Mensa IQ Figure Series and Visual Patterns Flashcards
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A sequence of figures: each shows two shapes; in each step one shape stays and a new one is added. Figure 1: circle. Figure 2: circle + square. Figure 3: square + triangle. Figure 4: triangle + pentagon. Figure 5: [?]
Answer: Pentagon + hexagon
Each figure drops the first shape and adds the next polygon in the sides sequence; after pentagon comes hexagon.
A 3×3 matrix of arrows. Row 1: →, ↓, ←. Row 2: ↑, →, ↓. Row 3: ←, ↑, [?]. What direction fills the missing cell?
Answer: →
Each row and each column contains all four directions; the missing cell must be → (right) as it is absent from row 3 and column 3.
A figure sequence: each step the number of line segments in the figure doubles and the figure gains a new axis of symmetry. Step 1: a single horizontal line (1 segment). Step 2: plus sign (4 segments, 2 axes). Step 3: star/asterisk (8 segments, 4 axes). Step 4: [?]
Answer: 16-segment starburst with 8 axes of symmetry
Segments double each step (1→4→8→16) and symmetry axes double (1→2→4→8).
A pattern shows figures inside a frame. Frame 1: one large circle filling the frame. Frame 2: four medium circles (2×2) filling the frame. Frame 3: nine small circles (3×3) filling the frame. Frame 4: [?]
Answer: Sixteen tiny circles (4×4) filling the frame
The arrangement is n×n circles where n increases by 1 each step (1→4→9→16), so frame 4 has a 4×4 grid of 16 circles.
A sequence of 5 figures, each a rectangle: Figure 1 is tall and narrow. Each subsequent figure gets shorter and wider, area remaining constant. Figures 1–4 represent rectangles of sizes 1×8, 2×4, 4×2, 8×1. Figure 5 is [?].
Answer: 16 wide × 0.5 tall
Width doubles and height halves each step, maintaining constant area; after 8×1 comes 16×0.5.
A sequence shows a 3×3 grid with numbers replaced by shapes for visual counting: Row 1 totals: 3 elements. Row 2 totals: 5 elements. Row 3 totals: 7 elements. Each row, how many elements does the next row add?
Answer: 2 more than the previous row
The totals form an arithmetic sequence with a common difference of 2 (3, 5, 7, 9...).
A visual sequence of 5 figures shows a shaded region inside a circle: 0% shaded → 25% shaded → 50% shaded → 75% shaded → [?].
Answer: 100% shaded (fully black circle)
The shaded area increases by 25% (one quarter) per step, reaching fully shaded at step 5.