Pattern Recognition Flashcards
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Figures are arranged so that each row and column contains exactly one circle, one square, and one triangle. Given that Row 1 is circle, square, triangle and Row 2 is triangle, circle, square, what is Row 3?
Answer: Square, triangle, circle
Each column needs all three shapes; Column 1 has circle and triangle, so Row 3 Col 1 is square; Column 2 has square and circle, so Row 3 Col 2 is triangle; Column 3 has triangle and square, so Row 3 Col 3 is circle.
A shape alternates between filled and outline, and also rotates 90° clockwise each step. After 4 steps from a filled shape pointing up, what is the shape?
Answer: Filled, pointing up
4 rotations of 90° = 360° returns to pointing up; 4 alternations (even number) returns to filled — the shape is filled, pointing up.
In a 4-step sequence, a small square moves one cell to the right each step within a 4-cell row. At step 3, where is the square?
Answer: Cell 3
Starting at cell 1 (step 1), moving right: step 2→cell 2, step 3→cell 3.
Which rule describes this sequence of figures: ○, ○○, ○○○○, ○○○○○○○○?
Answer: Double each time
1→2→4→8: each term is double the previous, so the rule is multiply by 2.
A pattern has figures where the number of sides increases by 1 and the fill alternates shaded/unshaded. The 3rd figure is a shaded pentagon. What is the 5th figure?
Answer: Shaded heptagon
From figure 3 (shaded pentagon, 5 sides): figure 4 is unshaded hexagon, figure 5 is shaded heptagon.
In an abstract pattern test, the 'odd-one-out' figure differs in two properties from all others. If all shapes are large black circles except one that is a small black circle, what property makes it the odd one out?
Answer: Size
The odd figure differs only in size (small vs. large) while color and shape remain the same.