Verbal reasoning Eight questions with answers

Information puzzle: verbal reasoning questions with answers

Information puzzles: work out an amount or a place from a few facts.

Questions written by Remelia in the style of the familiarisation papers; not taken from any exam paper.

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GL Assessment: three of the 240 questions on its three verbal reasoning familiarisation papers.
Quest Assessments: in its verbal reasoning familiarisation booklet.

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Eight information puzzle questions

Read the information, then answer the question.
Priya has twice as many badges as Amara.
Yusuf has 19 badges.
Amara has 6 fewer badges than Yusuf.
How many badges does Priya have?
- A 49
- B 50
- C 26
- D 13
- E 48
Show the answer to question 1
Answer: C · 26
Why:
Yusuf has 19 badges.
Amara has 6 fewer badges than Yusuf, so Amara has 19 − 6 = 13 badges.
Priya has twice as many badges as Amara, so Priya has 2 × 13 = 26 badges.
Read the information, then answer the question.
Kai and Jonah have 39 marbles between them.
Kai has 2 more marbles than Leo.
Jonah has 3 fewer marbles than Maya.
Jonah has 19 marbles.
How many marbles does Leo have?
- A 22
- B 23
- C 18
- D 20
- E 21
Show the answer to question 2
Answer: C · 18
Why:
Jonah has 19 marbles.
Kai and Jonah have 39 marbles between them, so Kai has 39 − 19 = 20 marbles.
Kai has 2 more marbles than Leo, so Leo has 20 − 2 = 18 marbles.
Read the information, then answer the question.
Priya has 13 badges.
Priya has half as many badges as Ava.
Ava has 3 fewer badges than Kai and 6 fewer than Amara.
How many badges does Amara have?
- A 23
- B 29
- C 32
- D 20
- E 26
Show the answer to question 3
Answer: C · 32
Why:
Priya has 13 badges.
Priya has half as many badges as Ava, so Ava has 2 × 13 = 26 badges.
Ava has 6 fewer badges than Amara, so Amara has 26 + 6 = 32 badges.
Read the information, then answer the question.
Theo finished the race after Ines.
Dara finished the race after Leo.
Amara finished the race before Ines.
Leo finished the race after Amara.
Who finished the race first?
- A Amara
- B Leo
- C Ines
- D Dara
- E Theo
Show the answer to question 4
Answer: A · Amara
Why:
Follow the facts from person to person. Finished before Amara: nobody. Finished after Amara: all four others (Ines, Leo, Dara and Theo).
So Amara finished the race first.
Read the information, then answer the question.
Maya and Ava collected 43 shells between them.
Zainab collected 4 fewer shells than Ava.
Zainab collected 19 shells.
How many shells did Maya collect?
- A 28
- B 38
- C 23
- D 20
- E 22
Show the answer to question 5
Answer: D · 20
Why:
Zainab collected 19 shells.
Zainab collected 4 fewer shells than Ava, so Ava collected 19 + 4 = 23 shells.
Maya and Ava collected 43 shells between them, so Maya collected 43 − 23 = 20 shells.
Read the information, then answer the question.
Sana scored 1 fewer point than Amara and twice as many as Yusuf.
Noor scored 5 more points than Yusuf.
Amara scored 13 points.
How many points did Noor score?
- A 10
- B 15
- C 11
- D 29
- E 12
Show the answer to question 6
Answer: C · 11
Why:
Amara scored 13 points.
Sana scored 1 fewer point than Amara, so Sana scored 13 − 1 = 12 points.
Sana scored twice as many points as Yusuf, so Yusuf scored 12 ÷ 2 = 6 points.
Noor scored 5 more points than Yusuf, so Noor scored 6 + 5 = 11 points.
Read the information, then answer the question.
Amara is older than Yusuf.
Jonah is older than Amara.
Jonah is younger than Leo.
Leo is younger than Zainab.
Who is the oldest?
- A Yusuf
- B Jonah
- C Amara
- D Zainab
- E Leo
Show the answer to question 7
Answer: D · Zainab
Why:
Follow the facts from person to person. Older than Zainab: nobody. Younger than Zainab: all four others (Leo, Jonah, Amara and Yusuf).
So Zainab is the oldest.
Read the information, then answer the question.
Noor is older than Ava but younger than Leo.
Ines is younger than Noor.
Leo is younger than Yusuf.
Who is the oldest?
- A Leo
- B Yusuf
- C Ava
- D Ines
- E Noor
Show the answer to question 8
Answer: B · Yusuf
Why:
Follow the facts from person to person. Older than Yusuf: nobody. Younger than Yusuf: all four others (Leo, Noor, Ava and Ines).
So Yusuf is the oldest.

Answers

1. C · 26
2. C · 18
3. C · 32
4. A · Amara
5. D · 20
6. C · 11
7. D · Zainab
8. B · Yusuf

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