Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Raven's Progressive Matrices Number and Quantity Patterns 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A matrix shows the quantity of black squares: Row 1: 1, 2, 3. Row 2: 4, 5, 6. Row 3: 7, 8, ?. What is the missing quantity?
- 8
- 9 (Correct answer)
- 10
- 11
Correct answer: 9
The cells count sequentially from 1 to 9 reading left-to-right, top-to-bottom; the missing value is 9.
Question 2: In a Raven's matrix, each row's element counts total 6, 12, and 18 for rows 1, 2, and 3. Row 3 shows 4, 8, and ?. What is the missing count?
- 4
- 6 (Correct answer)
- 10
- 12
Correct answer: 6
Row 3 must total 18, and 4+8+?=18 means ?=6.
Question 3: A matrix column contains 2, 6, and 18 elements from top to bottom. What rule governs this column?
- Adding 4 each step
- Multiplying by 3 each step (Correct answer)
- Adding 8 each step
- Multiplying by 2 each step
Correct answer: Multiplying by 3 each step
2×3=6 and 6×3=18, so each value is the previous one multiplied by 3.
Question 4: A Raven's matrix is designed so that the number of elements in each cell equals the product of its row number and column number. What value appears in the cell at row 2, column 3?
- 5
- 6 (Correct answer)
- 4
- 8
Correct answer: 6
Row 2 × Column 3 = 2×3 = 6.
Question 5: A matrix has Row 1 quantities: 3, 5, 7 and Row 2 quantities: 6, 10, 14. What single pattern connects Row 1 to Row 2?
- Row 2 adds 3 to each Row 1 value
- Row 2 doubles each Row 1 value (Correct answer)
- Row 2 adds 5 to each Row 1 value
- Row 2 triples each Row 1 value
Correct answer: Row 2 doubles each Row 1 value
3×2=6, 5×2=10, 7×2=14 — each value in Row 2 is exactly double the corresponding value in Row 1.
Question 6: A 3×3 matrix uses decreasing quantities: Row 1: 9, 7, 5. Row 2: 7, 5, 3. Row 3: 5, 3, ?. What completes the matrix?
- 1 (Correct answer)
- 2
- 4
- 0
Correct answer: 1
Each row and each column decreases by 2; continuing the pattern gives 3-2=1 for the missing cell.
Question 7: In a Raven's progressive matrix, the main diagonal (top-left to bottom-right) shows values 2, 4, 8. What rule governs this diagonal?
- Adding 2 each step
- Doubling each step (Correct answer)
- Adding 4 each step
- Squaring each value
Correct answer: Doubling each step
2×2=4 and 4×2=8, confirming that each diagonal value is double the previous one.
Raven's Progressive Matrices Test Raven's Progressive Matrices Number and Quantity Patterns 2
A matrix shows the quantity of black squares: Row 1: 1, 2, 3.
Row 2: 4, 5, 6.
Row 3: 7, 8, ?.
What is the missing quantity?