High School Placement Test (HSPT) Practice Test

The grocery store is south of the drugstore which is between the gas station and the dry cleaner. The bookstore is north of the gas station. The grocery store is north of the dry cleaner. If the first two statements are true, the third is

1. true

2. false

3. uncertain

The correct answer is: uncertain

To determine the validity of the statement about the grocery store being north of the dry cleaner based on the given information, let’s analyze the spatial relationships described. 1. The grocery store is south of the drugstore. This establishes that the drugstore is located to the north of the grocery store. 2. The drugstore is between the gas station and the dry cleaner, which means the gas station is to the south of the drugstore, and the dry cleaner is to the north of the drugstore. Thus, the layout so far can be visualized roughly as: - Gas Station → Drugstore → Dry Cleaner 3. The bookstore is north of the gas station, which places it at the top of our current arrangement: - Bookstore → Gas Station → Drugstore → Dry Cleaner 4. The grocery store is south of the drugstore, meaning the grocery store is located below the drugstore in our arrangement. 5. However, we also know the grocery store is positioned north of the dry cleaner since dry cleaner is to the north of the drugstore. Given these relationships: - The drugstore is above the grocery store. - The dry cleaner is above the drugstore. - Therefore, the grocery store is actually below