The World’s Shortest IQ Test Answers

Question 1. If Deirdre’s daughter is my daughter’s mother, what am I to Deirdre?

• Daughter

• Mother

• Grandmother

• I am Deirdre

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Daughter

Question 2. Together, a ball of yarn and a needle cost a total of $1.10. The yarn costs exactly $1 more than the needle. What does the needle cost?

• $1.05

• $1

• 5c

• 10c

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5c

Question 3. Five looms take five minutes to make five aprons. How long would it take 100 looms to make 100 aprons?

• 100 minutes

• 50 minutes

• 1 minute

• 5 minutes

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5 minutes

Question 4. A petri dish is covered in bacteria. Each minute, the amount of bacteria doubles. If it took 48 minutes for the bacteria to cover the entire dish, how long did it take them to cover half of it?

• 47 minutes

• 36 minutes

• 24 minutes

• 12 minutes

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47 minutes

Question 5. Together, Penelope and Llewellyn have eaten a total of 60 grapes. Llewellyn ate four times the amount that Penelope ate. How many grapes did Penelope eat?

•  6

• 12

• 15

• 20

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12