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MENSA MINI QUIZ – No 4 1. Rearrange the letters of DUE CROP to give a word with a similar meaning. What is it? 2. Add together three of the following numbers each time to reach a total of 60. (Numbers can be used more than once.) How many different combinations are there? 2 3 5 10 15 20 25 50 3. In the box provided place a five-letter word which can be attached to the end of the given words to form four longer words. What is the five-letter word?
PUSH ARM WHEEL HIGH
4. Replace the blanks in the following sentence with two five-letter words. The same five letters must be used for both words. What are the words? The BLANK told his class that he had been BLANK fishing during the holiday.
5. What letter should replace the question mark? B
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6. What number is missing from the following sequence? 4 9 16 25 ? 49 64 81 7. Complete the square with the letters of MENSA. When completed no row, column or diagonal line of any length will contain the same letter more than once. What letter should replace the question mark? M ? S
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8. Assume you are using a basic calculator and press the numbers in order, replacing each question mark with a mathematical sign. Plus, minus, multiply and divide can each be used once only. What is the highest number you can possibly score? 6 ? 2 ? 2 ? 4 ? 2=
Answers: 1: Produce. 2: Four. (20, 20, 20) (25, 20, 15) (25, 25, 10) (50, 5, 5) 3: Chair. 4: Tutor and trout. 5: V. On each row the alphabetical position of the first letter plus the alphabetical position of the second letter gives the alphabetical position of the third letter (A=1, B=2, etc) 6: 36. They are all square numbers. 7: M. 8: 18 using divide, plus, multiply and minus
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MENSA MINI QUIZ – No 5 1. What number is missing from this sequence? 2 4 3 9 4 ? 5 25 6 36 2. Which three letter word can be attached to the beginning of the following words to form five longer words? FOOD FRONT LED SIDE SON 3. Rearrange the letters of ‘IT IS CLEAR’ to give a nine letter word with an associated meaning. What is it? 4. Which two letter word can be placed in the centre of each of the following words to form a longer word in each case? DOES CORNED GOWN OUTING 5. What is the value of the bottom row of the grid?
74 ? 63 70 6. If AE = 4 and GN = 7 what does OW = ? 7. What number should replace the question mark?
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8. What letter should appear next in this sequence? Z X C V ?
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ANSWERS: 1: 16. The numbers 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are squared. 2: Sea. 3: Realistic. 4: Do to give dodoes, cordoned, godown and outdoing. 5: 65. A circle is worth 22, a triangle is worth 15 and a square is worth 13. 6: 8. The number is the amount of alphabetical places between the first and second letter. 7: 6. Moving clockwise along each edge, subtract the alphabetical value of the second letter from the first letter to give the number. 8: B. These letters appear from left to right on the bottom row of a keyboard.
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