Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Raven's Progressive Matrices Logical Figure Operations 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A matrix rule states that moving right flips a shape horizontally, and moving down flips a shape vertically. Starting from a shape pointing upper-left (row 1, col 1), what direction does the shape point in row 2, col 2?
- Upper-left
- Upper-right
- Lower-right (Correct answer)
- Lower-left
Correct answer: Lower-right
Moving right flips upper-left to upper-right; moving down then flips upper-right to lower-right.
Question 2: In a Raven's matrix, each cell contains a number of identical shapes. The product of any row's shape counts equals 24. If a row has 2 shapes and 4 shapes in the first two cells, how many shapes are in the third cell?
- 3 (Correct answer)
- 4
- 6
- 12
Correct answer: 3
2 × 4 × ? = 24, so the missing count is 24 ÷ 8 = 3.
Question 3: A figure operation scales a shape by a factor of 2 and rotates it 180°. Starting with a small upward-pointing triangle, what is the result?
- Small upward-pointing triangle
- Large upward-pointing triangle
- Small downward-pointing triangle
- Large downward-pointing triangle (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Large downward-pointing triangle
Scaling doubles the size and rotating 180° flips the direction, producing a large downward-pointing triangle.
Question 4: A matrix has three columns with three fill densities: 25%, 50%, 75%. Each density appears once per row. The first row has 25% in col 1 and 75% in col 2. What fill density is in col 3?
- 25%
- 50% (Correct answer)
- 75%
- 100%
Correct answer: 50%
Each row must contain all three densities once; with 25% and 75% used, col 3 must be 50%.
Question 5: In a progressive matrix, the inner shape of each cell is the same as the outer shape of the cell to its left. The left cell has a square outer and circle inner. What is the inner shape of the right cell?
- Circle
- Square (Correct answer)
- Triangle
- Pentagon
Correct answer: Square
The rule transfers the outer shape of the left cell to become the inner shape of the right cell, so the right cell's inner shape is a square.
Question 6: A matrix operation intersects two figures, keeping only the overlapping region. Figure A is a large circle and Figure B is a large square placed at the center. The intersection is approximately which shape?
- A circle
- A square
- A rounded square (Correct answer)
- A small circle
Correct answer: A rounded square
The intersection of a large circle and a large square centered on each other is the area common to both, forming a square with rounded corners.
Question 7: A series of matrix figures shows alternating bold and thin outlines: bold, thin, bold, thin. The 7th figure in the series has which outline?
- Bold (Correct answer)
- Thin
- No outline
- Double outline
Correct answer: Bold
Odd-numbered positions have bold outlines; the 7th figure is at an odd position, so it has a bold outline.
Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Raven's Progressive Matrices Logical Figure Operations 5
A matrix rule states that moving right flips a shape horizontally, and moving down flips a shape vertically.
Starting from a shape pointing upper-left (row 1, col 1), what direction does the shape point in row 2, col 2?