BrainPuzzles

What Is Your Brain Age? Take the Test

A brain age test estimates how quickly and accurately you handle short cognitive tasks, then reports the result as an age band instead of a raw score. It is a puzzle, not a medical assessment. The question types borrow from real cognitive screening: digit span, serial subtraction, the Stroop effect and delayed recall. Speed and accuracy both count, because a slow correct answer and a fast wrong one point to different weak spots. One question prints the word GREEN in red ink and asks for the ink color, so the reading reflex fights the looking reflex. Another shows the pattern 100, 93, 86, 79 and asks what comes next, which is serial subtraction by seven. A four word list appears near the start and is asked about again at the very end, testing recall through a screen of distraction. Thirteen correct answers scores a brain age in the twenties.

All 15 questions

  1. Speed round. Answer fast: what is 17 + 28?

    • 44
    • 45
    • 46
    • 55

  2. Read this list once, then answer without looking back: KEY, RIVER, CANDLE, WOLF. Which word was NOT in the list?

    • River
    • Candle
    • Lamp
    • Wolf

  3. Reaction check. The word GREEN is printed in red ink. What color is the INK?

    • Green
    • Red
    • Blue
    • Black

  4. Spell the word BRAIN backwards. What letter comes second?

    • N
    • I
    • A
    • R

  5. What day comes two days after the day before yesterday?

    • Yesterday
    • Today
    • Tomorrow
    • The day after tomorrow

  6. Memorize this order, then answer: 8, 3, 9, 1. What was the third number?

    • 8
    • 3
    • 9
    • 1

  7. Speed round. Which is bigger: half of 90 or a third of 120?

    • Half of 90
    • A third of 120
    • They are equal
    • Cannot tell

  8. You walk south, turn left, then turn left again. Which direction are you facing?

    • South
    • East
    • North
    • West

  9. Count the letter E in this phrase: EVERY EVENING ELEVEN EAGLES REST.

    • 7
    • 8
    • 9
    • 10

  10. Which number continues the pattern: 100, 93, 86, 79, ...?

    • 73
    • 72
    • 71
    • 70

  11. Remember the earlier word list: KEY, RIVER, CANDLE, WOLF. Which word came right after RIVER?

    • Key
    • Candle
    • Wolf
    • Lamp

  12. Speed round. A bus leaves at 9:47 and arrives at 10:23. How long was the trip?

    • 34 minutes
    • 36 minutes
    • 38 minutes
    • 43 minutes

  13. Reaction check. Pick the option that is NOT a fruit as fast as you can.

    • Plum
    • Pear
    • Pepper
    • Peach

  14. If you rearrange the letters of LISTEN, which word can you make?

    • Silent
    • Tinsel
    • Both of those
    • Neither

  15. Final memory check. Which four words did you memorize at the start of this brain age test?

    • Key, river, candle, wolf
    • Key, lake, candle, fox
    • Lock, river, lantern, wolf
    • Key, river, lantern, bear