Mensa IQ Figure Series and Visual Patterns Flashcards
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A sequence of concentric rings: [1 ring] → [2 rings] → [3 rings] → [2 rings] → [1 ring] → [?]. What comes next?
Answer: 2 rings
The number of rings increases to 3 then decreases back to 1, creating a palindromic oscillation; after 1 the next step goes back up to 2.
A 3×3 grid: Row 1: black circle, white circle, black circle; Row 2: white circle, black circle, white circle; Row 3: black circle, white circle, [?]. What fills the missing cell?
Answer: Black circle
The grid follows a checkerboard alternation of black and white, so the bottom-right cell (row 3 col 3) must be black.
A sequence shows a square progressively divided: [whole square] → [square divided into 2 equal halves by vertical line] → [square divided into 4 equal parts by vertical and horizontal lines] → [?]. What comes next?
Answer: Square divided into 8 equal parts by three lines
Each step doubles the number of sections (1→2→4→8), achieved by adding another bisecting line.
Figures show a dot moving inside a square: top-left → top-right → bottom-right → bottom-left → [?]. What comes next?
Answer: Top-left corner
The dot moves clockwise around the four corners of the square, returning to top-left after bottom-left.
A sequence of shapes: [triangle] → [square] → [pentagon] → [hexagon] → [?]. What comes next?
Answer: Heptagon (7 sides)
Each shape gains one side per step (3→4→5→6→7), so next is a heptagon with 7 sides.
A sequence: [large outlined circle] → [large outlined circle with small filled circle inside] → [large outlined circle with medium filled circle inside] → [?]. What comes next?
Answer: Large outlined circle with large filled circle inside (nearly full)
The inner filled circle grows progressively larger each step toward filling the outer circle.
A sequence shows stacked horizontal bars: [1 bar] → [2 bars, bottom shaded] → [3 bars, bottom two shaded] → [4 bars, bottom three shaded] → [?]. What comes next?
Answer: 5 bars with bottom four shaded
Each step adds one bar to the total and shades all bars except the top one, so 5 bars appear with 4 shaded.