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| Determine how much 10 oranges will cost when they are priced at 2 for 20 cents | Decide how to calculate profits to determine the amounts of yearly bonuses | Determine the mathematics required to simulate a space craft landing on the moon |
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Number Facility
The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
| 81 | |
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| 75 |
| Add 2 and 7 | Balance a checkbook | Compute the interest payment that should be generated from an investment |
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Inductive Reasoning
The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
| 78 | |
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| Decide what to wear based on the weather report | Determine the prime suspect based on crime scene evidence | Diagnose a disease using results of many different lab tests |
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Near Vision
The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
| 75 | |
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| 61 |
| Read dials on the dashboard of a car | Read the fine print of a legal document | Detect minor defects in a diamond |
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Deductive Reasoning
The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
| 75 | |
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| 66 |
| Know that a stalled car can coast downhill | Decide what factors to consider in selecting stocks | Design an aircraft wing using principles of aerodynamics |
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Category Flexibility
The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
| 69 | |
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| 55 |
| Sort nails in a toolbox on the basis of length | "Classify flowers according to size, color, and smell" | "Classify man-made fibers in terms of their strength, cost, flexibility, melting points, etc." |
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Information Ordering
The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
| 69 | |
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| 63 |
| Put things in numerical order | Follow the correct steps to make change | Assemble a nuclear warhead |
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Oral Expression
The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
| 69 | |
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| 64 |
| Cancel newspaper delivery by phone | Give instructions to a lost motorist | Explain advanced principles of genetics to college freshmen |
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| 70 |
| Understand signs on the highway | Understand an apartment lease | Understand an instruction book on repairing missile guidance systems |
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Oral Comprehension
The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
| 69 | |
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| 68 |
| Understand a television commercial | Understand a coach's oral instructions for a sport | Understand a lecture on advanced physics |
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