +olf, 4n+land win tennis, 4n+land win +olf, <ales win tennis, <ales win +olf, 4n+land win tennis, 1cotland win +olf, <ales win tennis, <ales win +olf, 1cotland win tennis; 33. retirement: statementAtestament and flusterArestful are ana+ram airs; 34. 1witch : is fault*; 35. 2: so that each square bloc( of four numbers totals 15; 36. 4: the small elli se moFes 45J cloc(wise and alternates insideAoutside of the lar+er elli se; 37. B:55)45 544@; 38. ?; 39. 3#45: in all the others the number formed b* the first two di+its added to the number formed b* the second two di+its equals ,,; 40. B: loo(in+ across and down, onl* dots that a ear in the same osition in the first two squares are carried forward to the third square; howeFer, the* then chan+e from blac( to white and Fice Fersa%

Test Six: