QPSea Abstract Reasoning 3

Question 1

A series of figures shows: 2 black dots, 4 black dots, 8 black dots, 16 black dots. How many dots appear in the sixth figure?

Accepted Answer

64

Answer

The number of dots doubles each step: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 — so the sixth figure has 64 dots.

Question 2

Three shapes are presented: a circle divided into 2 equal parts with 1 shaded, a circle divided into 4 equal parts with 2 shaded, a circle divided into 6 equal parts with 3 shaded. What is the next figure?

Accepted Answer

Circle divided into 8 parts with 4 shaded

Answer

Both the total parts and the shaded parts increase by 2 each step, giving a circle with 8 parts and 4 shaded.

Question 3

In a pattern, odd-positioned figures face left and even-positioned figures face right. All figures are arrows. The 7th figure in the series faces which direction?

Accepted Answer

Left

Answer

7 is odd, so the 7th figure follows the odd-position rule and faces left.

Question 4

A 3×3 grid has symbols: the top row has ★ ★ ○, the middle row has ★ ○ ○, and the bottom row is missing. Each row and column contains exactly two ★ and one ○. What is the missing bottom row?

Accepted Answer

○ ★ ★

Answer

Column 1 already has two ★, so the bottom-left must be ○; columns 2 and 3 each need one more ★, giving ○ ★ ★.

Question 5

A figure shows a 4-pointed star. Each step, one additional point is added. How many points does the figure have after 5 steps?

Accepted Answer

9

Answer

Starting at 4 and adding 1 per step for 5 steps gives 4+5=9 points.

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QPSea Abstract Reasoning 3