Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Raven's Progressive Matrices Element Combination and Subtraction 2

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?

Accepted Answer

Triangle with crosshatch

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

A circle with no dot

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

2 lines

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

6 dots

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

3 segments

Answer

A pentagon has 5 sides; 5 minus 2 equals 3 internal segments.

Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Practice Test

Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Practice Test

Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Raven's Progressive Matrices Element Combination and Subtraction 2