GCAT Abstract Reasoning Matrices 2

Question 1

A 3×3 matrix has circles in the top row, squares in the middle row, and triangles in the bottom row. Each shape is shaded in the first column, striped in the second column, and empty in the third column. What shape and fill belongs in the missing cell at row 3, column 3?

Accepted Answer

Empty triangle

Answer

The bottom row uses triangles and the third column uses empty fill, so the answer is an empty triangle.

Question 2

In a matrix, the number of sides increases by one across each row: triangle (3), square (4), pentagon (5). The shapes rotate 90° clockwise down each column. What completes the bottom-right cell if the bottom row starts with a triangle?

Accepted Answer

Pentagon rotated 270°

Answer

The bottom row's third cell is a pentagon, and three 90° clockwise rotations down the column total 270°.

Question 3

Each row in a matrix contains three figures. The first figure has one dot inside, the second has two, and the third has three. The outer shape changes each row: row 1 = circle, row 2 = square, row 3 = triangle. What belongs in row 3, column 2?

Accepted Answer

Triangle with 2 dots

Answer

Row 3 uses triangles as the outer shape and column 2 always contains 2 dots.

Question 4

A matrix shows arrows pointing in different directions. Row 1: →, ↑, ←. Row 2: ↑, ←, ↓. Row 3: ←, ↓, ?. What is the missing arrow?

Accepted Answer

→

Answer

Each row shifts the direction sequence one step counterclockwise, and the pattern wraps from ↓ back to →.

Question 5

In a pattern matrix, each cell contains filled squares. Row 1 has 1, 2, 3 filled squares. Row 2 has 2, 4, 6 filled squares. Row 3 has 3, 6, ? filled squares.

Accepted Answer

9

Answer

Each cell equals (row number) × (column number): 3 × 3 = 9.

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GCAT Abstract Reasoning Matrices 2