Abstract Reasoning Skills Flashcards
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A clock face shows 3:00. After the minute hand rotates 270°, what time does it show?
Answer: 3:45
The minute hand starts at 12; rotating 270° clockwise moves it to the 9, making the time 3:45.
Which pair shares the same relationship as Light : Photon?
Answer: Matter : Atom
Light is composed of photons just as matter is composed of atoms — both are substance-to-fundamental-unit relationships.
If you fold a square paper in half twice and cut a small corner off the folded corner, how many holes appear when unfolded?
Answer: 4
Folding twice creates 4 layers at the folded corner, so cutting once produces 4 symmetrical holes when unfolded.
The pattern: O X O O X O O O X — how many O's appear before the next X?
Answer: 4
The gaps between X's increase by one each time: 1 O, 2 O's, 3 O's — so the next gap has 4 O's.
Three friends A, B, C each pick a unique number from {1, 2, 3}. A says 'I have the largest.' B says 'I don't have 1.' Who has 2?
Answer: C
A has 3 (largest); B doesn't have 1, so B has 2 or 3 — but 3 is taken, so B has 2... wait: A=3, B≠1 so B=2, C=1.
A shape series: pentagon (5 sides), hexagon (6), heptagon (7), __. Which comes next?
Answer: Octagon
Each shape adds one side: 5, 6, 7, 8 — the next is an octagon with 8 sides.
Which rule describes the set {4, 8, 12, 16, 20} but NOT {6, 10, 14}?
Answer: Multiples of 4
Every number in the first set is a multiple of 4, while 6, 10, and 14 are not multiples of 4.