Order & Ranking Questions with Solutions

Order and ranking questions ask about a person's position in a row or class, or compare people by height, weight, age or marks. This topic covers ranks from the top and bottom (or left and right), the total number of people in a row, interchanging positions, and arranging people in order from a set of comparisons. The key formula is total = rank from top + rank from bottom - 1. When two people swap places, find the shift in one person's position to work out the total. For comparison questions, list the people from greatest to smallest as you read each clue, and use the symbols > and < to keep track. Watch for questions where the order cannot be fully determined. Practise the order and ranking questions below, each with a step-by-step solution.