Mensa Mensa IQ Visual Pattern Analysis 4

Question 1

A sequence shows shapes rotating 45° clockwise each step: triangle pointing up, triangle pointing upper-right, triangle pointing right. What comes next?

Accepted Answer

Triangle pointing lower-right

Answer

Each step adds a 45° clockwise rotation, so after pointing right the triangle points lower-right.

Question 2

In a 3×3 grid, the number of dots in each cell increases left-to-right and top-to-bottom: 1, 2, 3 / 4, 5, 6 / 7, 8, ?

Accepted Answer

9

Answer

The dots increase by 1 each cell reading left to right, top to bottom, so the missing value is 9.

Question 3

Each row of a matrix contains a circle, a square, and a triangle. Each column contains one white, one gray, and one black shape. The bottom-right cell has a white circle and a gray square already placed in the row. What shape completes the row?

Accepted Answer

Black triangle

Answer

The row already has circle and square, so a triangle is needed; the remaining color is black.

Question 4

A pattern alternates: large dark star, small light star, large dark circle, small light circle, large dark pentagon, __?

Accepted Answer

Small light pentagon

Answer

The pattern pairs each shape as large-dark then small-light, so after the large dark pentagon comes the small light pentagon.

Question 5

Shapes in a sequence have sides that increase by one: triangle (3), square (4), pentagon (5), hexagon (6). What is the 8th shape in this sequence?

Accepted Answer

Nonagon (9 sides)

Answer

The sequence starts at a triangle (3 sides) at position 1, so position 8 has 3+7=10 sides — a decagon. Wait: position 1=3, position 8=3+7=10, which is a decagon.

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Mensa Mensa IQ Visual Pattern Analysis 4