The nine puzzle types
Three ways of thinking, three puzzle types each. Every example was written for this product — none is copied from a real test.
V-AN · WORDS
Verbal Analogies
Work out how the first pair go together, then finish the second pair the same way.
A bird goes with a worm. A bear goes with what?
Answer: honey — what it eats.
V-SC · WORDS
Sentence Completion
Choose the word that makes the whole sentence make sense.
Which one do you drink?
Answer: milk — you drink it.
V-CL · WORDS
Verbal Classification
Three words belong together. Find the fourth that belongs with them.
A baseball, a puzzle piece and a skateboard go together. Which one goes with them?
Answer: a kite — toys.
Q-AN · NUMBERS
Number Analogies
Find the rule that turns the first number into the second, then use it again.
Look at how the first group changes. What does the last group change into?
Answer: two strawberries — one more.
Q-SE · NUMBERS
Number Series
Find the pattern in the numbers and say what comes next.
How many beads go on the next rod?
Answer: two beads — a pattern that repeats.
Q-PZ · NUMBERS
Number Puzzles
Work out the missing number so both sides balance.
How many are there in all?
Answer: four — put them together.
N-MX · PICTURES
Figure Matrices
The first shape changes into the second. Change the third shape the same way.
Look at how the first picture changes. Which picture changes the same way?
Answer:small striped purple square turned 180° — the pattern changes.
N-CL · PICTURES
Figure Classification
Three pictures follow a rule. Find the fourth that follows it too.
These pictures go together. Which one goes with them?
Answer:3 outline green triangles turned 315° — the same shape.
N-PF · PICTURES
Paper Folding
A paper is folded, then holes are punched. Choose how it looks unfolded.
The paper is folded, and one hole is punched through it. Which picture shows the paper opened up?
Answer:2 holes: row 1, column 1; row 4, column 1 — unfold and mirror.
