Are these real CCAT-7 questions?

No. Every question here was written for Cub Climb, and none is a copy or a close imitation of a real CCAT-7 question; we have never seen a real test form. They are the same nine kinds of question the CCAT-7 uses, so a child can see what each kind asks.

Which CCAT-7 level is Grade 3?

Level 9 is Grade 3 and Level 10 is Grade 4. The kinds of question stay the same from level to level; what changes is how hard they are.

How long is the CCAT-7?

About 90 minutes in all, roughly 30 minutes for each of its three batteries: verbal, quantitative and non-verbal. In the CogAT it is built from, each subtest runs about 10 minutes for about 20 questions.

Is it allowed to practise for the CCAT-7?

Some boards ask families not to. TDSB asks families not to practise the test itself and says evidence of preparation can invalidate a result, while suggesting word games, number games, puzzles and explaining answers at home. Check what your own board says before you start.

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CCAT-7 practice questions, with answers

Eighteen free practice questions: one of each of the CCAT-7’s nine kinds of question, at Grade 3 (Level 9) and Grade 4 (Level 10). Try each with your child, then open the answer to see the rule behind it. Every question is original, written for Cub Climb, not taken from the test.

Some boards, TDSB among them, ask families not to practise the test itself. What TDSB says.

Grade 3 · Level 9

Nine questions, three for each battery. Ask your child to say why before you check.

WORDS · VERBAL ANALOGIES
1. 1.
  key → unlock
  oven →
  Key is to unlock as oven is to ____
  - Adown
  - Bclothes
  - Cteacher
  - Dsock
  - Ebake
Show the answer and the ruleThe answer
1. 1. E — bake. Rule: a thing and what it does. A key is for unlocking. An oven is for baking, the same way.
WORDS · SENTENCE COMPLETION
1. 2.
  Bread in a hot oven.
  Bread ______ in a hot oven.
  - Abakes
  - Bflies
  - Cbarks
  - Dswims
  - Ereads
Show the answer and the ruleThe answer
1. 2. A — bakes. Rule: the word that is really true of it. Bread bakes in a hot oven — that is the one that is really true of it.
WORDS · VERBAL CLASSIFICATION
1. 3.
  yellow · purple · brown · ?
  Yellow, purple, brown ______
  - Acircle
  - Bblue
  - Cpaint
  - Drainbow
  - Eshade
Show the answer and the ruleThe answer
1. 3. B — blue. Rule: they are all colours. Yellow, purple and brown are all colours. Blue belongs with them for the same reason.
NUMBERS · NUMBER ANALOGIES
1. 4.
  10→12
  8→10
  13→?
  10 becomes 12, 8 becomes 10, so 13 becomes ____
  - A10
  - B11
  - C12
  - D14
  - E15
Show the answer and the ruleThe answer
1. 4. E — 15. Rule: add the same number each time. 10 plus 2 is 12. 13 plus 2 is 15 — the same rule both times.
NUMBERS · NUMBER SERIES
1. 5.
  14414414?
  14 4 14 4 14 ____
  - A4
  - B5
  - C6
  - D10
  - E14
Show the answer and the ruleThe answer
1. 5. A — 4. Rule: a repeating pattern. The numbers 14 and 4 take turns, over and over.
NUMBERS · NUMBER PUZZLES
1. 6.
  13 − = 4
  13 − ____ = 4
  - A9
  - B10
  - C11
  - D12
  - E17
Show the answer and the ruleThe answer
1. 6. A — 9. Rule: find the missing number. 13 − 9 makes 4. Check it: 13 − 9 = 4.
PICTURES · FIGURE MATRICES
1. 7.
  →
  →?
  large striped green pentagon turned 135° becomes large outline green pentagon turned 135°. What does 2 small dotted green triangles turned 270° become?
  - A3 small outline green triangles turned 270°
  - B2 small outline green triangles turned 270°
  - C2 small striped green triangles turned 270°
  - D2 small outline green pentagons turned 270°
  - E2 small dotted green triangles turned 270°
Show the answer and the ruleThe answer
1. 7. B. Rule: the pattern changes. The shape becomes outline. Everything else stays the same.
PICTURES · FIGURE CLASSIFICATION
1. 8.
  +?
  2 large dotted green hexagons turned 315°, 2 striped purple hexagons turned 135° and 2 orange hexagons. Which one belongs with them?
  - A2 large striped blue triangles turned 270°
  - Bsmall striped green pentagon
  - C3 striped blue circles turned 225°
  - D2 dotted orange pentagons turned 270°
  - E2 large striped blue hexagons turned 315°
Show the answer and the ruleThe answer
1. 8. E. Rule: the same shape. Every one is a hexagon, whatever its size, colour or pattern.
PICTURES · PAPER FOLDING
1. 9.
  A 6 by 6 sheet of paper: the left half folded over onto the right. Then one hole is punched through all the layers at row 4, column 6 of the grid. Which picture shows the paper unfolded?
  - A2 holes: row 3, column 6; row 4, column 6
  - B4 holes: row 3, column 1; row 3, column 6; row 4, column 1; row 4, column 6
  - C1 hole: row 4, column 6
  - D2 holes: row 5, column 1; row 5, column 6
  - E2 holes: row 4, column 1; row 4, column 6
Show the answer and the ruleThe answer
1. 9. E. Rule: unfold and mirror. The paper was folded once, so unfolding puts a matching hole on the other side of the fold line, the same distance from it.

Grade 4 · Level 10

Nine questions, three for each battery. Ask your child to say why before you check.

WORDS · VERBAL ANALOGIES
1. 1.
  root → plant
  day →
  Root is to plant as day is to ____
  - Anight
  - Bteach
  - Cweek
  - Dnew
  - Ehole
Show the answer and the ruleThe answer
1. 1. C — week. Rule: a part and its whole. A root is one part of a plant. A day is one part of a week in the same way.
WORDS · SENTENCE COMPLETION
1. 2.
  The twins were very late, so they .
  The twins were very late, so they ______.
  - Ahurried
  - Bcried
  - Crested
  - Ddrank
  - Easked
Show the answer and the ruleThe answer
1. 2. A — hurried. Rule: what the first part makes happen. Being late is the clue — that is why they hurried.
WORDS · VERBAL CLASSIFICATION
1. 3.
  horse · sheep · cow · ?
  Horse, sheep, cow ______
  - Afarm animals
  - Beagle
  - Cfarmer
  - Dgoat
  - Ebarn
Show the answer and the ruleThe answer
1. 3. D — goat. Rule: they are all farm animals. Horse, sheep and cow are all farm animals. Goat belongs with them for the same reason.
NUMBERS · NUMBER ANALOGIES
1. 4.
  24→48
  23→46
  5→?
  24 becomes 48, 23 becomes 46, so 5 becomes ____
  - A5
  - B7
  - C10
  - D46
  - E48
Show the answer and the ruleThe answer
1. 4. C — 10. Rule: multiply by the same number each time. 24 times 2 is 48. 5 times 2 is 10 — the same rule both times.
NUMBERS · NUMBER SERIES
1. 5.
  4571014?
  4 5 7 10 14 ____
  - A14
  - B15
  - C16
  - D18
  - E19
Show the answer and the ruleThe answer
1. 5. E — 19. Rule: the gap grows each time. The gap between numbers starts at 1 and grows by 1 every step.
NUMBERS · NUMBER PUZZLES
1. 6.
  If 7 × 7 = 49, then 7 × 6 =
  If 7 × 7 = 49, then 7 × 6 = ____
  - A20
  - B42
  - C43
  - D48
  - E49
Show the answer and the ruleThe answer
1. 6. B — 42. Rule: use the pattern, not just the numbers. 7 × 6 is 1 fewer group of 7 than 7 × 7, so 49 − 7 = 42.
PICTURES · FIGURE MATRICES
1. 7.
  →
  →?
  3 large dotted purple circles turned 90° becomes 3 small dotted purple circles turned 90°. What does 2 large purple hexagons turned 270° become?
  - A2 small purple hexagons
  - B2 small dotted purple hexagons turned 270°
  - C2 small purple hexagons turned 270°
  - D2 small purple circles turned 270°
  - E2 large purple hexagons turned 270°
Show the answer and the ruleThe answer
1. 7. C. Rule: the size changes. The shape becomes small. Everything else stays the same.
PICTURES · FIGURE CLASSIFICATION
1. 8.
  +?
  2 small dotted orange circles turned 180°, 3 large dotted blue hexagons turned 225° and dotted blue pentagon turned 270°. Which one belongs with them?
  - A2 small outline blue diamonds turned 180°
  - B3 outline green squares
  - Csmall outline orange hexagon turned 225°
  - Dlarge dotted green circle turned 90°
  - E3 large purple stars turned 315°
Show the answer and the ruleThe answer
1. 8. D. Rule: the same pattern, not the same shape or colour. Every one is dotted. It does not matter what shape or colour it is — dotted is the rule.
PICTURES · PAPER FOLDING
1. 9.
  A 6 by 6 sheet of paper: the left half folded over onto the right. Then 2 holes are punched through all the layers at row 2, column 6 and row 4, column 6 of the grid. Which picture shows the paper unfolded?
  - A8 holes: row 2, column 1; row 2, column 6; row 3, column 1; row 3, column 6; row 4, column 1; row 4, column 6; row 5, column 1; row 5, column 6
  - B2 holes: row 2, column 6; row 4, column 6
  - C4 holes: row 2, column 1; row 2, column 6; row 4, column 1; row 4, column 6
  - D4 holes: row 2, column 6; row 3, column 6; row 4, column 6; row 5, column 6
  - E4 holes: row 3, column 1; row 3, column 6; row 5, column 1; row 5, column 6
Show the answer and the ruleThe answer
1. 9. C. Rule: unfold and mirror. The paper was folded once, so unfolding puts a matching hole on the other side of the fold line, the same distance from it.

What these show, and what they don't

One question of each kind. The real test has about 20 of each, timed, in three sittings of roughly 30 minutes.
The answer and, from Grade 3, the rule behind it. Naming the rule is the part that builds reasoning; getting the answer by luck doesn’t.
No score. Boards don’t publish the CCAT-7 score that moves a child on, and a handful of questions can’t predict one.

The full set of each kind, at every grade from kindergarten to grade 5, is in the app, where a missed puzzle comes back until it sticks. More about the CCAT-7.

Questions parents ask

Are these real CCAT-7 questions?
No. Every question here was written for Cub Climb, and none is a copy or a close imitation of a real CCAT-7 question; we have never seen a real test form. They are the same nine kinds of question the CCAT-7 uses, so a child can see what each kind asks.
Which CCAT-7 level is Grade 3?
Level 9 is Grade 3 and Level 10 is Grade 4. The kinds of question stay the same from level to level; what changes is how hard they are.
How long is the CCAT-7?
About 90 minutes in all, roughly 30 minutes for each of its three batteries: verbal, quantitative and non-verbal. In the CogAT it is built from, each subtest runs about 10 minutes for about 20 questions.
Is it allowed to practise for the CCAT-7?
Some boards ask families not to. TDSB asks families not to practise the test itself and says evidence of preparation can invalidate a result, while suggesting word games, number games, puzzles and explaining answers at home. Check what your own board says before you start.

Build the reasoning, not the test

Short, original puzzles with words, numbers and shapes. Your child answers, then names the rule.

Android: coming soon

Or print free reasoning worksheets, kindergarten to grade 5.

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