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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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| 64 |
| 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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Response Orientation
The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. |
| 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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