Wonderlic SLE cheat sheet

Analogy format is 'A is to B as C is to ___': state the bridge between A and B in one short phrase, then apply that identical phrase to C.

Standard bridge types: function (tool to its use), category (item to class), part to whole, degree (mild to extreme), cause to effect, and opposite.

Direction check: antonym items reverse the target's meaning, synonym items preserve it; confirm which direction is required before reading options.

Negative prefixes un-, in-, im-, dis-, non-, and the suffix -less flip a root word's meaning.

Sentence completion: cover the choices, predict a word from the sentence's own signals (contrast: but, although, despite; continuation: and, because, since), then pick the closest match.

Odd-one-out items: sort the choices into categories; the answer is the word sharing no category with the other three.

Definition items: the correct option is equivalent in meaning to the target word; options merely associated with it are distractors.

Degree pairs must match direction and magnitude (warm : hot as cool : cold, not cool : freezing).

Timing: 50 items in 12 minutes averages 14.4 seconds each; unanswered items score zero, so an item running past roughly 20 seconds should be resolved by elimination and left.

Pace math: 50 items over 12 minutes averages 14.4 seconds per item, so estimation and elimination outperform full computation.

Percent change = (new value − old value) ÷ old value × 100; the original value is always the denominator.

Percent of a number: p% of n = (p ÷ 100) × n.

Average = sum ÷ count; rearranged, sum = average × count, which solves most 'missing value' average items.

A ratio a : b scales by a common multiplier k, so the parts are ak and bk and the total is (a + b)k.

Distance = rate × time; combined work adds rates, so 1/a + 1/b = 1/t for two workers finishing together.

Number series: test constant difference first, then constant ratio, then alternating or two interleaved sequences (positions 1, 3, 5 versus 2, 4, 6).

Order of operations: parentheses, exponents, multiplication and division left to right, addition and subtraction left to right.

Fraction division: dividing by a/b equals multiplying by b/a; cross-cancel common factors before multiplying.

Rotation preserves handedness; reflection reverses it, so a mirrored figure can never be produced by rotation alone.

Quarter-turn clockwise moves top to right, right to bottom, bottom to left, and left to top; counterclockwise reverses this.

Fold-and-punch: unfold in reverse order, mirroring every hole across each crease in turn; a hole sitting on a crease stays a single hole.

Hole count from one punch = 2 raised to the number of folds, provided no hole lies on a crease line.

Cube nets: two faces separated by exactly one square in a straight line end up opposite each other and can never be adjacent.

Stacked blocks: no block floats, so every raised block requires a supporting column beneath it, and those hidden blocks count in the total.

A vertical mirror swaps left and right while keeping top and bottom fixed; a horizontal mirror swaps top and bottom; a diagonal mirror swaps both.

Figure analogies: name the single transformation applied to the first figure (rotate 90°, flip, add an element, invert shading), then apply the same one to the target.

3×3 matrices: track each attribute separately across rows and down columns, and pick the cell that satisfies both patterns at once.