Wonderlic Practice Questions (2026) — Free Sample Questions with Answers

Answer: D

MOIST: A synonym of damp, so it keeps the same degree instead of moving to the extreme.

DRY: The opposite of damp; the first pair is a change of degree, not an opposite.

HUMID: About the same degree of wetness as damp.

SOAKED: Correct — Scalding is an extreme degree of warm; soaked is an extreme degree of damp.

COOL: Relates to temperature, the first pair, not to wetness.

For degree analogies, the second word is the same quality pushed to its extreme. A synonym is the usual trap.

Answer: E

1. Turn the numbers into directions: 14→22 up, 22→18 down, 18→30 up, 30→26 down.
2. Pattern: up, down, up, down.
3. Only Graph E follows every rise and fall.

Graph A: Shows a steady rise every week; it smooths away both dips (weeks 3 and 5).

Graph B: Swaps weeks 3 and 4, so it rises twice before the first drop.

Graph C: Turns the trend upside down: it falls where the harvest rose.

Graph D: Keeps rising in week 3 instead of dipping to 18.

Graph E: Correct. Only Graph E goes up, down, up, down, matching 14 → 22 → 18 → 30 → 26.

Reduce the data to a string of ups and downs first, then match the shape; exact heights rarely matter.

Answer: C

1. Regular pay: 40 × $18 = $720.
2. Overtime rate: 1.5 × $18 = $27; 4 hours × $27 = $108.
3. Total: $720 + $108 = $828.

$108: This is only the overtime pay (4 × $27).

$792: Pays all 44 hours at the regular $18 rate.

$828: Correct — 40 × $18 = $720, plus 4 overtime hours × $27 = $108; total $828.

$864: Pays the 4 extra hours at double time ($36) instead of time and a half.

$1,188: Pays all 44 hours at the overtime rate.

Split the hours at the threshold and price each group at its own rate before adding.

Answer: C

1. Total of five = 5 × 14 = 70.
2. Known four: 10 + 12 + 15 + 18 = 55.
3. Fifth = 70 − 55 = 15.

13: Comes from adding the four numbers as 57 instead of 55.

14: Assumes the missing number equals the average.

15: Correct — the five numbers total 5 × 14 = 70; the four known add to 55; 70 − 55 = 15.

55: This is the total of the four known numbers.

70: This is the total of all five numbers.

Average × count gives the total; subtract what you know to find what is missing.

Answer: B

1. Directions: 30→20 down, 20→35 up, 35→40 up, 40→15 down.
2. Also note: week 4 is the highest and week 5 the lowest.
3. Only one graph matches both.

Graph A: Swaps weeks 2 and 3, so it rises first and then dips.

Graph B: Correct — it falls, rises, rises, then falls: 30 → 20 → 35 → 40 → 15, with week 4 highest and week 5 lowest.

Graph C: Shows the weeks in reverse order.

Graph D: Falls in week 4 instead of rising to the highest week.

Graph E: Rises in week 5 instead of falling to the lowest week.

Match the up/down pattern first, then confirm the highest and lowest bars.

Answer: D

1. Worker-hours used: 3 × 4 = 12.
2. Boxes per worker-hour: 120 ÷ 12 = 10.
3. New job: 5 × 2 = 10 worker-hours × 10 = 100 boxes.

20: This is what one worker packs in 2 hours.

40: This is what one worker packs in 4 hours.

60: Halves the time but keeps 3 workers instead of 5.

100: Correct — one worker packs 120 ÷ (3 × 4) = 10 boxes an hour, so 5 workers × 2 hours × 10 = 100.

200: Uses 5 workers but keeps 4 hours instead of 2.

Reduce the job to one worker for one hour, then scale up to the new crew and time.

Answer: C

1. Write the direction of each change: 15→30 up, 30→20 down, 20→35 up, 35→25 down.
2. Pattern: up, down, up, down.
3. Only Graph C has that pattern.

Graph A: Rises on Wednesday and drops on Thursday: the middle two days are swapped.

Graph B: Upside down: it falls where the sales rise and rises where they fall.

Graph C: Correct — it goes up, down, up, down: 15 → 30 → 20 → 35 → 25.

Graph D: Smooths out the Wednesday dip into a flat stretch.

Graph E: Rises on Friday instead of falling.

Reduce the numbers to up/down arrows and match the arrows, not the exact heights.

Answer: C

1. Chain the first sentence: Wednesday < Monday < Tuesday.
2. Thursday > Wednesday, but its place above Wednesday is open.
3. So Wednesday is always the coldest, and "Thursday was the coldest" is impossible.

Thursday was the warmest of the four days.: Possible: nothing stops Thursday from being warmer than Tuesday.

Monday was warmer than Thursday.: Possible: Thursday only has to beat Wednesday, so it could fall between Wednesday and Monday.

Thursday was the coldest of the four days.: Correct. Thursday was warmer than Wednesday, so it can never be the coldest day.

Tuesday was warmer than Thursday.: Possible: Thursday could rank below Tuesday.

Wednesday was the coldest of the four days.: This must be true (Wednesday is colder than Monday, Tuesday and Thursday), so it can certainly be true.

For CANNOT questions, build the fixed chain, mark which item can still float, and pick the statement that breaks a given fact.

Answer: B

1. Write each as a decimal to three places: 0.300, 0.270, 2/7 ≈ 0.286, 0.307, 29% = 0.290.
2. Compare: 0.270 is the smallest.

0.3: 0.3 = 0.300, which is larger than 0.270.

0.27: Correct — To three places the values are 0.300, 0.270, 0.286 (2/7), 0.307 and 0.290 (29%); 0.270 is the smallest.

2/7: 2/7 is about 0.286, larger than 0.27 even though it uses the same digits.

0.307: More digits does not make a number smaller; 0.307 is the largest value here.

29%: 29% = 0.29, which is larger than 0.27.

Turn fractions and percents into decimals and pad them to the same number of places before comparing.

Answer: A

1. Driver → forklift license: Jo is a driver, so Jo has a license.
2. "Some license holders work nights" does not tell you whether Jo does.
3. Without knowing Jo works nights, the Saturday rule tells you nothing about Jo.

Jo has a forklift license.: Correct — All depot drivers have a forklift license, and Jo is a depot driver.

Jo does not work on Saturdays.: This would follow only if Jo worked nights, which is not known.

Some drivers at the depot work on Saturdays.: Possible, but nothing guarantees it.

No driver at the depot works nights.: Possible, but drivers could be among the license holders who work nights.

Jo works nights.: Only some license holders work nights; Jo may not be one of them.

Follow only the links that are "all" or "no"; a "some" link breaks the chain for any one person.

Answer: C

Jan. 30, 2081: January is the earliest month shown, but the year is 2081, not 2018.

Mar. 1, 2018: Right year, but March 1 is the day after Feb. 28.

Feb. 28, 2018: Correct — Only 2018 dates can be earliest, and February comes before March.

Mar. 4, 2081: Low day number, but 2081 is 63 years later than 2018.

Mar. 14, 2018: Right year, but mid-March is later than late February.

Compare the year first, then the month, then the day. Watch for years that use the same digits in a different order.

Answer: B

Jan. 25, 1985: Same month and day as the key, but in 1985 rather than 1958.

Jan. 25, 1958: Correct — 1958 is the earlier year, and within 1958 January comes before June.

Jun. 2, 1985: The smallest day number, but June 1985 is the latest month and year here.

Jun. 12, 1958: Right year, but June comes after January.

Jan. 26, 1985: Same month as the key, but 1985 is 27 years later than 1958.

Compare the year first, then the month, then the day — a small day number means nothing if the year is later.

Answer: C

1. Differences: 7 − 6 = 1, 12 − 7 = 5, 21 − 12 = 9, 34 − 21 = 13.
2. The differences go up by 4 each time; the next difference is 17.
3. 34 + 17 = 51.

47: Adds 13 again; the difference grows each time.

49: Adds 15, growing the difference by 2 instead of 4.

51: Correct — Differences are 1, 5, 9, 13 (each 4 more), so the next is +17: 34 + 17 = 51.

55: Adds 21, growing the difference by 8.

68: Doubles the last term instead of using the differences.

If the differences are not constant, look at the differences of the differences.

Answer: B

1. Differences (3, 9, 27, 81) triple each time, which points to multiplying by 3.
2. Test: 2 × 3 − 1 = 5, 5 × 3 − 1 = 14, 14 × 3 − 1 = 41, 41 × 3 − 1 = 122.
3. 122 × 3 − 1 = 366 − 1 = 365.

243: Uses ×2 − 1 instead of ×3 − 1.

365: Correct — Each term is 3 times the one before, minus 1: 122 × 3 − 1 = 365.

366: Multiplies by 3 but forgets to subtract 1.

367: Multiplies by 3 and adds 1 instead of subtracting 1.

488: Multiplies by 4 instead of 3.

When the differences themselves multiply (3, 9, 27 …), the rule is "multiply, then adjust"; test it on the first terms.

Answer: B

1. Z → X → V → T → R: each step goes back 2 letters.
2. R − 2 = P.

O: Goes back 3 letters instead of 2.

P: Correct — the series goes back two letters each time (skipping one): R, (Q), P.

Q: Goes back only 1 letter; the series skips a letter each time.

S: Goes forward 1 letter instead of back 2.

T: Repeats the T from earlier in the series instead of continuing backward.

Note the direction and the size of the jump; saying the skipped letters aloud prevents off-by-one errors.