GCAT Cheat Sheet 2026

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1. A swimming pool holds 45,000 gallons. A pump fills it at 500 gallons per hour. How long will it take to fill the pool? → 3 days 18 hours
2. Train A travels 300 miles in 5 hours. Train B travels the same 300 miles in 4 hours. How many more miles per hour does Train B travel compared to Train A? → 15 mph
3. What comes next? 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, ___ → 42
4. Each figure in a sequence is divided into more equal sections: 2 sections, 4 sections, 8 sections. How many sections does the next figure have? → 16
5. Complete the series: 17, 14, 11, 8, 5, ? → 2
6. What is the next number? 1000, 500, 250, 125, ___ → 62.5
7. If all managers are employees, and some employees are part-time workers, which conclusion is definitely true? → Some employees are managers
8. RECKLESS : CAUTIOUS :: STINGY : ? → Generous
9. Three friends run a race. Xavier finishes before Zoe. Yara finishes after Xavier but before Zoe. Who finishes last? → Zoe
10. Five items are ranked 1–5 (1 = best). Item M ranks higher than N. Item O ranks lower than P. P ranks higher than M. Which item is ranked 1st? → P
11. A table shows four employees' hours worked: Ana=38, Ben=42, Carl=35, Dana=45. What is the range of hours worked? → 10
12. Find the odd one out: 4, 9, 16, 20, 25 → 20
13. A 5 kg object falls freely for 3 seconds (g = 10 m/s²). What is its velocity just before impact? → 30 m/s
14. A typist makes 1 error per 200 keystrokes. If she types 1,800 keystrokes, approximately how many errors will she make? → 9
15. Which of the following cannot be the silhouette of a cone when viewed from any single angle? → A rectangle
16. A car depreciates 15% per year. If it costs $20,000 new, what is its value after 2 years? → $14,450
17. If 'Some politicians are honest' is true, which of the following must also be true? → Some honest people are politicians
18. A hydraulic press has an input piston with area 2 cm² and an output piston with area 20 cm². If you apply 50 N to the input, what force does the output produce? → 500 N
19. Some athletes are vegetarians. Some vegetarians are doctors. Which conclusion is valid? → No valid conclusion about athletes and doctors.
20. What is the primary weakness of an argument that relies solely on anecdotal evidence? → A single personal experience may not represent the broader pattern
21. Complete the series: 2, 3, 5, 8, 12, 17, ? → 23
22. In a matrix where each cell's value = (row number) × (column number) − 1, what value belongs in row 3, column 3? → 8
23. A production line produces 500 units in 8 hours. What is the rate in units per hour? → 62.5
24. A rectangular garden is 18 m long and 12 m wide. A path 1.5 m wide is built all around the outside. What is the area of the path alone? → 99 m²
25. A machine labels 360 bottles per hour. It runs for 25 minutes. How many bottles are labeled? → 150
26. No herbivores eat meat. Cows are herbivores. Bessie is a cow. Which conclusion is valid? → Bessie does not eat meat
27. Quickly identify which symbol pair is DIFFERENT from the others: (1) ● ○ (2) ● ○ (3) ○ ● (4) ● ○ → Pair 3
28. Find the missing number: 81, 27, 9, 3, ? → 1
29. What is the next number: 1000, 500, 250, 125, ? → 62.5
30. A is older than B. C is younger than A but older than B. D is older than C. Who is the youngest? → B