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Free OLSAT practice test — Grade 5

10 original OLSAT-style questions for Grade 5, with answers and full explanations. No signup needed.

These free OLSAT-style questions cover both the verbal and nonverbal halves of the test — following directions, analogies, classification, and figural reasoning.

The OLSAT rewards children who know the formats: many items (like 'following directions') trip up smart first-timers purely on unfamiliarity.

Question 1Sentence Completion
Choose the word or words that best complete the sentence. The hikers were ______ to reach the cabin before dark, so they ______ their pace.
  1. Aafraid .. slowed
  2. Bsorry .. kept
  3. Ceager .. quickened
  4. Dhoping .. stopped
  5. Eunable .. enjoyed
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Correct answer: C

Wanting (eager) to arrive before dark leads them to speed up (quicken). Slowing or stopping would do the opposite.

Question 2Verbal Analogies
Complete the analogy: BED is to BEDROOM as DESK is to ___
  1. Agarage
  2. Bliving room
  3. Cclassroom
  4. Dlibrary
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Correct answer: C

The relationship is "item to the room it belongs in." bed → bedroom, so desk → classroom.

Question 3Verbal Classification
Four of the words below go together in some way. Choose the word that does NOT belong with the others. wolf elk caribou reindeer moose
  1. Awolf
  2. Belk
  3. Ccaribou
  4. Dreindeer
  5. Emoose
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Correct answer: A

Four of the five words are alike: they are large deer with antlers. wolf does not fit that group.

Question 4Figural Classification

Four of the figures below are alike in one way. Which figure does NOT belong with the others?

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
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Correct answer: A

Four of the five figures share one property: all figures are the same shape AND the same fill (only the size and the dot vary). A is the one that does not belong (the same shape, but a different fill).

Question 5Figural Analogies

The figures in each row and each column follow the same rule. Which answer belongs in the empty box?

?
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
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Correct answer: A

In this grid going down the rows the figure alternates large and small, and going across the columns the figure turns a quarter-turn clockwise. The empty box must satisfy both its row and its column, which gives A. The others: B follows the row rule but not the column rule; C copies the far corner; D the right shape with the wrong fill; E repeats the figure directly above the empty box.

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Question 6Pattern Matrix

Look at how the first figure changes into the second. Which answer changes the bottom figure the same way?

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  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
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Correct answer: E

In the top row, the figure grows and a smaller copy appears inside. Applying the same change to the bottom figure gives E. The others each make a specific mistake: A copies the top row's result instead of transforming the bottom figure; B the bottom figure with no rule applied; C right change, wrong figure shape; D applies a different rule than the top row shows.

Question 7Figural Series

The figures change the same way each step. Which figure comes next?

?
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
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Correct answer: D

Each step, the fill moves one step through the cycle (light to dark, then starting over). Continuing one more step gives D. The others: A repeats the last figure instead of stepping on; B steps backward in the series; C the right step on the wrong shape; E jumps two steps ahead.

Question 8Number Series
What number comes next? 3, 6, 10, 15, ___
  1. A21
  2. B24
  3. C20
  4. D22
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Correct answer: A

The amount added grows by 1 each step. Adding 6 to 15 gives 21.

Question 9Numeric Inference
Each group of numbers follows the same rule. Work out the rule from the first two groups, then find the number that replaces the question mark. 5, 15, 45 8, 24, 72 7, 21, ?
  1. A45
  2. B72
  3. C77
  4. D49
  5. E63
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Correct answer: E

In every group each number is 3 times the one before it. Applying the same rule to the last group gives 63: E.

Question 10Number Matrix
The numbers in the box are arranged according to a rule. Find the rule, then choose the number that belongs in the empty space. 26 27 28 32 ? 34 38 39 40
  1. A39
  2. B27
  3. C33
  4. D32
  5. E34
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Correct answer: C

Across each row the numbers change by 1, and down each column they change by 6. The empty space must fit both its row and its column, which gives 33: C.

OLSAT FAQ

What does OLSAT stand for?

Otis-Lennon School Ability Test — it measures verbal and nonverbal reasoning for gifted and accelerated placement.

What's a qualifying OLSAT score?

Most gifted programs look for a School Ability Index in the 95th+ percentile; NYC G&T historically required 90+ for district and 97+ for citywide programs.

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