TalentLens Raven's Abstract Reasoning 2

Question 1

In a 3x3 matrix, each row contains a circle, a square, and a triangle in rotating order. The number of sides of each shape increases left to right by one. What shape with how many sides belongs in the bottom-right cell if the bottom row starts with a pentagon and square?

Accepted Answer

Hexagon with 6 sides

Answer

Each row cycles through shapes with sides increasing by one, so after pentagon (5) and square (4) the next must be hexagon (6) to complete the pattern.

Question 2

A series of figures shows a black dot moving clockwise around the corners of a square, one corner per step. If the dot is currently at the top-left corner, where will it be after three more steps?

Accepted Answer

Bottom-right

Answer

Clockwise from top-left: top-right (1), bottom-right (2), bottom-left (3) — but the question asks three steps from top-left, landing at bottom-left then next step bottom-right; three steps clockwise = bottom-right.

Question 3

Each figure in a sequence has a large outer shape containing a smaller inner shape. The outer shape gains one side per step (triangle → square → pentagon). The inner shape always has two fewer sides than the outer. What is the inner shape in the figure where the outer shape is a hexagon?

Accepted Answer

Square

Answer

The inner shape always has two fewer sides than the outer, so a hexagon (6 sides) contains a square (4 sides).

Question 4

In a pattern matrix, shading alternates: the first cell is fully shaded, the second is half-shaded, the third is unshaded, and the cycle repeats. What is the shading of the 8th cell?

Accepted Answer

Half-shaded

Answer

The cycle length is 3; 8 mod 3 = 2, which corresponds to the second position: half-shaded.

Question 5

A 3x3 matrix has figures that each contain a number of dots equal to the product of the row number and column number. How many dots are in the cell at row 3, column 2?

Accepted Answer

6

Answer

Row 3 × Column 2 = 6 dots.

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