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| 1. | Three volumes of Lord of the Rings sit in order on a shelf. Each is 30 mm thick, with 26 mm of pages and 2 mm for each cover. A bookworm munches from page 1 of the first volume through to the last page of the third volume. How far does it travel? |
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34 mm | |
| 2. | Which of the four images in the bottom row of drawings best completes the series in the top row? |
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A | |
| 3. | When this figure is folded to make a cube, what colours will be opposite, respectively, purple and yellow? |
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Blue and Red | |
| 4. | One portion of king prawns and three portions of fried rice costs 410 baht. Two curry sauce and two portions of fried rice costs 360 baht. One portion of king prawns, two portions of fried rice and a curry sauce costs 430 baht. What are the individual prices for each portion of prawns, curry sauce, and fried rice? |
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Prawns - 170, Curry sauce - 100, Fried rice - 80. | |
| 5. | Which of these four scrambled words is the "odd one out" when unscrambled? |
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(d) BEIJING (Chicago, Houston and Phoenix are in the United States) | |
| 6. | Four sweet items are written here in code. What are they? RMDDCC AMMIGC NMNAMPL DSBEC |
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TOFFEE COOKIE POPCORN FUDGE (Each letter has been replaced by the letter two places before it in the alphabet.) | |
| 7. | A clock currently shows 3:35. If rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise, what time will it show? |
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12:20 | |
| 8. | John, Allan, James and Scott went on a shopping trip. John bought five times as many items as Allan bought. Scott bought 6 more than Allan and James bought 5 less than Scott. James bought 3 items. How many did John buy? |
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10 (Allan 2 and Scott 8) | |
| 9. | If A+B=76 and A−B=38, what is A÷B? |
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3 (B=19, A=57, 57/19=3) | |
| 10. | How many triangles are there in this image? |
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24 | |
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