Most People Will Struggle To Solve The 'World's Shortest IQ Test'

By Shared.com

December 26, 2017

IQ tests usually contain a hundred or more questions that test your overall intelligence. They're tedious, and they cause you to feel a lot of anger because we all want to have at least average or above average intelligence.

Psychologist Shane Frederick designed a three question IQ test, known as the Cognitive Reflection Test, to test how easy people jump to conclusions.

The thing is, the answer to these questions are quite simple, but not many people can solve any of the them correctly.

Can you? Here are the questions.

1. The Bat and Ball Problem

2. The Widget-Making Machine Problem

3. The Size-Double Lily Pad Patch Problem

Are you ready for the answers?

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