MENTAL AGILITY TEST
You have three minutes to complete the following test of mental agility. Read
all the instructions before doing anything else.
Instructions :
1. Write your initials in the top right-hand corner of this sheet.
2. Write the total of 3 + 16 + 32 + 64 here : _________________
3. Underline instruction 1 above.
4. Check the time on your watch with that of your neighbor.
5. Write down the difference in time between the two watches at the foot of
this page.
6. Draw three circles in the left-hand margin.
7. Put a tick in each of the circles mentioned in 6.
8. Sign your signature at the foot of the page.
9. On the back of the page, divide 50 by 12.5.
10. When you get to this point in the test, stand up, then sit down and
continue with the next item.
11. If you have carefully followed all these instructions, call out ‘I have’.
12. On the reverse of this page, draw quickly what you think an upright bicycle
looks like from overhead.
13. Check your answer to Item 9, multiply it by 5, and write the result in the
left-hand margin opposite this item.
14. In the space below write the 5th, 10th, 9th and 20th letters of the alphabet.
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15. Punch three holes with your pen here: o o o
16. If you think you are the first person to get this far, call out ‘I’m in the lead’.
17. Underline all the even digits on the left-hand side of the page.
18. Draw triangles around the holes you punched in Item 15.
19. Draw a circle around the number 10 wherever it occurs.
20. Now you’ve finished reading all the instructions, obey only 1, 2, and 20.
