Processing speed: full practice bank: open practice pack ######################################################## 100 untimed questions across 10 authored sections. Pack: cognitive-skills-processing-speed Source: cognitive-skills Pack version: v1 Worksheet items: 100 Authored hints: 0 Worked explanations: 100 ! This is untimed educational practice for one cognitive skill. It is not a clinical, diagnostic, employment, or professionally recognized assessment, and it does not produce an IQ score or credential. ! The answer key and worked explanations in this file belong only to this public, untimed educational practice source. No active aptitude suite or Novus Reasoning Challenge answer key is ever included in any download. Learner worksheet ================= One hundred untimed self-check items in ten sections. In timed tests these tasks reward speed, but here accuracy comes first. Work briskly yet comfortably and let pace build with practice. Choose one answer for each item. For a delayed-recall item, read its study text, cover it, and then answer without looking back. Warm-up: quick counting and spotting ------------------------------------ Ease in with quick counts, comparisons, and spot-the-difference checks. 1. processing-speed-q1 ---------------------- How many times does the digit '7' appear in this string: 7192747378179 - A. 3 - B. 4 - C. 5 - D. 6 Your answer: ______ 2. processing-speed-q2 ---------------------- Which number does not belong with the others: 12, 18, 24, 29, 36? - A. 12 - B. 24 - C. 29 - D. 36 Your answer: ______ 3. processing-speed-q3 ---------------------- How many vowels (a, e, i, o, u) appear in this string of letters: 'tefaomulcezirp'? - A. 4 - B. 5 - C. 6 - D. 7 Your answer: ______ 4. processing-speed-q4 ---------------------- In the sequence 3, 6, 9, 12, __, 18, what number is missing? - A. 14 - B. 15 - C. 16 - D. 17 Your answer: ______ 5. processing-speed-q5 ---------------------- How many pairs of consecutive identical digits appear in this number: 1123455678? - A. 1 - B. 2 - C. 3 - D. 4 Your answer: ______ 6. processing-speed-q6 ---------------------- Which of these four number pairs sums to exactly 100: (37,64), (45,55), (52,49), (68,31)? - A. (37, 64) - B. (45, 55) - C. (52, 49) - D. (68, 31) Your answer: ______ 7. processing-speed-s01-q07 --------------------------- How many words in this list start with the letter B: banana, berry, apple, bread, cherry, basket? - A. 4 - B. 3 - C. 5 - D. 2 Your answer: ______ 8. processing-speed-s01-q08 --------------------------- Which of these numbers is the largest: 89, 98, 88, 99? - A. 89 - B. 98 - C. 88 - D. 99 Your answer: ______ 9. processing-speed-s01-q09 --------------------------- How many times does the letter 'a' appear in the word 'banana'? - A. 3 - B. 2 - C. 4 - D. 1 Your answer: ______ 10. processing-speed-s01-q10 ---------------------------- Count the even numbers in this list: 3, 8, 5, 12, 7, 6, 9. - A. 1 - B. 2 - C. 4 - D. 3 Your answer: ______ Symbol and letter scanning -------------------------- Scan each string or row once and count or locate the target exactly. 11. processing-speed-s02-q01 ---------------------------- How many times does the letter 'x' appear in this string: 'oxkxvexnxo'? - A. 4 - B. 3 - C. 5 - D. 2 Your answer: ______ 12. processing-speed-s02-q02 ---------------------------- In the row ■ ● ■ ▲ ● ■ ▲ ■ ●, how many ■ symbols appear? - A. 2 - B. 3 - C. 4 - D. 5 Your answer: ______ 13. processing-speed-s02-q03 ---------------------------- How many capital letters appear in this string: 'aBcDeFgh'? - A. 2 - B. 3 - C. 4 - D. 5 Your answer: ______ 14. processing-speed-s02-q04 ---------------------------- How many digits appear in this mixed string: 'a7k2p9x1c'? - A. 1 - B. 2 - C. 3 - D. 4 Your answer: ______ 15. processing-speed-s02-q05 ---------------------------- How many vowels (a, e, i, o, u) appear in 'krotepzim'? - A. 3 - B. 4 - C. 5 - D. 6 Your answer: ______ 16. processing-speed-s02-q06 ---------------------------- Which letter appears exactly twice in the string 'p q r p s q p'? - A. p - B. r - C. q - D. s Your answer: ______ 17. processing-speed-s02-q07 ---------------------------- In the row ● ▲ ● ● ▲ ■ ● ▲, how many ▲ symbols appear? - A. 2 - B. 3 - C. 4 - D. 5 Your answer: ______ 18. processing-speed-s02-q08 ---------------------------- How many lower-case letters appear in 'tRezpLms'? - A. 3 - B. 4 - C. 5 - D. 6 Your answer: ______ 19. processing-speed-s02-q09 ---------------------------- How many of these words contain the letter pair 'th': moth, mat, bath, tin, hop, cot? - A. 2 - B. 3 - C. 4 - D. 5 Your answer: ______ 20. processing-speed-s02-q10 ---------------------------- In the string 'oodoooddo', how many 'o's appear? - A. 4 - B. 5 - C. 6 - D. 7 Your answer: ______ Rapid mental arithmetic ----------------------- Solve each sum in your head: accuracy first, then pace. 21. processing-speed-s03-q01 ---------------------------- What is 17 + 26? - A. 42 - B. 43 - C. 44 - D. 45 Your answer: ______ 22. processing-speed-s03-q02 ---------------------------- What is 62 − 27? - A. 32 - B. 33 - C. 34 - D. 35 Your answer: ______ 23. processing-speed-s03-q03 ---------------------------- What is 8 × 7? - A. 56 - B. 54 - C. 58 - D. 64 Your answer: ______ 24. processing-speed-s03-q04 ---------------------------- What is 45 + 38? - A. 81 - B. 82 - C. 83 - D. 84 Your answer: ______ 25. processing-speed-s03-q05 ---------------------------- What is 9 × 6? - A. 52 - B. 54 - C. 56 - D. 58 Your answer: ______ 26. processing-speed-s03-q06 ---------------------------- What is 74 − 38? - A. 33 - B. 34 - C. 35 - D. 36 Your answer: ______ 27. processing-speed-s03-q07 ---------------------------- What is 120 ÷ 8? - A. 15 - B. 16 - C. 14 - D. 12 Your answer: ______ 28. processing-speed-s03-q08 ---------------------------- What is 13 + 28 + 9? - A. 48 - B. 49 - C. 50 - D. 51 Your answer: ______ 29. processing-speed-s03-q09 ---------------------------- What is half of 76? - A. 36 - B. 38 - C. 40 - D. 42 Your answer: ______ 30. processing-speed-s03-q10 ---------------------------- What is 25 × 4? - A. 75 - B. 90 - C. 95 - D. 100 Your answer: ______ Exact matching and comparison ----------------------------- Compare codes and names character by character to find exact matches. 31. processing-speed-s04-q01 ---------------------------- Which of these matches the reference code GHT-4402 exactly? - A. GHT-4420 - B. GTH-4402 - C. GHT-4402 - D. GHT-4022 Your answer: ______ 32. processing-speed-s04-q02 ---------------------------- Which of these four pairs is an exact match? - A. A) MZ-7719 / MZ-7719 - B. B) MZ-7719 / MZ-7791 - C. C) ZM-7719 / MZ-7719 - D. D) MZ-7119 / MZ-7719 Your answer: ______ 33. processing-speed-s04-q03 ---------------------------- Which of these codes is different from the other three? - A. A) PLQ-880 - B. B) PLQ-880 - C. C) PLQ-880 - D. D) PLO-880 Your answer: ______ 34. processing-speed-s04-q04 ---------------------------- Which of these matches 'Bramfield Lane 27' exactly? - A. Bramfield Lane 72 - B. Bramfield Lane 27 - C. Brampfield Lane 27 - D. Bramfield Lane 21 Your answer: ______ 35. processing-speed-s04-q05 ---------------------------- Which word appears twice in this list: harbour, harbor, harbour, arbour? - A. harbor - B. arbour - C. harbour - D. No word appears twice Your answer: ______ 36. processing-speed-s04-q06 ---------------------------- Which of these four pairs is NOT an exact match? - A. A) TK-9906 / TK-9096 - B. B) TK-9906 / TK-9906 - C. C) RV-3321 / RV-3321 - D. D) LP-0785 / LP-0785 Your answer: ______ 37. processing-speed-s04-q07 ---------------------------- The reference code is 60482-Q. Which option matches it exactly? - A. 60428-Q - B. 60482-O - C. 64082-Q - D. 60482-Q Your answer: ______ 38. processing-speed-s04-q08 ---------------------------- Which of these matches 'Whitfield & Grayson Ltd' exactly? - A. Whitfield & Greyson Ltd - B. Whitfield & Grayson Ltd - C. Whitefield & Grayson Ltd - D. Whitfield and Grayson Ltd Your answer: ______ 39. processing-speed-s04-q09 ---------------------------- How many of these four codes match the reference 2281-VD: 2281-VD, 2281-DV, 2281-VD, 2218-VD? - A. 0 - B. 1 - C. 2 - D. 3 Your answer: ______ 40. processing-speed-s04-q10 ---------------------------- Which of these four-digit codes contains the same digit twice? - A. 4535 - B. 4790 - C. 1263 - D. 9805 Your answer: ______ Coding and substitution ----------------------- Each item gives its own code key. Apply it swiftly and precisely. 41. processing-speed-s05-q01 ---------------------------- Code key: ▲ = 1, ● = 2, ■ = 3. What number does ● ▲ ■ represent? - A. 123 - B. 231 - C. 312 - D. 213 Your answer: ______ 42. processing-speed-s05-q02 ---------------------------- A code swaps each letter with its mirror from the end of the alphabet: A becomes Z, B becomes Y, C becomes X. Following the same rule, what does D become? - A. V - B. W - C. X - D. U Your answer: ______ 43. processing-speed-s05-q03 ---------------------------- Code key: 1 = R, 2 = E, 3 = D, 4 = O. What word does 3-4-4-1 spell? - A. DOOR - B. ODOR - C. RODE - D. REDO Your answer: ______ 44. processing-speed-s05-q04 ---------------------------- Shift each letter forward by one place in the alphabet (A becomes B, B becomes C, and so on). What does 'CAT' become? - A. DAU - B. CBU - C. DBU - D. DBV Your answer: ______ 45. processing-speed-s05-q05 ---------------------------- Code key: ◆ = 4, ● = 7, ▲ = 2. What is the sum of ◆ ● ▲ ◆? - A. 13 - B. 15 - C. 16 - D. 17 Your answer: ______ 46. processing-speed-s05-q06 ---------------------------- Code key: 2 = N, 4 = E, 6 = S, 8 = T. What word does 2-4-6-8 spell? - A. NETS - B. NEST - C. SENT - D. TENS Your answer: ______ 47. processing-speed-s05-q07 ---------------------------- Shift each letter back by one place in the alphabet (B becomes A, C becomes B, and so on). What does 'DOG' become? - A. CNF - B. CNG - C. DNF - D. ENG Your answer: ______ 48. processing-speed-s05-q08 ---------------------------- Code key: P = ◆, Q = ●, R = ▲. Which symbol sequence encodes 'RPQ'? - A. ◆ ● ▲ - B. ● ▲ ◆ - C. ▲ ◆ ● - D. ▲ ● ◆ Your answer: ______ 49. processing-speed-s05-q09 ---------------------------- Using the code 1 = A, 2 = B, 3 = C and so on through the alphabet, what word does 6-1-3-5 spell? - A. FADE - B. FACE - C. CAFE - D. BEAD Your answer: ______ 50. processing-speed-s05-q10 ---------------------------- Using the code 1 = A, 2 = B, 3 = C and so on, what is the sum of the position numbers of the letters in 'BEE'? - A. 7 - B. 10 - C. 11 - D. 12 Your answer: ______ Number comparison and ordering ------------------------------ Compare, order, and pick out numbers against the rule given. 51. processing-speed-s06-q01 ---------------------------- Which of these is the smallest: 0.45, 0.54, 0.405, 0.5? - A. 0.405 - B. 0.45 - C. 0.5 - D. 0.54 Your answer: ______ 52. processing-speed-s06-q02 ---------------------------- Which number is closest to 500: 468, 529, 507, 490? - A. 468 - B. 529 - C. 507 - D. 490 Your answer: ______ 53. processing-speed-s06-q03 ---------------------------- If you sort 3/4, 2/3, and 4/5 from smallest to largest, which comes last? - A. 2/3 - B. 3/4 - C. They are all equal - D. 4/5 Your answer: ______ 54. processing-speed-s06-q04 ---------------------------- Which is larger: 7 × 8 or 9 × 6? - A. 9 × 6 - B. 7 × 8 - C. They are equal - D. It cannot be determined Your answer: ______ 55. processing-speed-s06-q05 ---------------------------- Which of these numbers is even AND greater than 50: 48, 62, 57, 45? - A. 62 - B. 48 - C. 57 - D. 45 Your answer: ______ 56. processing-speed-s06-q06 ---------------------------- How many of these numbers are greater than 3.5: 3.09, 3.51, 3.499, 3.6, 3.55? - A. 1 - B. 2 - C. 3 - D. 4 Your answer: ______ 57. processing-speed-s06-q07 ---------------------------- Which temperature is the coldest: −4°, 2°, −1°, −7°? - A. −4° - B. 2° - C. −1° - D. −7° Your answer: ______ 58. processing-speed-s06-q08 ---------------------------- Order these prices from lowest to highest: £9.09, £9.90, £9.19. Which sits in the middle? - A. £9.09 - B. £9.19 - C. £9.90 - D. They cannot be ordered Your answer: ______ 59. processing-speed-s06-q09 ---------------------------- Which fraction equals 0.25: 2/5, 1/3, 1/4, 3/10? - A. 2/5 - B. 1/3 - C. 1/4 - D. 3/10 Your answer: ______ 60. processing-speed-s06-q10 ---------------------------- Which number is a multiple of both 4 and 6: 36, 30, 40, 27? - A. 36 - B. 30 - C. 40 - D. 27 Your answer: ______ Rapid sorting and classification -------------------------------- Apply each sorting rule quickly and decide where every entry belongs. 61. processing-speed-s07-q01 ---------------------------- Which of these words is not a fruit: plum, kale, pear, mango? - A. plum - B. kale - C. pear - D. mango Your answer: ______ 62. processing-speed-s07-q02 ---------------------------- Sorting rule: codes starting with a vowel go in Tray 1, all others in Tray 2. Which of these goes in Tray 1: TR-4, BX-7, MN-2, EF-5? - A. TR-4 - B. BX-7 - C. MN-2 - D. EF-5 Your answer: ______ 63. processing-speed-s07-q03 ---------------------------- Which of these is a unit of time: litre, metre, minute, gram? - A. litre - B. metre - C. minute - D. gram Your answer: ______ 64. processing-speed-s07-q04 ---------------------------- Sorting rule: even numbers go to Box A, odd numbers to Box B. How many of these go to Box A: 12, 7, 30, 55, 8? - A. 3 - B. 2 - C. 4 - D. 5 Your answer: ______ 65. processing-speed-s07-q05 ---------------------------- Which word does not belong with the others: whisper, shout, murmur, mutter? - A. whisper - B. shout - C. murmur - D. mutter Your answer: ______ 66. processing-speed-s07-q06 ---------------------------- Sorting rule: invoices under £100 are filed as 'small', and £100 or more as 'large'. Which of these is 'large': £86.50, £99.99, £75.00, £102.40? - A. £86.50 - B. £99.99 - C. £75.00 - D. £102.40 Your answer: ______ 67. processing-speed-s07-q07 ---------------------------- Which of these animals is a reptile: otter, gecko, badger, hare? - A. otter - B. gecko - C. badger - D. hare Your answer: ______ 68. processing-speed-s07-q08 ---------------------------- How many of these words name colours: crimson, violin, teal, ladder, indigo? - A. 1 - B. 2 - C. 3 - D. 4 Your answer: ______ 69. processing-speed-s07-q09 ---------------------------- Sorting rule: words containing a double letter go left, all others go right. Which goes left: hammer, hotel, cradle, spiral? - A. hammer - B. hotel - C. cradle - D. spiral Your answer: ______ 70. processing-speed-s07-q10 ---------------------------- Two rules: 'greater than 20' and 'even'. Which of these numbers fails BOTH rules: 24, 31, 18, 15? - A. 24 - B. 31 - C. 18 - D. 15 Your answer: ______ Pattern continuation at pace ---------------------------- Spot the rule behind each sequence and continue it. 71. processing-speed-s08-q01 ---------------------------- What comes next in the sequence: 4, 8, 12, 16, __? - A. 18 - B. 19 - C. 20 - D. 24 Your answer: ______ 72. processing-speed-s08-q02 ---------------------------- What comes next in the sequence: 81, 72, 63, 54, __? - A. 45 - B. 44 - C. 46 - D. 43 Your answer: ______ 73. processing-speed-s08-q03 ---------------------------- What letter comes next: B, D, F, H, __? - A. G - B. I - C. K - D. J Your answer: ______ 74. processing-speed-s08-q04 ---------------------------- What number is missing: 5, 10, 20, 40, __, 160? - A. 60 - B. 70 - C. 80 - D. 100 Your answer: ______ 75. processing-speed-s08-q05 ---------------------------- What comes next in the sequence: 2, 3, 5, 8, 12, __? - A. 16 - B. 17 - C. 18 - D. 19 Your answer: ______ 76. processing-speed-s08-q06 ---------------------------- The pattern ● ▲ ▲ repeats. Given ● ▲ ▲ ● ▲ ▲ ●, which symbol comes next? - A. ▲ - B. ● - C. ■ - D. It cannot be determined Your answer: ______ 77. processing-speed-s08-q07 ---------------------------- What comes next in the sequence: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, __? - A. 30 - B. 32 - C. 36 - D. 49 Your answer: ______ 78. processing-speed-s08-q08 ---------------------------- What letter comes next: A, C, F, J, __? - A. M - B. N - C. P - D. O Your answer: ______ 79. processing-speed-s08-q09 ---------------------------- What comes next in the sequence: 64, 32, 16, 8, __? - A. 2 - B. 4 - C. 6 - D. 0 Your answer: ______ 80. processing-speed-s08-q10 ---------------------------- What comes next in the alternating sequence: 3, 10, 5, 10, 7, 10, __? - A. 9 - B. 10 - C. 11 - D. 8 Your answer: ______ Two-step operations ------------------- Chain two quick operations together without writing anything down. 81. processing-speed-s09-q01 ---------------------------- Add 14 + 19, then subtract 6. What is the result? - A. 24 - B. 25 - C. 26 - D. 27 Your answer: ______ 82. processing-speed-s09-q02 ---------------------------- Double 17, then add 5. What is the result? - A. 38 - B. 39 - C. 40 - D. 41 Your answer: ______ 83. processing-speed-s09-q03 ---------------------------- Take the number of days in a week, multiply it by 6, then subtract 2. - A. 40 - B. 44 - C. 38 - D. 42 Your answer: ______ 84. processing-speed-s09-q04 ---------------------------- Count the vowels in 'operation', then multiply that count by 3. - A. 9 - B. 12 - C. 15 - D. 18 Your answer: ______ 85. processing-speed-s09-q05 ---------------------------- How many of these results are even: 3 + 5, 6 + 7, 8 + 2, 9 + 4? - A. 1 - B. 2 - C. 3 - D. 4 Your answer: ______ 86. processing-speed-s09-q06 ---------------------------- Start at 50 and subtract 8 three times. Where do you land? - A. 42 - B. 34 - C. 30 - D. 26 Your answer: ______ 87. processing-speed-s09-q07 ---------------------------- Which is greater: 15% of 200, or 20% of 140? - A. 15% of 200 - B. 20% of 140 - C. They are equal - D. It cannot be determined Your answer: ______ 88. processing-speed-s09-q08 ---------------------------- Multiply 6 × 9, then reverse the digits of the answer. What do you get? - A. 54 - B. 56 - C. 45 - D. 65 Your answer: ______ 89. processing-speed-s09-q09 ---------------------------- What is the sum of the digits of 478? - A. 18 - B. 19 - C. 20 - D. 21 Your answer: ______ 90. processing-speed-s09-q10 ---------------------------- Count the letters in 'speed', square that number, then subtract 5. - A. 10 - B. 15 - C. 18 - D. 20 Your answer: ______ Complex scanning under load --------------------------- Combine scanning, counting, and rules. The heaviest load in the bank. 91. processing-speed-s10-q01 ---------------------------- How many numbers in this list are BOTH odd AND greater than 40: 37, 45, 52, 61, 44, 39, 73? - A. 1 - B. 2 - C. 3 - D. 4 Your answer: ______ 92. processing-speed-s10-q02 ---------------------------- How many characters in the string '7a4B9c1D6e' are BOTH digits AND odd? - A. 3 - B. 2 - C. 4 - D. 5 Your answer: ______ 93. processing-speed-s10-q03 ---------------------------- Scan the string 'XOXXOOXOXX'. Which letter appears more often, and by how many? - A. O, by 2 - B. X, by 1 - C. They appear equally often - D. X, by 2 Your answer: ______ 94. processing-speed-s10-q04 ---------------------------- How many of these codes have digits summing to exactly 10: 5-4-1, 3-3-3, 2-6-2, 7-2-2, 4-4-2? - A. 2 - B. 3 - C. 4 - D. 5 Your answer: ______ 95. processing-speed-s10-q05 ---------------------------- In the sentence 'Six sleek swans swam south past the stone bridge', how many words begin with the letter s? - A. 4 - B. 5 - C. 6 - D. 7 Your answer: ______ 96. processing-speed-s10-q06 ---------------------------- Apply both rules to the list 18, 25, 32, 47, 56, 63. Rule 1: keep numbers over 30. Rule 2: of those, keep only the even ones. How many remain? - A. 2 - B. 3 - C. 4 - D. 5 Your answer: ______ 97. processing-speed-s10-q07 ---------------------------- Two formatting rules: entries must start with two letters AND end with an even digit. Which entry breaks BOTH rules: AB12, 7Q34, 9K33, CD57? - A. AB12 - B. 7Q34 - C. 9K33 - D. CD57 Your answer: ______ 98. processing-speed-s10-q08 ---------------------------- In the string '3f82k91m4', add together only the digits that come immediately before a letter. What is the total? - A. 3 - B. 4 - C. 5 - D. 6 Your answer: ______ 99. processing-speed-s10-q09 ---------------------------- Three of these times share the same minutes past the hour. Which is the odd one out: 14:25, 09:52, 16:25, 11:25? - A. 14:25 - B. 09:52 - C. 16:25 - D. 11:25 Your answer: ______ 100. processing-speed-s10-q10 ----------------------------- Follow the chain: start with the number of letters in 'rapid', double it, add the number of vowels in 'audio', then subtract 4. - A. 10 - B. 11 - C. 12 - D. 13 Your answer: ______ Authored hints ============== This cognitive practice source does not publish authored hints. Every item is listed as missing a hint, and no hint text is generated or inferred. 100 worksheet items do not have an authored hint. No hint text was generated for them. 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Processing speed: full practice bank: open practice pack answer key Item Choice Answer ------------------------ ------ ----------------------- processing-speed-q1 C 5 processing-speed-q2 C 29 processing-speed-q3 C 6 processing-speed-q4 B 15 processing-speed-q5 B 2 processing-speed-q6 B (45, 55) processing-speed-s01-q07 A 4 processing-speed-s01-q08 D 99 processing-speed-s01-q09 A 3 processing-speed-s01-q10 D 3 processing-speed-s02-q01 A 4 processing-speed-s02-q02 C 4 processing-speed-s02-q03 B 3 processing-speed-s02-q04 D 4 processing-speed-s02-q05 A 3 processing-speed-s02-q06 C q processing-speed-s02-q07 B 3 processing-speed-s02-q08 D 6 processing-speed-s02-q09 A 2 processing-speed-s02-q10 C 6 processing-speed-s03-q01 B 43 processing-speed-s03-q02 D 35 processing-speed-s03-q03 A 56 processing-speed-s03-q04 C 83 processing-speed-s03-q05 B 54 processing-speed-s03-q06 D 36 processing-speed-s03-q07 A 15 processing-speed-s03-q08 C 50 processing-speed-s03-q09 B 38 processing-speed-s03-q10 D 100 processing-speed-s04-q01 C GHT-4402 processing-speed-s04-q02 A A) MZ-7719 / MZ-7719 processing-speed-s04-q03 D D) PLO-880 processing-speed-s04-q04 B Bramfield Lane 27 processing-speed-s04-q05 C harbour processing-speed-s04-q06 A A) TK-9906 / TK-9096 processing-speed-s04-q07 D 60482-Q processing-speed-s04-q08 B Whitfield & Grayson Ltd processing-speed-s04-q09 C 2 processing-speed-s04-q10 A 4535 processing-speed-s05-q01 D 213 processing-speed-s05-q02 B W processing-speed-s05-q03 A DOOR processing-speed-s05-q04 C DBU processing-speed-s05-q05 D 17 processing-speed-s05-q06 B NEST processing-speed-s05-q07 A CNF processing-speed-s05-q08 C ▲ ◆ ● processing-speed-s05-q09 B FACE processing-speed-s05-q10 D 12 processing-speed-s06-q01 A 0.405 processing-speed-s06-q02 C 507 processing-speed-s06-q03 D 4/5 processing-speed-s06-q04 B 7 × 8 processing-speed-s06-q05 A 62 processing-speed-s06-q06 C 3 processing-speed-s06-q07 D −7° processing-speed-s06-q08 B £9.19 processing-speed-s06-q09 C 1/4 processing-speed-s06-q10 A 36 processing-speed-s07-q01 B kale processing-speed-s07-q02 D EF-5 processing-speed-s07-q03 C minute processing-speed-s07-q04 A 3 processing-speed-s07-q05 B shout processing-speed-s07-q06 D £102.40 processing-speed-s07-q07 B gecko processing-speed-s07-q08 C 3 processing-speed-s07-q09 A hammer processing-speed-s07-q10 D 15 processing-speed-s08-q01 C 20 processing-speed-s08-q02 A 45 processing-speed-s08-q03 D J processing-speed-s08-q04 C 80 processing-speed-s08-q05 B 17 processing-speed-s08-q06 A ▲ processing-speed-s08-q07 C 36 processing-speed-s08-q08 D O processing-speed-s08-q09 B 4 processing-speed-s08-q10 A 9 processing-speed-s09-q01 D 27 processing-speed-s09-q02 B 39 processing-speed-s09-q03 A 40 processing-speed-s09-q04 C 15 processing-speed-s09-q05 B 2 processing-speed-s09-q06 D 26 processing-speed-s09-q07 A 15% of 200 processing-speed-s09-q08 C 45 processing-speed-s09-q09 B 19 processing-speed-s09-q10 D 20 processing-speed-s10-q01 C 3 processing-speed-s10-q02 A 3 processing-speed-s10-q03 D X, by 2 processing-speed-s10-q04 B 3 processing-speed-s10-q05 C 6 processing-speed-s10-q06 A 2 processing-speed-s10-q07 C 9K33 processing-speed-s10-q08 D 6 processing-speed-s10-q09 B 09:52 processing-speed-s10-q10 A 10 Worked explanations =================== processing-speed-q1 The digit 7 appears 5 times: 7192747378179. processing-speed-q2 12, 18, 24, and 36 are all multiples of 6; 29 is not. processing-speed-q3 The vowels are e, a, o, u, e, i, six in total. processing-speed-q4 The sequence increases by 3 each step, so the missing number is 15. processing-speed-q5 The digits '1,1' and '5,5' are each adjacent and identical, 2 pairs total. processing-speed-q6 45 + 55 = 100. The others sum to 101, 101, and 99 respectively. processing-speed-s01-q07 Scanning only the first letter of each word, four begin with B: banana, berry, bread, and basket. processing-speed-s01-q08 Compare the tens digit first: 98 and 99 beat the 80s, and 99 beats 98 on the units digit. processing-speed-s01-q09 Ticking off each letter in turn (b, a, n, a, n, a) the letter 'a' appears three times. processing-speed-s01-q10 A number is even when its last digit is 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8: here 8, 12, and 6 qualify, making three. processing-speed-s02-q01 Move through the string one character at a time and tally each 'x': o-x-k-x-v-e-x-n-x-o gives four. processing-speed-s02-q02 Counting only the squares while ignoring the other shapes gives four: positions 1, 3, 6, and 8. processing-speed-s02-q03 Only B, D, and F are upper case, three capitals in total. processing-speed-s02-q04 Filtering out the letters leaves the digits 7, 2, 9, and 1, four in total. processing-speed-s02-q05 Scanning for vowels only, the string contains o, e, and i, three vowels. processing-speed-s02-q06 Tally each letter as you scan: p appears three times, q twice, and r and s once each. processing-speed-s02-q07 Fixing on triangles only, they sit at positions 2, 5, and 8, three in total. processing-speed-s02-q08 Only R and L are capitals, so the remaining six characters (t, e, z, p, m, s) are lower case. processing-speed-s02-q09 Check each word for a 't' followed directly by an 'h': only moth and bath contain the pair. processing-speed-s02-q10 With only two similar characters to separate, tally the 'o's in one pass: six of the nine characters are 'o'. processing-speed-s03-q01 Add the tens first: 17 + 20 = 37, then the units: 37 + 6 = 43. processing-speed-s03-q02 Subtract in two easy steps: 62 − 20 = 42, then 42 − 7 = 35. processing-speed-s03-q03 8 × 7 = 56; instant recall of the times tables is one of the biggest speed gains available. processing-speed-s03-q04 Round 38 up to 40 for an easy sum, 45 + 40 = 85, then take the 2 back off: 83. processing-speed-s03-q05 Use 10 × 6 = 60 and subtract one 6: 60 − 6 = 54. processing-speed-s03-q06 Subtract 40 for a round number, 74 − 40 = 34, then add back the 2 you over-subtracted: 36. processing-speed-s03-q07 Halve three times: 120 → 60 → 30 → 15, because dividing by 8 is halving thrice. processing-speed-s03-q08 Pair numbers that make round totals: 13 + 28 = 41, and 41 + 9 lands neatly on 50. processing-speed-s03-q09 Halve the parts separately: half of 70 is 35, half of 6 is 3, and 35 + 3 = 38. processing-speed-s03-q10 Four 25s make 100: the same fact that makes four 25p coins a pound is worth keeping on instant recall. processing-speed-s04-q01 Check letters first, then digits in order. The near-misses transpose the H and T, swap the final digits, or shuffle the 4s. processing-speed-s04-q02 Only one pair repeats its string exactly; the others transpose the last digits (7791), swap the letters (ZM), or alter a middle digit (7119). processing-speed-s04-q03 Three codes read PLQ-880, while the odd one out swaps the letter Q for the visually similar letter O to read PLO-880. processing-speed-s04-q04 Read the street name letter by letter and the number digit by digit: the near-misses reverse 27, add a stray p, or change the 7 to a 1. processing-speed-s04-q05 The spelling 'harbour' appears in the first and third positions; 'harbor' drops the u and 'arbour' drops the h, so neither is a repeat. processing-speed-s04-q06 TK-9906 and TK-9096 differ in their middle digits, 90 versus 09, while every other pair repeats its string exactly. processing-speed-s04-q07 Compare digit positions one at a time, then the letter: the near-misses transpose 82, swap Q for O, or move the 4. processing-speed-s04-q08 Check each word in turn: the traps change Gray to Grey, add an extra e to Whitfield, or spell out the ampersand. processing-speed-s04-q09 The first and third codes match exactly; 2281-DV reverses the letters and 2218-VD transposes the middle digits. processing-speed-s04-q10 Scan each code for a repeat: 4535 contains the digit 5 twice, while the other codes use four different digits. processing-speed-s05-q01 Substitute one symbol at a time in the order shown: ● is 2, ▲ is 1, ■ is 3, giving 213. processing-speed-s05-q02 Each letter maps to the letter the same distance from the far end: D is 4th from the start, and 4th from the end is W. processing-speed-s05-q03 Decode digit by digit in order: 3 is D, 4 is O, 4 is O again, 1 is R, spelling DOOR. processing-speed-s05-q04 Apply the shift to every letter, not just some: C moves to D, A moves to B, and T moves to U. processing-speed-s05-q05 Convert every symbol before adding, and note the repeated ◆: 4 + 7 + 2 + 4 = 17. processing-speed-s05-q06 All four options use the same letters, so the order is everything: 2-4-6-8 decodes strictly as N, E, S, T. processing-speed-s05-q07 Step every letter back once: D to C, O to N, and G to F. processing-speed-s05-q08 Encode in the order the letters appear: R gives ▲, P gives ◆, Q gives ●. Watch for the option that swaps the last two. processing-speed-s05-q09 Convert each number in sequence: 6 is F, 1 is A, 3 is C, 5 is E, FACE. processing-speed-s05-q10 B is 2 and each E is 5, so the total is 2 + 5 + 5 = 12. processing-speed-s06-q01 Line the decimals up place by place: 0.405 has 4 tenths like 0.45, but its hundredths digit is 0 against 5, so it is smaller. processing-speed-s06-q02 Compare each gap from 500 rather than the numbers themselves: 32, 29, 7, and 10. The smallest gap is 7. processing-speed-s06-q03 Convert to decimals for a quick comparison: 2/3 ≈ 0.67, 3/4 = 0.75, and 4/5 = 0.8, so 4/5 is largest. processing-speed-s06-q04 Work both products before comparing: 7 × 8 = 56 beats 9 × 6 = 54. processing-speed-s06-q05 Test both conditions on each number: 48 is even but too small, 57 is large enough but odd, and 45 fails both, only 62 passes both. processing-speed-s06-q06 Compare digit by digit after the decimal point: 3.51, 3.6, and 3.55 exceed 3.5, while 3.499 falls just short. processing-speed-s06-q07 With negative numbers the larger the digit, the colder the value: −7° sits furthest below zero. processing-speed-s06-q08 The pounds match, so compare pence: 09 < 19 < 90 puts £9.19 in the middle. processing-speed-s06-q09 0.25 is a quarter: 1 divided by 4. The others convert to 0.4, roughly 0.33, and 0.3. processing-speed-s06-q10 Test each candidate against both divisors: 36 = 4 × 9 and 6 × 6, while 30 fails on 4, 40 fails on 6, and 27 fails on both. processing-speed-s07-q01 Name the category of each word as you scan: plum, pear, and mango are fruits, while kale is a leafy vegetable. processing-speed-s07-q02 Only the first character matters for this rule: E is a vowel, while T, B, and M are not. processing-speed-s07-q03 Sort by what each unit measures: litres measure volume, metres length, grams mass, only minutes measure time. processing-speed-s07-q04 Check only the last digit of each number: 12, 30, and 8 are even, so three numbers go to Box A. processing-speed-s07-q05 Group by meaning before choosing: whisper, murmur, and mutter all describe quiet speech, while shouting is loud. processing-speed-s07-q06 Compare each amount against the £100 threshold and watch the boundary case: £99.99 is still under it, but £102.40 is over. processing-speed-s07-q07 Classify each animal as you read: otters, badgers, and hares are mammals, while the gecko is a lizard, a reptile. processing-speed-s07-q08 Sort each word into colour or not-colour as you go: crimson, teal, and indigo are colours; violin and ladder are objects. processing-speed-s07-q09 Scan each word for two identical letters side by side: only 'hammer' has one, the double m. processing-speed-s07-q10 Test both rules on each number: 24 passes both, 31 is over 20 but odd, 18 is even but too small, only 15 is both too small and odd. processing-speed-s08-q01 Each term adds 4 to the one before, so 16 + 4 = 20. processing-speed-s08-q02 Check the gap between neighbours first: each step subtracts 9, so 54 − 9 = 45. processing-speed-s08-q03 The sequence skips one letter each time (B, skip C, D, skip E…), so after H comes J. processing-speed-s08-q04 Each term doubles the previous one, and 80 fits both neighbours: 40 × 2 = 80 and 80 × 2 = 160. processing-speed-s08-q05 The gaps themselves grow by one each step (+1, +2, +3, +4), so the next gap is +5, giving 17. processing-speed-s08-q06 The three-symbol block ● ▲ ▲ cycles, and the seventh symbol starts a new block, so the eighth is the block's second symbol, ▲. processing-speed-s08-q07 These are the square numbers 1², 2², 3², 4², 5², the next is 6² = 36. processing-speed-s08-q08 The jumps widen by one letter each time (+2, +3, +4), so the next jump of +5 lands on O. processing-speed-s08-q09 Each term halves the previous one, so 8 ÷ 2 = 4. processing-speed-s08-q10 Read the alternating positions as two strands: a constant 10 and the odd numbers 3, 5, 7, the odd strand continues with 9. processing-speed-s09-q01 Hold the intermediate total before applying the second step: 14 + 19 = 33, then 33 − 6 = 27. processing-speed-s09-q02 Doubling 17 gives 34, and 34 + 5 = 39. processing-speed-s09-q03 Retrieve the fact first, then compute: 7 days × 6 = 42, and 42 − 2 = 40. processing-speed-s09-q04 'Operation' contains the vowels o, e, a, i, o, five in total, and 5 × 3 = 15. processing-speed-s09-q05 Work each sum, then classify it: 8 and 10 are even, while both 13s are odd, two even results. processing-speed-s09-q06 Three subtractions of 8 remove 24 in total, so 50 − 24 = 26, stopping early at 42 or 34 is the common slip. processing-speed-s09-q07 Compute both before comparing: 15% of 200 is 30, while 20% of 140 is 28. processing-speed-s09-q08 6 × 9 = 54, and swapping its digits gives 45. The unreversed 54 is the trap to step past. processing-speed-s09-q09 Treat each digit separately and add: 4 + 7 + 8 = 19. processing-speed-s09-q10 'Speed' has 5 letters; 5 squared is 25, and 25 − 5 = 20. processing-speed-s10-q01 Apply both tests to every number: 45, 61, and 73 pass, while 37 and 39 are odd but not large enough. processing-speed-s10-q02 First isolate the digits (7, 4, 9, 1, 6), then keep only the odd ones: 7, 9, and 1. processing-speed-s10-q03 Tally both letters in a single pass: X appears 6 times and O appears 4 times, a margin of 2. processing-speed-s10-q04 Sum each code and compare with 10: the totals are 10, 9, 10, 11, and 10, so three codes qualify. processing-speed-s10-q05 Check only the first letter of each word and ignore s sounds inside words: Six, sleek, swans, swam, south, and stone make six. processing-speed-s10-q06 Filter in stages: over 30 leaves 32, 47, 56, 63; keeping the evens then leaves just 32 and 56. processing-speed-s10-q07 Score each entry against both rules separately: 7Q34 and CD57 each break only one rule, while 9K33 starts with a digit and ends with an odd digit. processing-speed-s10-q08 Walk the string and keep a digit only when the very next character is a letter: 3 before f, 2 before k, and 1 before m give 3 + 2 + 1 = 6. processing-speed-s10-q09 Compare only the minutes and watch for transposed digits: three times end in :25, while 09:52 reverses those digits to :52. processing-speed-s10-q10 Take the chain one link at a time: 'rapid' has 5 letters, doubled is 10; 'audio' has 4 vowels (a, u, i, o), giving 14; and 14 − 4 = 10. 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