EDPT Figural Analogy Transformations 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A large circle contains a small triangle inside it. The next figure shows the circle with the triangle removed but a small square added outside. Which transformation rule applies?
- Inner shape removed, outer shape gains an external attachment (Correct answer)
- Both shapes doubled in size
- Shapes swap positions entirely
- Inner shape moves to the border
Correct answer: Inner shape removed, outer shape gains an external attachment
The transformation removes the internal element and places a new, different shape outside the original figure.
Question 2: A pentagon is divided into 5 equal sectors, all shaded. In the transformed figure, alternate sectors are unshaded. What type of transformation occurred?
- Rotation by 72 degrees
- Alternating fill removal (Correct answer)
- Reflection across a vertical axis
- Sector count reduced by half
Correct answer: Alternating fill removal
The transformation removes shading from every other sector, creating an alternating filled/unfilled pattern.
Question 3: A square has arrows pointing outward from all four sides. In the analogy pair, a triangle has arrows on all three sides. If the square's arrows are reversed to point inward, what happens to the triangle?
- The triangle's arrows also point inward (Correct answer)
- Only the top arrow reverses
- The triangle gains a fourth arrow
- The triangle rotates 60 degrees
Correct answer: The triangle's arrows also point inward
The same transformation (reversing all arrows to point inward) applies consistently to the analogous figure.
Question 4: Figure A shows a diamond outline; Figure B shows a diamond filled solid black. Figure C shows a hexagon outline. What is Figure D?
- A hexagon filled solid black (Correct answer)
- A hexagon with a dotted border
- A diamond filled solid black
- A hexagon outline doubled in size
Correct answer: A hexagon filled solid black
The transformation from outline to solid fill applies to the hexagon the same way it applied to the diamond.
Question 5: A right triangle points upward. After transformation it points to the right. A second right triangle points to the left. After the same transformation it points:
- Downward (Correct answer)
- To the right
- Upward
- Diagonally up-right
Correct answer: Downward
A 90-degree clockwise rotation moves upward to right and leftward to downward.
Question 6: Shape A is a large rectangle with a small circle in the top-left corner. Shape B is a large rectangle with a small circle in the bottom-right corner. The circle has moved:
- Diagonally across to the opposite corner (Correct answer)
- Straight down one row
- To the center of the rectangle
- To the top-right corner
Correct answer: Diagonally across to the opposite corner
The small element shifts diagonally from one corner to the diagonally opposite corner.
Question 7: In an analogy, a bold-bordered square becomes a thin-bordered square. A bold-bordered circle would become:
- A thin-bordered circle (Correct answer)
- A bold-bordered square
- A circle with no border
- A thin-bordered square
Correct answer: A thin-bordered circle
The transformation changes border weight from bold to thin, preserving the shape.
EDPT Figural Analogy Transformations 2
A large circle contains a small triangle inside it.
The next figure shows the circle with the triangle removed but a small square added outside.
Which transformation rule applies?