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Mensa IQ Visual Pattern Analysis Flashcards

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  1. A sequence of shapes: circle, circle with 1 line through center, circle with 2 lines through center (cross), circle with 3 lines through center. What pattern emerges?

    Answer: The circle is progressively divided into more equal sectors

    Each step adds one diameter line, dividing the circle into more sectors: 0 lines = 1 region, 1 line = 2 sectors, 2 lines = 4 sectors, 3 lines = 6 sectors. The circle becomes progressively more segmented.

  2. A visual pattern shows: a single dot, then 4 dots in a square, then 9 dots in a 3×3 grid, then 16 dots in a 4×4 grid. How many dots are in the 6th figure?

    Answer: 36

    Each figure has n² dots arranged in an n×n grid: 1², 2², 3², 4². The 6th figure has 6² = 36 dots in a 6×6 grid. The pattern is simply perfect squares.

  3. A pattern shows shapes being progressively filled: Step 1 is 25% filled, Step 2 is 50% filled, Step 3 is 75% filled. What is Step 4?

    Answer: 100% filled (completely solid)

    The filling increases by 25% each step: 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%. Step 4 completes the fill at 100%. The progression is linear with a constant increment of 25%.

  4. In a visual pattern, black squares on a grid expand outward from the center. Frame 1: 1 black cell. Frame 2: 5 cells (center + 4 orthogonal). Frame 3: 13 cells. How many cells are black in Frame 4?

    Answer: 25

    Frame 1: 1, Frame 2: 1+4=5, Frame 3: 5+8=13, Frame 4: 13+12=25. The additions are 4, 8, 12 (increasing by 4). This is a diamond/rhombus shape growing outward. The formula is 2n²-2n+1 where n is the frame number.

  5. A visual pattern shows: right-pointing arrow, up-pointing arrow, left-pointing arrow. What direction is the next arrow?

    Answer: Down-pointing

    The arrows rotate 90° counterclockwise each step: right→up→left→down. The sequence follows a consistent counterclockwise rotation pattern.

  6. A pattern has nested shapes: a circle inside a square inside a triangle inside a circle inside a square. What comes next?

    Answer: Triangle

    The nesting follows a repeating cycle of three shapes: circle, square, triangle, circle, square, triangle. The next shape in the cycle after square is a triangle.