Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Raven's Progressive Matrices Element Combination and Subtraction 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In a 3×3 matrix, each row contains a circle, a square, and a triangle. The shapes are filled with horizontal lines, vertical lines, and crosshatch. The bottom-right cell is missing. Which combination completes the pattern?
- Triangle with crosshatch (Correct answer)
- Triangle with horizontal lines
- Circle with crosshatch
- Square with vertical lines
Correct answer: Triangle with crosshatch
Each shape and each fill pattern appears exactly once per row and column, so the missing cell must be a triangle with crosshatch.
Question 2: A matrix shows elements where each row's third element is formed by combining (overlaying) the first two elements and removing any features they share. Two overlapping circles each containing a dot yield which result?
- A circle with no dot (Correct answer)
- Two circles with two dots
- A circle with two dots
- An empty circle with a cross
Correct answer: A circle with no dot
The combination-subtraction rule removes shared features (the dot appears in both, so it cancels), leaving a plain circle.
Question 3: In an element-subtraction matrix, figure 1 has three internal lines and figure 2 has one internal line. The result of subtracting figure 2 from figure 1 shows how many lines?
- 2 lines (Correct answer)
- 4 lines
- 1 line
- 3 lines
Correct answer: 2 lines
Subtraction removes the features present in figure 2 from figure 1, so 3 minus 1 equals 2 remaining lines.
Question 4: A Raven's matrix uses an additive rule: each cell adds one small element per column from left to right. Row 3 starts with 4 dots. How many dots are in the missing cell at row 3, column 3?
- 6 dots (Correct answer)
- 5 dots
- 7 dots
- 4 dots
Correct answer: 6 dots
Adding one dot per column step: column 1 has 4, column 2 has 5, column 3 has 6.
Question 5: Three shapes are shown: a large pentagon, a medium pentagon, and a small pentagon. Inside each, the number of internal segments equals the number of sides minus two. How many internal segments does the small pentagon have?
- 3 segments (Correct answer)
- 5 segments
- 2 segments
- 4 segments
Correct answer: 3 segments
A pentagon has 5 sides; 5 minus 2 equals 3 internal segments.
Question 6: In a combination matrix, overlaying a shape with a diagonal line and a shape with a vertical line produces which result when shared features cancel?
- A shape with both a diagonal and a vertical line (Correct answer)
- A shape with no lines
- A shape with only a diagonal line
- A shape with only a vertical line
Correct answer: A shape with both a diagonal and a vertical line
Since the diagonal line and vertical line are different (not shared), both remain in the combined result.
Question 7: A matrix row shows: [star + shading] → [star, no shading] → [?]. The rule subtracts shading when present. The second row shows [diamond + dots] → [diamond, no dots] → [?]. What is the missing element in row 2?
- Diamond with no dots (Correct answer)
- Diamond with dots
- Star with no shading
- Star with shading
Correct answer: Diamond with no dots
Applying the same subtraction rule, shading/dots are removed in the third column, yielding a plain diamond.
Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Raven's Progressive Matrices Element Combination and Subtraction 2
In a 3×3 matrix, each row contains a circle, a square, and a triangle.
The shapes are filled with horizontal lines, vertical lines, and crosshatch.
The bottom-right cell is missing.
Which combination completes the pattern?