Ideas to practise
- Coding and decoding. Apply the stated code consistently to each letter.
- Repeating patterns. Find the smallest repeating group and continue that group.
- Direction sense. Track north/south and east/west movements separately.
- Position and order. Use the given left-to-right order, then count or locate a neighbour.
- Ranking and order. Include the person being counted when converting a rank from one end to the other.
- Calendars. Read the weekday headings. A week has seven days; count intervals, not both endpoints.
- Number patterns. Look for the same change between neighbouring numbers.
- Reflection and symmetry. A mirror reverses left and right, but not top and bottom.
- Comparing quantities. Compare the values, not the size or spacing of their pictures.
A game mission has 8 untimed questions. Only the game saves choices and hints. A finished mission earns one launch charge and participation towards the Right power wing in Nebula Research Station. The chapter goal is 8 different questions in finished sets; hints and wrong answers count as participation, not mastery. Some craft systems link more than one chapter.
Explore
Foundations: read a representation and practise the underlying idea.
- Write a word in a code shown by an example
- Find a number in a repeating numbered cycle
- Turn a fraction of a circle to find the place faced
- Order numbered letters to form a word
- Find a place in a row from clues
- Find a day of the week from a day count
- Complete a number series
- Follow a rover program in its own frame
- Read a word as it looks in a mirror
- Work out a family relation from clues
- Find the missing number in a grid of rows
Play ExploreReason
Paper-style reasoning: connect clues, interpret a diagram or work backwards.
- Write a word in a code shown by an example
- Turn a fraction of a circle to find the place faced
- Order numbered letters to form a word
- Count letters left or right in the alphabet
- Find a place in a row from clues
- Find capital letters with or without a line of symmetry
- Find where holes appear after unfolding paper
- Apply the change from one figure to another
- Work out a family relation from clues
- Complete a number series
- Arrange words in dictionary order
Play ReasonStretch
Higher-order practice: link conditions, test statements and avoid a tempting wrong method.
- Write a word in a code shown by an example
- Turn a fraction of a circle to find the place faced
- Find a place in a row from clues
- Find a day of the week from a day count
- Find capital letters with or without a line of symmetry
- Find the missing number in a grid of rows
- Complete a number series
- Find a small figure hidden in a big figure
- Apply the change from one figure to another
- Complete a mirror pattern with a missing piece
- Find where holes appear after unfolding paper
Play Stretch
Levels change representations, clues and conditions, not just the numbers. These are practice formats, not validated exam-equivalent difficulty.
Using the feedback
Learning reports distinguish hinted answers from independent first choices. They consider up to 20 recent different, unhinted questions per skill and level, and wait for at least five before suggesting extra practice. Repeating the same question does not add evidence. Reports are practice evidence, not IQ scores, diagnoses, ranks or predictions of competition results.
Ask the learner to explain a drawing or check with objects too. Choose Explore or an earlier chapter when a step feels too large.
Sources & limits
The grade topics use SOF IMO Class 4 published topic syllabus as their primary reference. The SOF sample and CREST previous-year paper below informed representations and reasoning demands. Providers have different topic boundaries; their syllabi are not interchangeable.
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