Mensa IQ Figure Series and Visual Patterns Flashcards
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A sequence: [small circle on the left of a horizontal line] → [small circle in the middle of the line] → [small circle on the right of the line] → [small circle below the right end] → [?]. What comes next?
Answer: Small circle moving left below the line
The circle traces a path along and then below the line, continuing to move left along the bottom.
In a 3×3 matrix, each row contains a circle, a square, and a triangle. Row 1: circle (top-left), square (top-center), triangle (top-right). Row 2: triangle (mid-left), circle (mid-center), square (mid-right). Row 3: square (bot-left), [?] (bot-center), circle (bot-right).
Answer: Triangle
Each row and column contains each shape exactly once (Latin square), so the missing cell must be the triangle.
A sequence: [upright T-shape] → [T rotated 90° clockwise, looks like ⊢] → [T rotated 180°, upside-down T] → [T rotated 270°, looks like ⊣] → [?]. What comes next?
Answer: Upright T-shape (0°/360°)
The T rotates 90° clockwise each step, completing a full 360° rotation after 4 steps and returning to the start.
A sequence of figures: each figure shows a rectangle divided into sections. Figure 1: 2 sections. Figure 2: 4 sections. Figure 3: 8 sections. Figure 4: [?]
Answer: 16 sections
The number of sections doubles each step (2→4→8→16).
A 3×3 grid where each cell contains dots: the number of dots follows the rule — each cell equals the sum of the cell above it and the cell to its left (with edge cells counting as 1). Top row: 1, 1, 1. Middle row: 1, 2, 3. Bottom row: 1, 3, [?].
Answer: 6
Bottom-right = cell above (3) + cell to left (3) = 6.
A sequence of overlapping figures: Figure 1: two circles side by side with no overlap. Figure 2: two circles slightly overlapping. Figure 3: one circle centered inside the other (concentric). Figure 4: [?]
Answer: Two circles completely merged into one (fully overlapping)
The circles progressively move together: no overlap → slight overlap → one inside the other → fully merged into one circle.
A sequence of figures shows a line rotating inside a square: pointing to top-right corner (45°) → pointing right (0°) → pointing to bottom-right corner (−45°) → pointing down (−90°) → [?]. What comes next?
Answer: Pointing to bottom-left corner (−135°)
The line rotates 45° clockwise each step; from −90° the next is −135° (pointing to the bottom-left corner).