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10 sample questions for the HSPT, with the correct answer and an explanation for each. No account needed. Try each one before you open the answer.
Sections covered on the exam: Verbal Skills, Verbalanalogies, Verballogic, Verbalclassification, Quantitative Skills, Numberseries, Numbermanipulation, Geometriccomparison, Non-Geometriccomparison, Reading, Reading:Comprehension, Reading:Vocabulary, Mathematics, Numbersandnumeration, Measurement, Geometry, Statisticsandprobability, Language, Usageandmechanics, Spelling.
Question 1 · Verbal Skills
Tenacious most nearly means
Answer: C. persistent
A tenacious person holds firmly to a goal and refuses to give up, which is what persistent means. Timid (shy and fearful) is close to the opposite, and generous and forgetful describe unrelated traits.
Question 2 · Quantitative Skills
Look at this series: 4, 7, 13, 25, 49, … What number should come next?
Answer: A. 97
Each term is doubled and then 1 is subtracted: 4 × 2 − 1 = 7, 7 × 2 − 1 = 13, 13 × 2 − 1 = 25, and 25 × 2 − 1 = 49. The next term is 49 × 2 − 1 = 97. The differences (3, 6, 12, 24) also double, giving 49 + 48 = 97.
Question 3 · Reading:Comprehension
Refer to the passage in Question 38. As used in the third paragraph, the word thinned most nearly means
Answer: B. reduced in the number of trees
Logging removes trees, so forests that have been "thinned" by logging have fewer trees. The other choices are meanings of thin that do not fit a forest being logged.
Question 4 · Numbersandnumeration
What is the least common multiple of 12 and 18?
Answer: D. 36
Multiples of 18 are 18, 36, 54, …; the first one divisible by 12 is 36. Using prime factors, 12 = 2² × 3 and 18 = 2 × 3², so the LCM is 2² × 3² = 36. Six is the greatest common factor, and 216 is simply the product of the two numbers.
Question 5 · Language
Answer: C. Each of the players have a new uniform.
In the sentence about uniforms, the subject is the singular pronoun each, not players, so the verb must be singular: "Each of the players has a new uniform." The other two sentences are correct.
Question 6 · Verbal Skills
Benevolent most nearly means
Answer: C. kind
Benevolent comes from the Latin bene (good) and vol (wish) and describes someone who is kind and wishes to do good. Hostile is close to the opposite, and wealthy and clever describe other qualities.
Question 7 · Quantitative Skills
Look at this series: 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, … What number should come next?
Answer: D. 65
The differences double each time: 2, 4, 8, 16. The next difference is 32, so 33 + 32 = 65. The same rule can be stated as "double and subtract 1": 33 × 2 − 1 = 65.
Question 8 · Reading:Comprehension
Refer to the passage in Question 138. As used in the third paragraph, the word resisted most nearly means
Answer: D. opposed
The teachers who resisted the code preferred the older books and even banned the new system, so resisted means opposed. Welcomed is the opposite, and survived and repaired do not fit the context.
Question 9 · Mathematics
What is the value of −3² + (−4)(−5) − 10 ÷ (−2)?
Answer: C. 16
−3² = −9 because the exponent applies only to 3. (−4)(−5) = 20, and 10 ÷ (−2) = −5, so subtracting it adds 5. The total is −9 + 20 + 5 = 16. Treating −3² as +9 gives 34, and mishandling the division sign gives 6.
Question 10 · Language
Answer: B. The box of chocolates were on the counter.
The subject is box, which is singular; "of chocolates" is a prepositional phrase that does not change the subject. The sentence should read "The box of chocolates was on the counter." Several takes a plural verb and everyone takes a singular verb, so the other sentences are correct.
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