Wonderlic Test

1. Look at the row of numbers below. What number should come next?

8421 ?

2. Assume that the first two statements are true. The boy plays baseball. All baseball players wear hats. Is the final one: The boy wears a hat

1. true2. False3. Not certain?

3. Paper sells for 21 cents per pad. What will four pads cost?

4. How many of the five pairs of items listed below are exact duplicates?

Nieman, K.M.Neiman, K.M.

Thomas, G.K.Thomas, C.K.

Hoff, J.P.Hoff, J.P.

Pino, L.R.Pina, L.R.

Warner, T.S.Wanner, T.S.

5. RESENT RESERVE . Do these words

1. have similar meanings, 2. Have contradictory meanings, 3. Mean neither the same nor opposite?

6. One of the numbered figures in the following drawing is most different from the others. What is the number in that figure?

7. A train travels 20 feet in 1/5 of a second. At this same speed, how many feet will it travel in three seconds?

8. When rope is selling at $0.10 a foot, how many feet can you buy for sixty cents?

9. The ninth month of the year is

1. October2. January3. June4. September5. May

10. Which number in the following group of numbers represents the smallest amount?

7.831.332

11. In printing an article of 48, 000 words, a printer decides to use two sizes of type. Using the large type, a printed page contains 1,800 words. Using smaller type, a page contains 2,400 words. The article is allotted 21 full pages in a magazine. How many pages must be in smaller type?

12. The hours of daylight and darkness in SEPTEMBER are nearest equal to the hours of daylight and darkness in:

1. June2. March3. May4.November

13. Three individuals form a partnership and agree to divide the profits equally. X invests $9,000. Y invests $7,000. Z invests $4000. If the profits are $4,800, how much less does X receive than if the profits were divided in proportion to the amount invested?

14. Assume the first two statements are true. IS the final one:

1. true2. False3. Not certain?

Tom greeted Beth. Beth greeted Dawn. Tom did not greet Dawn.

15. A boy is 17 years old and his sister is twice as old. When the boy is 23 years old, what will be the age of his sister?

16. A physical education class has three times as many girls as boys. During a class basketball game, the girls average 18 points each and the class as a whole averages 17 points per person. How many points does each boy score on average?

17. Randolph has 8 ties, 6 pairs of pants and 4 dress shirts. How many days could he possibly go without wearing the same combination of these three items?

18. John is a mechanic. He makes $8.50 an hour, plus $3 extra for every oil change he performs. Last week he worked 36 hours and performed 17 oil changes. How much money did he make?

19. A box of staples has a length of 6cm, width of 7 cm, and a volume of 378 cm cubed. What is the height of the box?

20. Arnold is about to go on a 500 mile car trip. His mechanic recommends that he buy a special highway engine oil that will save him 50 cents in gas for every 25 miles of his trip. This new oil, however, will cost $20. Is it worthwhile for Arnold to buy the oil if he has a coupon for $4 off the price?

21. Which number is large: 0.8, 8, 9, 200?

22. If a cup of pancake mix makes 2 pancakes, how many pancakes can be made with 3 cups of pancake mix?

23. An airplane travel 100 miles per hour. How long will the airplane take to travel 300 miles?

24. A gallon of gas costs $2.50. How many gallons of gas can be purchased with $5?

25. A 10 year old Ford truck has 100, 000 miles on the engine when the transmission fails on the truck. There are two replacements available one transmission will last for 20 years, or 50 000 miles, and the other transmission will last for 8 years, or 75 000 miles. Given the current average yearly mileage on this truck, which transmission would last the longest?

26. A rocket engine that takes off from earth burns 10 000 pounds of fuel in 15 minutes and is able to lift 20 000 pounds total for that time period (including the rocket fuel itself). If a payload that weighs 20 000 pound is needed to be transported for one hour, and unused rocket engines are dropped in stages after their fuel has been exhausted, how many engines must be used to transport the payload for that time period?

27. How many of the five pairs listed below are exact duplicates?

Bologna AND Balogna

Malicious AND Malicious

Firearm AND Fiream

Space Shuttle AND Space Huttle

Gray AND Green

28. 7 months of the year have 31 days, and 4 have 30 days. What month has only 28 days?

29. Do the words retire and inspire have opposite meanings, similar meanings, or no relation?

30. Do the words hypothesis and theory have opposite meanings, similar meanings or no relation?

31. Choose the verb that correctly completes the sentence:

Have you _________painting yet?

a) finish

b)finishes

c) finishing

d) finished

32. 56/4 =

a) 16

b) 8

c) 14

d) 23

33. The 5:15 train takes 2 hours and 10 minutes to get to Graystone. Today the train will be late. What time will it get to Graystone?

a) 7:15

b) 7:05

c) 7:25

d) 7:40

34. Choose the answer that most nearly means the same as the underlined word:

An inaccuracy is a:

a) mistake

b) type of medicine

c) prison

d) chance of happening

35. A synonym of firmament is:

a) ground

b) river

c) sky

d) future

36. Find two words, one from each group, that are closest in meaning.

Group AGroup B

raisetop

floorelevate

stairsbasement

a) raise and elevate

b) raise and top

c) floor and basement

d) stairs and top

e) floor and elevate

37. The day before the day before yesterday is three days after Saturday. What day is it today?

a) Monday

b) Tuesday

c) Wednesday

d) Thursday

e) Friday

38. Which number should come next is the series?

1, 3, 6, 10, 15, ?

a) 8

b) 11

c) 24

d) 21

e) 27

39. What is the next number in the sequence: 3, 8, 18, 38..?

40. What is the next number in the sequence: 5, 9, 17, 33, .?

41. Peyton Manning threw for 1,126 yards in his first four games. At this rate, how many yards will he throw for in sixteen games?

a) 5 204

b) 4 504

c) 4 204

d) 4 704

42. Which number does not belong?

43. Select the number that best completes the analogy

10 : 6 : : 3 : ?

a) 2

b) 1

c) -1

d) 12

e) 4

44. Last year, 12 out of 600 employees at a service organization were rewarded for their excellence in customer service, which was ________ of the employees.

a) 1%

b) 2%

c) 3%

d) 4%

e) 6%

45. Joses monthly parking fee for April was $150; for May is was $10 more than April; and for June $40 more than May. His average monthly parking fee was __________ for these 3 months?

a) $66

b) $160

c) $166

d) $170

e)$200

46. A featured product from an Internet retailer generated 27, 99, 80, 115 and 213 orders over a 5-hour period. Which graph below best represent the trend?

47. One word below is underlined. What is the OPPOSITE of that word?

She gave a complex answer to the question and we all agreed with her.

a) long

b) better

c) simple

d) wrong

e) kind

48. If the first two statement are true, is the final statement true?

Sandra is responsible for ordering all office supplies

Notebooks are office supplies.

Sandra is responsible for ordering notebooks.

a) yes

b) no

c) uncertain

49. Some months have 30 days, others have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?

50. Divide 30 by half. Add 10. Multiply by 3. Add 6. What does this equal?