Rosie, the number of questions you scored correctly is:

Hello again and congratulations! As we've noted, your score is in the 83rd percentile of people who took this Brainteaser test.

But now, in your personalized report, we can get down to the nitty-gritty — the explanation of where your mental strengths lie and how you can look at Brainteaser questions in the future to get better scores!

The first section of your report, Problem-Solving Abilities, analyzes how well you scored in each of the intellectual abilities measured by the test (quantitative ability, visual-spatial ability, linguistic-mathematical ability, pattern recognition, and logical ability.)

The second section, the Brainteaser Test Answer Key, gives you the correct answers to the Brainteaser Test questions and offers explanations as to how you could have processed and solved the problems.

The third section, the Brainteaser Bonus, gives you some challenging new brainteasers so you can flex your newfound brain power after having read this report. This section also includes an answer key.

The following bar graph illustrates how you scored on each of the five problem-solving abilities measured by this test: quantitative ability, visual-spatial ability, linguistic-mathematical ability, pattern recognition, and logical ability.

To better understand what this means for you, here's a breakdown of your scores:

Visual-spatial Ability

You scored in the 70th percentile in visual-spatial ability.
What is visual-spatial ability?

Visual-spatial skills are marked by an ability to easily understand the relationship between objects and physical space. People strong in this ability are good at recognizing how shapes can be manipulated, or how they might look if their appearance were altered in some way, or both. This extends also to the ability to project what an object would look like if rotated in a 3-dimensional space. For example, someone would use visual-spatial skills to imagine what a room would look like if they were to rearrange the furniture. Without a vivid imagination, it would be difficult to have strong visual-spatial ability.

The following question draws on visual-spatial ability for a solution: 22. Determine the next star in the series.

Your score on this scale indicates that you have moderately strong visual-spatial ability. Under most circumstances, you're able to take an ordinary problem and can visualize an answer to it, even if the means to get to the answer are not readily available at the time. When necessary, you can be a "big picture" thinker. However, at other times, you may be more inclined to focus on the details and not see the forest for the trees. This can be a good thing if you know when to look at things from a macro perspective and when to look at them from a micro perspective. Striking this balance can be your key to understanding the world or figuring out a solution to any given problem.

Linguistic-mathematical Ability

You scored in the 65th percentile in linguistic-mathematical ability.

What is linguistic-mathematical ability?

Linguistic-mathematical skills are marked by an ability to truly grasp the meaning of a word or numerical phrase. People with these skills tend to be especially good at calculating practical math problems — problems you would use in your daily life such as guestimating how long it would take you to arrive at a destination depending on the speed you were driving.

Your score on this scale indicates that your linguistic-mathematical ability is moderately strong. You're able to take realistic problems and apply mathematics to solve them.

However, there are times when it's not as easy for you to figure out the math behind something described in words; the words may confuse the issue and obscure the meaning. In these cases, it's useful to read the whole problem over several times or listen carefully before attempting to solve it.

Quantitative Ability

You scored in the 60th percentile in quantitative ability.

What is quantitative ability?

Quantitative skills are marked by an ability to solve numerical problems easily. People who are good at figuring out a tip or dividing a check amongst friends are tapping into their quantitative abilities. But for some people, quantitative ability also means that they are able to separate a whole into its constituent parts more readily than others.

To answer the following Brainteaser Test question, you had to draw on your quantitative ability for a solution.

Your score on this scale indicates that you're relatively skilled at solving quantitative problems. Sometimes this comes out in ways you might not expect, such as the ability to see visual patterns in numbers or recognize when one object is unlike others around it. But, as you might imagine, having quantitative ability also means having the ability to keep track of things in their proper order to discern what is going on.

However, despite your skill, there may be some complex quantitative problems that may confuse you. In this case, consider taking a step back and resolving to plod through the problem slowly and deliberately.

Pattern Recognition Ability

You scored in the 35th percentile in pattern recognition ability.

What is pattern-recognition ability?

Pattern recognition refers to your ability to see patterns in things that might not be immediately obvious to the naked eyes. People high in this skill are able to recognize relationships between objects more quickly than others. With pattern-recognition problems, it is the pattern itself you're trying to uncover. In life, this ability is useful in new or confusing situations when recognizing an underlying pattern — whether it's in words, numbers, shapes, sounds, or other stimuli — can help demystify things.

The following question draws on pattern-recognition ability for a solution: 18. Which tile belongs in the missing square to complete the pattern?

Your score on this scale indicates that you're moderately capable of solving pattern recognition problems. This normally means that there are many situations in which you're able to notice the pattern of things. For instance, it might occur to you to maneuver through congested traffic by moving to another lane.

However, there are also times when you miss the pattern — as we all do — either because you're distracted, don't take the time to think it through, or simply do not have enough information necessary to solve the problem. You can solve this by first recognizing a pattern and then watching it for a while to make sure it continues before taking any actions based on it.

Logical Ability

You scored in the 20th percentile in logical ability.

What is logical ability?

Logical skills are marked by an ability to reason and figure one's way out of a situation or by an ability to translate information from one source to another one that will allow you to better understand it. The first thing someone with logical ability does when faced with a problem is set up a structure that will allow them to solve that problem. One structure might involve using hypothetical questions to reason out a solution: if such-and-such happens, what will happen next? The stronger your logic, the better you're able to question something that doesn't make sense.

Your score indicates that while you have the ability to use logic, you're not likely to rely exclusively on it. There are some situations when your intuition is a much stronger guiding force than your logic is and it can be just as valid or more so.

However, in other cases, the circumstances of the situation can confuse your intuition and in those cases it's good to be able to use logic to sort things out, which you certainly seem capable of doing.

Now that you know where you stand, review the Brainteaser Test Answer Key below. It will give you the correct answer for each question and an explanation of how you might have arrived at the correct answer.

Please note. There are often multiple ways of reaching the correct answer on a given question. We have just supplied one way to reach that answer.

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