Mensa IQ Test Mensa IQ Figure Series and Visual Patterns 6

Question 1

A sequence shows figures with increasing sides all drawn inside a circle: [equilateral triangle inscribed] → [square inscribed] → [regular pentagon inscribed] → [?]. What comes next?

Accepted Answer

Regular hexagon inscribed in a circle

Answer

The inscribed polygon gains one side per step (3→4→5→6), so next is a regular hexagon.

Question 2

A row of figures: each figure is a square with a diagonal line. Figure 1: diagonal from top-left to bottom-right. Figure 2: diagonal from top-right to bottom-left. Figure 3: both diagonals (X pattern). Figure 4: diagonal from top-left to bottom-right again. [?]

Accepted Answer

Diagonal from top-right to bottom-left

Answer

The pattern cycles with period 3: TL-BR, TR-BL, X, TL-BR, TR-BL … so step 5 is TR-BL.

Question 3

A matrix: each row contains shapes that increase in size left to right. Row 1: small triangle, medium triangle, large triangle. Row 2: small square, medium square, large square. Row 3: small circle, [?], large circle.

Accepted Answer

Medium circle

Answer

The pattern in each row is small→medium→large of the same shape; row 3 uses circles so the missing cell is a medium circle.

Question 4

A sequence of figures shows a triangle with a dot that moves from corner to corner: Step 1: dot at top vertex. Step 2: dot at bottom-right vertex. Step 3: dot at bottom-left vertex. Step 4: [?]

Accepted Answer

Dot at top vertex

Answer

The dot cycles through the three vertices of the triangle; after the bottom-left it returns to the top.

Question 5

A sequence: [figure of a stick person standing upright] → [figure leaning 30° to the right] → [figure leaning 60° to the right] → [figure lying flat (90°)] → [?]. What comes next?

Accepted Answer

Figure leaning 60° to the right (mirrored, as if getting back up)

Answer

After reaching 90° (flat), the figure reverses direction by 30° steps back toward upright — next is 60° (heading back up).

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Mensa IQ Test Mensa IQ Figure Series and Visual Patterns 6