18 puzzles about rules and relationships. Study a few examples, work out what changes and why, then apply the same rule to a new picture.
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Abstract Reasoning Practice
Learn a rule from examples, then carry it over
✓18 puzzles, simpler rules first
✓Six kinds of question: transformations, analogies, odd one out, conditional rules, combined changes and letter rules
✓No time limit — roughly 12 minutes is typical
✓A score out of 18 and an explanation of each relationship
Unofficial practice test, for self-assessment and entertainment only. Not a standardized aptitude or IQ assessment.
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About This Test
What it explores
Working out an abstract rule from a few examples — what changes, what stays the same, and what the change depends on — and applying it to something new
Questions
18 visual puzzles, three of each kind
Duration
No time limit; allow roughly 12 minutes
How scoring works
Each puzzle is worth one point — nothing is weighted or timed. The result shows your score out of 18, the percentage, and a breakdown by kind of puzzle.
Abstract Reasoning Questions You Will Practice
Rule transformations. Two worked examples show a picture before and after a change. Work out the change and apply it to a third picture.
Analogies. One pair shows a relationship — inside becomes beside, big swaps with small — and you complete a second pair the same way.
Classification. Three panels share a relationship between their shapes, such as an arrow that always points at the filled shape. Find the one that breaks it.
Conditional rules. The change depends on a property: filled shapes do one thing, empty shapes another. Spot what decides it.
Multi-attribute changes. Two or three things change at once — direction, fill, number of shapes, number of sides — and all must be applied.
Abstract deduction. Each letter stands for one change, learned from its own example. Combine them in the right order to predict the result.
How to Work Out a Rule
Compare the before and after pictures one property at a time: shape, fill, size, direction, position, and how many shapes there are. Note what changed and what stayed the same — the unchanged properties matter as much as the changes.
If two examples seem to disagree, the rule probably depends on something: look at what differs between the two starting pictures. And when a puzzle combines several changes, apply them one at a time, in the order given, and check the result against each example before choosing.
Abstract Reasoning, Pattern Recognition, Matrices and Logic
Abstract reasoning here means discovering a relationship or transformation and carrying it over to a new case. The Pattern Recognition Test is about continuing a single visual sequence; the Matrix Reasoning Test is about filling the gap in a grid of nine cells; and the Logic Test covers broader puzzles in words and numbers.
If you find one format harder than the others, trying the related tests is a good way to see which kind of reasoning you rely on most.