IQ test practice questions with answers
Five practice puzzles in the same styles real IQ tests use: matrix reasoning, figure addition, number series and verbal analogies. Try each one, then reveal the answer and the reasoning.
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Which figure completes the grid?
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Answer: C. Two rules are working at once. Each row has the same number of hexagons (1, 2, then 3), and each column has the same shading (white, grey, then black). The missing cell is in row 3 and column 3, so it needs three black hexagons.
Which figure completes the grid?
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Answer: D. In every row, the third figure is the first two figures laid on top of each other. Row 3 combines the diagonal line and the horizontal line.
Which number comes next?
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Answer: C. Each number is double the one before it: 40 × 2 = 80.
Which number comes next?
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Answer: B. Each number is the sum of the two before it: 11 + 18 = 29. Spotting "add the previous two" instead of a fixed step is what makes this one harder.
BIRD is to FLOCK as FISH is to …
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Answer: C. A flock is a group of birds; a school is a group of fish. The other options are related to fish, but none of them is the word for a group.
20 puzzles, free to take, no sign-up. Most people don't finish.