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Worksheet titled "CAN YOU FOLLOW DIRECTIONS" containing a list of 20 instructions for a timed test.

A timed test worksheet titled "CAN YOU FOLLOW DIRECTIONS" with 20 numbered instructions for participants to follow.

A timed test worksheet titled "CAN YOU FOLLOW DIRECTIONS" with 20 numbered instructions for participants to follow.

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Final Answer:
1. Do not share answers.
2. Read all statements first.
3. Print your name in upper right corner.
4. Circle the word you in sentence 2.
5. Draw five small squares in upper left corner.
6. Put an X in each square.
7. Put a circle around each square.
8. Sign your name under the title.
9. Write “Yes” three times after the title.
10. Put a circle completely around sentence number 7.
11. Put an X in lower left corner of this page.
12. On back: multiply 103 by 6 → 618.
13. On reverse side: add 8950 and 9805 → 18,755.
14. Draw a rectangle around the word FIVE in sentence five.
15. If you’ve followed directions so far, write “Yes” in bottom right corner.
16. Put a circle around your answer in number 13 (i.e., around 18,755).
17. Silently count from 10–1 backwards: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
18. Underline all even-numbered questions (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20).
19. Call out: “I’m on sentence 19 and have followed directions.”
20. Now answer only questions one, two, and three.

But note: The instruction says *“Now that you have finished reading everything carefully, answer only questions one, two and three.”*
So after completing all prior steps (including silent counting, underlining, calling out), the only things you should *submit* or *write as answers* are:

- Q1: You are not to share your answers with anyone.
- Q2: Read all the statements before you do anything.
- Q3: Print your name in the upper right hand corner.

However, since this is a meta-instructional task (a "follow directions" test), the *correct response*—if you were taking the test—is to only perform what’s asked in Q1–Q3 *after* having read all 20 instructions.

But the user asks: “Solve the problem accurately.”
Given the nature of the task, the expected output for a correct completion is:

You followed all directions, including:
- Reading all 20 items first,
- Doing the actions (drawing, circling, writing “Yes” etc.),
- And finally, answering *only* questions 1, 2, and 3.

Since this is a text-based response (not a physical sheet), and we’re to provide the final answer, the only things we should output as the *answer* are the responses to questions 1, 2, and 3 — but as instructions, not as performed actions.

Wait — re-read instruction #20:
> “Now that you have finished reading everything carefully, answer only questions one, two and three.”

So the test expects the student to write (or submit) just three things:
1. A statement acknowledging they won’t share answers.
2. A statement confirming they read all statements first.
3. Their name printed in the upper right corner.

But since we’re an AI responding, and no actual name or physical paper exists, the *logical final answer* is that the task is self-resolving: if you followed all directions, you’d end by doing only Q1–Q3 — and since Q1 and Q2 are instructions, not questions with short answers, the only concrete action is Q3: print your name.

However, in classic versions of this puzzle (e.g., the “Follow the Directions” test), the trick is that if you obey #20 literally, you ignore all prior tasks *except* answering Q1–Q3 — but Q1 and Q2 are not answerable with words; they’re prohibitions/commands. So the only *actionable* answer is Q3: print your name.

But the question here is: “Solve the problem accurately.” Given the context, the correct resolution is recognizing that the test is designed so that the only correct thing to submit is the name in the upper right (Q3), *after* silently completing the rest — but per #20, you only *answer* Q1–Q3.

Since we can’t print on paper, and this is a text response, the expected final answer is simply:

The student should:
- Not share answers (Q1),
- Have read all statements first (Q2),
- Print their name in the upper right corner (Q3).

But the instruction says: “answer only questions one, two and three.” So if forced to write answers:

1. I will not share my answers with anyone.
2. I have read all the statements before doing anything.
3. [Student’s Name]

Since no name is given, and we’re to solve it, the only universally correct completion is to recognize that the test is passed by following all directions, and the final required output is just compliance with #20.

After careful review of standard versions of this puzzle: the correct move is to realize that if you follow direction #20, you *do not* do any of 4–19 — but that contradicts #2, which says “Read all the statements before you do anything,” and #20 comes *after* them, so you must read all 20 first, then only answer 1–3.

Thus, the *answers* to Q1–Q3 are:
1. (No action needed beyond understanding — but if writing: “Understood.”)
2. (Same — “Done.”)
3. Your name.

Since this is a generic exercise, and no name is provided, the only safe final answer is:

Print your name in the upper right corner.
But the question asks for *the solution* — and in such tests, the “answer” is often that you write “Yes” in the bottom right (per #15) *if* you followed directions — and then per #20, you only answer Q1–Q3.

Let me simulate full compliance:

- After reading all 20, you:
- Don’t share answers
- Read all statements first
- Print name in upper right
- Circle “you” in sentence 2
- Draw 5 squares, X them, circle them
- Sign under title
- Write “Yes” 3 times after title
- Circle sentence 7
- X in lower left
- Back: 103 × 6 = 618
- Reverse: 8950 + 9805 = 18,755
- Rectangle around “FIVE”
- Since you followed so far, write “Yes” in bottom right
- Circle answer in #13 (18,755)
- Count 10→1 silently
- Underline even-numbered questions (2,4,...,20)
- Say sentence 19 aloud
- Then: answer only Q1, Q2, Q3.

So the *final submitted answers* are only for Q1, Q2, Q3. In practice, students write:
1. — (nothing, or “OK”)
2. — (nothing)
3. [Name]

But since this is a reasoning task, and the user wants the accurate solution: the test is designed so that if you follow all, you end by writing “Yes” in bottom right (Q15), and then per Q20, you only answer Q1–Q3 — meaning you should *not* include the other actions in your submission.

However, as an AI providing the solution, the correct conclusion is:

The only required output is compliance with instruction 20: answer only questions 1, 2, and 3. Since 1 and 2 are directives, the tangible answer is question 3: print your name.

But without a name, the standard resolution of this classic puzzle is that the correct response is to write “Yes” in the bottom right corner (per #15), and then stop — because #20 says “now that you have finished reading everything carefully, answer only questions one, two and three”, implying you’ve already done the rest, and now you just need to provide those three answers — yet in multiple-choice or auto-graded contexts, the expected final mark is based on having written “Yes” in bottom right and printed name.

After double-checking logic: The *most precise* final answer expected in such puzzles is:

You write your name in the upper right (Q3), and since you followed all directions, you also wrote “Yes” in the bottom right (Q15). But per Q20, you only *submit* answers to Q1–Q3. So in a real test, you’d have your name in upper right, and that’s it — the rest are actions, not submitted answers.

Given the ambiguity, and to be accurate: the problem asks us to solve it. The solution is to recognize that the test is passed by performing all steps, and the final required written answers are only for items 1–3, which are:
- 1: (implicit compliance)
- 2: (implicit compliance)
- 3: [Name]

Since no name is specified, and this is a generic response, the only universally correct textual answer is:

Yes

Why? Because item 15 says: *If you have followed directions so far write “Yes” in the bottom right corner.* And if you did all correctly, you did that. Then item 20 says to answer only 1–3 — but if you’re submitting a response now, the proof you followed directions is that you wrote “Yes” there.

In known versions of this test, the correct final answer students write is “Yes” in the bottom right, and that’s how the teacher grades it.

Thus, after full compliance, the key verifiable action is writing “Yes” in the bottom right corner.

Final decision: The problem is a paradoxical directions test, and the only unambiguous *output* that confirms success is:

Yes

Final Answer:
Yes
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of follow directions trick worksheet.
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