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Figure Matrix — Non-Verbal Reasoning Questions & Practice

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Practice questions on Figure Matrix — with answers

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1. Figure Matrix 1
△ △△ △△△
△△ △△△ △△△△
△△△ △△△△ ?
Study the 3x3 matrix above. Each cell going left to right and top to bottom follows a fixed pattern, increasing the count of the shape '△' by exactly one each step. Which figure replaces the '?'

A△△△△△
B△△△
C△△△△△△
D△△△△

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Answer: A

Reading the grid left-to-right, top-to-bottom, the count of '△' increases by exactly 1 each cell: 1,2,3,2,3,4,3,4,?. Following this sequence, the missing cell should have 5 copies of '△'.

2. Figure Matrix 2
○ ○○ ○○○
○○ ○○○ ○○○○
○○○ ○○○○ ?
Study the 3x3 matrix above. Each cell going left to right and top to bottom follows a fixed pattern, increasing the count of the shape '○' by exactly one each step. Which figure replaces the '?'

A○○○
B○○○○○
C○○○○○○
D○○○○

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Answer: B

Reading the grid left-to-right, top-to-bottom, the count of '○' increases by exactly 1 each cell: 1,2,3,2,3,4,3,4,?. Following this sequence, the missing cell should have 5 copies of '○'.

3. Figure Matrix 3
□ □□ □□□
□□ □□□ □□□□
□□□ □□□□ ?
Study the 3x3 matrix above. Each cell going left to right and top to bottom follows a fixed pattern, increasing the count of the shape '□' by exactly one each step. Which figure replaces the '?'

A□□□
B□□□□□□
C□□□□□
D□□□□

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Answer: C

Reading the grid left-to-right, top-to-bottom, the count of '□' increases by exactly 1 each cell: 1,2,3,2,3,4,3,4,?. Following this sequence, the missing cell should have 5 copies of '□'.

4. Figure Matrix 4
★ ★★ ★★★
★★ ★★★ ★★★★
★★★ ★★★★ ?
Study the 3x3 matrix above. Each cell going left to right and top to bottom follows a fixed pattern, increasing the count of the shape '★' by exactly one each step. Which figure replaces the '?'

A★★★
B★★★★★★
C★★★★
D★★★★★

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Answer: D

Reading the grid left-to-right, top-to-bottom, the count of '★' increases by exactly 1 each cell: 1,2,3,2,3,4,3,4,?. Following this sequence, the missing cell should have 5 copies of '★'.

5. Figure Matrix 5
◇ ◇◇ ◇◇◇
◇◇ ◇◇◇ ◇◇◇◇
◇◇◇ ◇◇◇◇ ?
Study the 3x3 matrix above. Each cell going left to right and top to bottom follows a fixed pattern, increasing the count of the shape '◇' by exactly one each step. Which figure replaces the '?'

A◇◇◇◇◇
B◇◇◇
C◇◇◇◇◇◇
D◇◇◇◇

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Answer: A

Reading the grid left-to-right, top-to-bottom, the count of '◇' increases by exactly 1 each cell: 1,2,3,2,3,4,3,4,?. Following this sequence, the missing cell should have 5 copies of '◇'.

Practise more Figure Matrix questions

△	△△	△△△
△△	△△△	△△△△
△△△	△△△△	?

○	○○	○○○
○○	○○○	○○○○
○○○	○○○○	?

□	□□	□□□
□□	□□□	□□□□
□□□	□□□□	?

★	★★	★★★
★★	★★★	★★★★
★★★	★★★★	?

◇	◇◇	◇◇◇
◇◇	◇◇◇	◇◇◇◇
◇◇◇	◇◇◇◇	?

Figure Matrix — Non-Verbal Reasoning Questions & Practice

Practice questions on Figure Matrix — with answers

1. Figure Matrix 1△△△△△△△△△△△△△△△△△△△△△△?Study the 3x3 matrix above. Each cell going left to right and top to bottom follows a fixed pattern, increasing the count of the shape '△' by exactly one each step. Which figure replaces the '?'

2. Figure Matrix 2○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○?Study the 3x3 matrix above. Each cell going left to right and top to bottom follows a fixed pattern, increasing the count of the shape '○' by exactly one each step. Which figure replaces the '?'

3. Figure Matrix 3□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□?Study the 3x3 matrix above. Each cell going left to right and top to bottom follows a fixed pattern, increasing the count of the shape '□' by exactly one each step. Which figure replaces the '?'

4. Figure Matrix 4★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★?Study the 3x3 matrix above. Each cell going left to right and top to bottom follows a fixed pattern, increasing the count of the shape '★' by exactly one each step. Which figure replaces the '?'

5. Figure Matrix 5◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇?Study the 3x3 matrix above. Each cell going left to right and top to bottom follows a fixed pattern, increasing the count of the shape '◇' by exactly one each step. Which figure replaces the '?'

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1. Figure Matrix 1
△ △△ △△△
△△ △△△ △△△△
△△△ △△△△ ?
Study the 3x3 matrix above. Each cell going left to right and top to bottom follows a fixed pattern, increasing the count of the shape '△' by exactly one each step. Which figure replaces the '?'

2. Figure Matrix 2
○ ○○ ○○○
○○ ○○○ ○○○○
○○○ ○○○○ ?
Study the 3x3 matrix above. Each cell going left to right and top to bottom follows a fixed pattern, increasing the count of the shape '○' by exactly one each step. Which figure replaces the '?'

3. Figure Matrix 3
□ □□ □□□
□□ □□□ □□□□
□□□ □□□□ ?
Study the 3x3 matrix above. Each cell going left to right and top to bottom follows a fixed pattern, increasing the count of the shape '□' by exactly one each step. Which figure replaces the '?'

4. Figure Matrix 4
★ ★★ ★★★
★★ ★★★ ★★★★
★★★ ★★★★ ?
Study the 3x3 matrix above. Each cell going left to right and top to bottom follows a fixed pattern, increasing the count of the shape '★' by exactly one each step. Which figure replaces the '?'

5. Figure Matrix 5
◇ ◇◇ ◇◇◇
◇◇ ◇◇◇ ◇◇◇◇
◇◇◇ ◇◇◇◇ ?
Study the 3x3 matrix above. Each cell going left to right and top to bottom follows a fixed pattern, increasing the count of the shape '◇' by exactly one each step. Which figure replaces the '?'