GCAT Figural Pattern Completion 5

Question 1

A pattern of figures shows shapes where the number of sides increases by 2 each step: 3 (triangle), 5 (pentagon), 7 (heptagon). What is the next shape?

Accepted Answer

Nonagon (9 sides)

Answer

Adding 2 sides each time: 3→5→7→9, giving a nonagon.

Question 2

In a matrix, each row's figures have the same total area of shading. Row 1: one fully shaded large square. If row 2 starts with two half-shaded large squares, what must the third figure in row 2 be?

Accepted Answer

Unshaded square

Answer

Row 2 already uses the full area budget with two half-shaded squares (2 × ½ = 1), so the third figure must be unshaded.

Question 3

A sequence shows a figure being progressively cut: whole circle, semicircle, quarter circle, eighth circle. What is the next figure?

Accepted Answer

Sixteenth of a circle

Answer

Each step halves the remaining arc: whole→half→quarter→eighth→sixteenth.

Question 4

Three figures each contain a shape and its mirror image side by side. Figure 1: two triangles pointing away from center. Figure 2: two triangles pointing toward center. What is figure 3?

Accepted Answer

Two triangles pointing away from center

Answer

The pattern alternates between mirrored triangles pointing outward and inward, so figure 3 repeats figure 1.

Question 5

A grid of figures shows that in each row, the shape moves one position to the right. Row 1: circle in column 1. Row 2: circle in column 2. Row 3: circle in column 3. What is the next row?

Accepted Answer

Circle back in column 1

Answer

If the grid has 3 columns, the circle wraps back to column 1 in the fourth row.

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GCAT Figural Pattern Completion 5