Net the Numbers practice
Numerical reasoning · 12 questions · 4 minutes
Test Partnership describes the task as: Position the net over the highest possible sum of numbers.
This page plays it at the real length, with questions that adapt to your answers.
- A 5 by 5 grid of number tiles appears, with some negative numbers among them.
- A net in a fixed shape sits over part of the grid. You can move it, but you cannot turn it or change its size.
- Every tile inside the net is added together. Move the net to the position with the highest total and place it.
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Position the net over the highest possible sum of numbers. The clock starts when you press start.
What Net the Numbers measures
Net the Numbers is one of Test Partnership's two numerical reasoning games. Test Partnership lists it at 12 questions in 4 minutes and says it assesses quantitative reasoning, working memory capacity and visual processing. Like every MindmetriQ game, it adapts: harder or easier questions follow your answers, with a short time limit on each question.
How this practice version works
Our grids are generated, with nets of three to seven tiles that get larger and trickier as you answer correctly. Each question has 20 seconds, an equal share of the four minutes. Test Partnership publishes the total time but not the limit per question, so we split it evenly. Difficulty runs from level 1 to 5: one step up after a right answer, one step down after a wrong one. Your first full game is free; the results show accuracy, average time and the highest level you reached.
How to do well
Scan for clusters of large positive numbers first, then check whether a negative tile in the net still leaves the best total. A negative tile can be worth including when it lets the net reach two big numbers.
Net the Numbers questions
Can I rotate the net in Net the Numbers?
No. In the real game and in ours the net moves but never turns or changes size, so the same shape has to be tried in every position.
Should I avoid negative numbers?
Not always. A negative tile subtracts from the total, but the best position can still include one when it is the price of covering two large numbers.
Source: Test Partnership, game-based assessments (game names, times, question counts and abilities), and the free demo linked there (instructions).