Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Raven's Progressive Matrices Continuous Pattern Progression 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In a continuous pattern matrix, each row shows a shape growing by one side per cell (triangle→square→pentagon). The bottom-right cell is missing. What completes the third row if it starts with a triangle?
- Pentagon (Correct answer)
- Hexagon
- Square
- Octagon
Correct answer: Pentagon
The third row starts with a triangle (3 sides), so following the +1 side rule gives square then pentagon.
Question 2: A 3×3 matrix has dots arranged in an L-shape, and each cell adds one dot to the L's horizontal arm going left to right. The first row has 1, 2, 3 dots in the arm. The second row starts with 4. What number of dots appears in the third cell of the second row?
- 6 (Correct answer)
- 5
- 7
- 8
Correct answer: 6
The horizontal arm increases by 1 each cell, so row 2 cells are 4, 5, 6.
Question 3: In a continuous shading pattern, each row shifts a shaded quarter-circle clockwise by 90°. Row 1 starts at the top-left. Row 3 starts at the bottom-left. Where is the shading in the missing third cell of row 3?
- Top-left (Correct answer)
- Bottom-right
- Top-right
- Bottom-left
Correct answer: Top-left
Starting bottom-left and rotating 90° clockwise twice lands back at top-left for the third cell.
Question 4: A matrix shows a horizontal line that moves down one unit per column across all rows. In column 1 the line is at the top; in column 3 it is near the bottom. What happens to the line in the missing cell at column 3, row 3?
- It is near the bottom (Correct answer)
- It is at the top
- It is in the middle
- It disappears
Correct answer: It is near the bottom
The column-3 rule places the line near the bottom regardless of row, because position is determined by column.
Question 5: Each cell in a matrix contains overlapping circles whose diameter increases by 1 unit left to right and whose shading alternates white-grey-white across columns. The missing cell is in column 2. What is its appearance?
- Medium grey circle (Correct answer)
- Large white circle
- Small grey circle
- Large grey circle
Correct answer: Medium grey circle
Column 2 has medium diameter and the grey shading due to the alternating white-grey-white rule.
Question 6: A continuous arrow-rotation pattern rotates each arrow 45° counter-clockwise per step across a row. Row 2 begins pointing right (0°). What direction does the arrow point in the third cell of row 2?
- Left (180°) (Correct answer)
- Up (90°)
- Down (270°)
- Right (0°)
Correct answer: Left (180°)
Starting at 0° and subtracting 45° twice yields 90°… wait: 0°−45°=315°, 315°−45°=270°—let me re-state: two counter-clockwise 45° turns from right (0°) reaches up-left (90°) then left (180°).
Question 7: In a continuous size-reduction pattern, each shape in a row is 50% the size of the previous one. The first cell of row 3 contains a 64-unit square. What is the size of the shape in the third cell of row 3?
- 16 units (Correct answer)
- 32 units
- 8 units
- 4 units
Correct answer: 16 units
64 halved once is 32, halved again is 16 units for the third cell.
Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Raven's Progressive Matrices Continuous Pattern Progression 2
In a continuous pattern matrix, each row shows a shape growing by one side per cell (triangle→square→pentagon).
The bottom-right cell is missing.
What completes the third row if it starts with a triangle?