Reasoning Flashcards
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Some doctors are athletes. All athletes exercise daily. Which must be true?
Answer: Some doctors exercise daily
Those doctors who are athletes must exercise daily, so at least some doctors exercise daily.
Look at the sequence: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ___. What comes next?
Answer: 37
The differences are 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 — the next term is 26 + 11 = 37.
A box contains 3 red, 4 blue, and 5 green balls. If one ball is drawn at random, what is the probability it is NOT red?
Answer: 3/4
Non-red balls = 4 + 5 = 9; total = 12; probability = 9/12 = 3/4.
Which shape comes next in the pattern: Circle, Square, Triangle, Circle, Square, ___?
Answer: Triangle
The pattern repeats every three shapes: Circle, Square, Triangle — so the next is Triangle.
Five people stand in a line. Ann is third. Ben is immediately to Ann's left. Who is second?
Answer: Ben
If Ann is third and Ben is immediately to her left, Ben occupies the second position.
Which statement logically weakens the argument: 'Students who sleep 8 hours score higher on tests'?
Answer: High-scoring students tend to be less stressed and sleep better
If better performance causes better sleep (reverse causation), then sleep isn't causing the higher scores.
If 6 workers build a wall in 10 days, how many days will 4 workers take to build the same wall?
Answer: 15 days
Total work = 6 × 10 = 60 worker-days; 60 ÷ 4 = 15 days.