OLSAT Level D case studies
OLSAT Level D · Put your knowledge to work in context.
OLSAT Level D is one of the levels of the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test, a multiple-choice school ability test published by Pearson. Level D is generally taken by students in upper elementary through middle school grades, and schools use it to estimate reasoning ability rather than to measure taught content. The OLSAT Level D case studies are 5 cases and about 3,019 words.
1The Six-Loop Paper Chain: Who Is Right About Loop 3?
At Friday enrichment, Maya's group gets a direction card for building a six-link paper chain. The card lists six rules: cut six strips; join each new loop to the one before it; make loop 1 red; never put two loops of the same color side by side; make the last loop yellow; and use exactly two blue loops, exactly one green loop, and red for every other loop.
634 words, about 3 min2Three Musicians, Three Clues, Two Legal Answers
In music club, three students - Lea, Omar, and Rina - each play exactly one instrument: flute, drum, or violin. No instrument is played by two students.
576 words, about 3 min3Five Wheels-and-Handlebars Cards: Which Rule Counts?
Okafor's group is working on classification cards. She sets out five picture cards: a bicycle with two wheels, a car with four wheels, a tricycle with three wheels, a wagon with four wheels and a long pulling handle at the front, and a scooter with two wheels.
633 words, about 3 min4The Grid With a Blank Bottom-Right Cell
Bell draws a three-by-three grid and fills in eight cells. Top row: a triangle with one dot (unshaded), a triangle with two dots (shaded), a triangle with three dots (unshaded).
609 words, about 3 min5Two Meanings of 'Seal' at the Tide Pools
On a tide-pool walk, Ms. Reyes hands her reading group this paragraph: 'The shallow pools near the sand dry out by noon, so the snails there must seal themselves against the dry air.
567 words, about 3 min