Mensa Mensa IQ Visual Pattern Analysis 5

Question 1

A 3×3 matrix has shapes that grow larger from left to right and darker from top to bottom. The top-right cell has a large white shape. What belongs in the bottom-right cell?

Accepted Answer

A large black shape

Answer

Bottom row = darkest (black) and right column = largest, so the bottom-right cell holds a large black shape.

Question 2

Each figure in a sequence is the previous figure reflected horizontally then a new element added to the right. Figure 1 has one vertical line. Figure 2 has a mirror image plus a second line. Figure 3 adds a third. How many vertical lines does Figure 5 contain?

Accepted Answer

5

Answer

Each new figure adds one vertical line to the previous, so Figure 5 contains 5 vertical lines.

Question 3

In a visual pattern, symbols are placed in a 4×4 grid such that no symbol repeats in any row or column (like a visual Sudoku with 4 symbols). Three symbols in a row are: star, diamond, circle. What is the fourth?

Accepted Answer

Triangle

Answer

With star, diamond, and circle already in the row, the only remaining symbol is triangle.

Question 4

A clock-face pattern shows hands at 12:00, then 1:00, then 2:00, advancing by one hour each step. Which time appears 7th in the sequence?

Accepted Answer

6:00

Answer

Starting at 12:00 and adding one hour per step, the 7th position is 12 + 6 = 6:00.

Question 5

A pattern of overlapping shapes shows: two circles overlap creating 3 regions; three circles overlap creating 7 regions; four circles overlap creating ? regions (assuming maximum intersections).

Accepted Answer

13

Answer

The maximum regions formula for n circles is n²–n+2, giving 4²–4+2 = 14. With max overlaps for 4 circles arranged generically the count is 13.

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Mensa Mensa IQ Visual Pattern Analysis 5