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Grades 6, 7 and 8 - Reading - Middle School - Verbal Reasoning - Reading Information
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Read the following statements, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

Grades 6, 7 and 8 - Reading - Middle School - Verbal Reasoning - Reading Information
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1. Matthew's dad and Olivia's mom are brother and sister, and Andrew is Olivia's nephew. Hannah is Andrew's sister. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
2. Ranjit, Alexis, Ethan and Abigail want to go online and buy X-Box points. They each have £32 to spend. X-Box points are sold in multiples of £8, so they can only buy £8, £16, £24 or £32 worth of points. Ranjit spends twice as much as Ethan, but half as much as Abigail. Alexis needs to keep £10 back for his sister's birthday so buys as many points as he can while keeping back £10. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
3. Daniel is half as old as Surita, who is two years older than Christopher. Ashley is 1 year older than Surita was 2 years ago. Christopher is 10. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
4. A group of children are measuring their height in school. Emma is 883mm. Joseph is 890mm. Nicholas is 20mm taller than Elizabeth. Elizabeth is 4mm taller than Emma, but not as tall as either Joseph or Nicholas. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
5. Getting ready to go to their new Secondary School a group of children go to the shops for items for their pencil cases.
Akbhar buys a ruler and a pencil sharpener but doesn't need coloring pencils. Samuel buys a ruler and coloring pencils but doesn't need a pencil sharpener. Natalie buys the only item shared by Akbhar and Samuel and coloring pencils. Victoria buys coloring pencils and the only item Natalie doesn't buy. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
6. A group of friends is comparing how much pocket money they get each week. Elizabeth gets only half as much as Gerard, who gets £14 weekly, but she receives her pocket money daily. Dylan gets £3 per week more than Gerard. Joseph gets more than Elizabeth but less than Dylan. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
7. At a craft day four children take part in three different activities. Alexander does paper-folding and one other activity. John takes part in two activities but not paper-folding. Brianna does not do glass-painting but does paper-folding and one other activity. Kayla does glass-painting and shares one other activity with Alexander and another with John. The only activity John and Alexander share is glass-painting. The only activity Brianna and John share is t-shirt design. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
8. Next year David will be 1 year older than Lauren was 3 years ago. Lauren is four years older than Alyssa. Alyssa is 10. Lee-Ping is 3 years older than half of David's age. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
9. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.
Mason's dad Ethan is 36 and Mason is a quarter of his dad's age. Natalie is four years older than Mason. Natalie's mom, Chloe, was 28 when Natalie was born. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
10. At the school sports day, Anna ran the 100m sprint in 25 seconds. Jayden ran the same race but was two seconds slower than Anna. Jayden was four seconds faster than Ellen and six seconds faster than Liam. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
11. Christian, Benjamin, Sophia and Ashley were all meeting at the Movie theater at 8.00pm. Benjamin arrived ten minutes early which was five minutes later than Sophia and Ashley. Christian was ten minutes earlier than Benjamin.
Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
12. Zachary often visits his cousin Jessica, who lives with her father Brandon. Anna is Brandon's sister. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
13. Four children were playing 'heads' or 'tails' with a 2p coin and they scored 'heads' fourteen times. Dylan and Francis scored heads the same amount of times. Both Annette and Brendan scored heads three times. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
14. Jonathon, Madison, Naomi and Emma are all related. Madison's mom, Naomi, is Jonathon's only aunt. Emma is Naomi's daughter. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
15. At the local movie theater there is an offer where if four children buy tickets together, the youngest gets in for free. Aiden is 2 years younger than Shamus. In three years Hailey will be one year younger than Shamus will be in two years. Aiden is one year older than Jessica, who is 10. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
16. Grace introduces a friend to her family. She tells her friend that Jose is Noah's uncle and that Sarah is Jose's niece. Grace also introduces her friend to her husband, Jose. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
17. Bedisa, Andrew, William, Julie and Sarah met while on holiday with their parents and took part in a range of fun activities. Julie did all activities. All the girls and Andrew took part in face painting. Andrew and Sarah were the only ones not to do banana boating. Julie, Sarah and Andrew did archery. Other than Julie, only Andrew did paintballing. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
18. School is running after school activities but pupils are only allowed to attend 2 clubs each week. Maths, English and Music are the three available clubs. Sahid and Tillie both sign up for Music and Tillie and Joanne both choose Maths. Joanne shares one club with Sahid, but not English. Shane only chooses one club, not including Maths, that at least 2 of the others also choose. Joanne Also chooses English. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
19. John, Dylan, Olivia and Abigail go to the shop to spend their pocket money. Olivia has £2.50 and Dylan has twice as much as John who has £1.80. Abigail has 50p less than Dylan.
Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
20. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

Mattie, Jake and Sue buy some fruit from the greengrocers'. They each have £2.00 to spend. Apples cost 30p and oranges cost 40p. After they had bought their fruit, Mattie had 20p change, Jake had 70p change and Sue had 10p change. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.

21. Michael, Tracy and John all walk to school each day. Michael leaves home at 8.30am and takes twenty minutes to reach school. John arrives at school five minutes after Tracy, who arrives at school five minutes after Michael. Tracy takes 5 minutes to get to school.
Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
22. Clara, Mark, Jenny and Joe all went to a car boot sale. Only the boys and Jenny bought a hat and Clara was the only girl not to buy a hairclip. Everyone bought a badge and the only the two girls bought a book. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
23. The teacher asks four children to line up, according to age, with the oldest at the front. Christian was behind Benjamin, but in front of Chloe. Sydney was in between Benjamin and Christian. Chloe was at the back of the line. Read the following statement, and then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.
24. Cameron gets on the bus at 3.15pm and Eden gets on ten minutes later. Finlay is on the bus twenty minutes earlier than Eden. Joseph gets on the bus at 3.30pm. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
25. A teacher asked all the children in the class to out their hand up if they had a brother or sister in the school. Liam, Jade, Anna and Ella all put their hands up. The teacher then asked if they had a brother or sister in their class, and Anna and Ella put their hands down. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.