Sequences
22 free practice questions with explanations
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Sequences: example questions & answers
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The dot moves round the square in the same direction each time. Which figure comes next?
- AFigure A✓
- BFigure B
- CFigure C
- DFigure D
Answer: The dot moves one corner clockwise each time, so after bottom-right it goes to bottom-left. Two of the other figures simply repeat a position the dot has already been in, and the last one is half a turn out.
The dot moves round the square in the same direction each time. Which figure comes next?
- AFigure A
- BFigure B✓
- CFigure C
- DFigure D
Answer: The dot moves one corner clockwise each time, so after bottom-left it goes to top-left. Two of the other figures simply repeat a position the dot has already been in, and the last one is half a turn out.
The dot moves round the square in the same direction each time. Which figure comes next?
- AFigure A
- BFigure B
- CFigure C✓
- DFigure D
Answer: The dot moves one corner clockwise each time, so after top-left it goes to top-right. Two of the other figures simply repeat a position the dot has already been in, and the last one is half a turn out.
The dot moves round the square in the same direction each time. Which figure comes next?
- AFigure A
- BFigure B
- CFigure C
- DFigure D✓
Answer: The dot moves one corner clockwise each time, so after top-right it goes to bottom-right. Two of the other figures simply repeat a position the dot has already been in, and the last one is half a turn out.
The dot moves round the square in the same direction each time. Which figure comes next?
- AFigure A
- BFigure B
- CFigure C
- DFigure D✓
Answer: The dot moves one corner anticlockwise each time, so after bottom-right it goes to top-right. Two of the other figures simply repeat a position the dot has already been in, and the last one is half a turn out.
The dot moves round the square in the same direction each time. Which figure comes next?
- AFigure A
- BFigure B✓
- CFigure C
- DFigure D
Answer: The dot moves one corner anticlockwise each time, so after top-left it goes to bottom-left. Two of the other figures simply repeat a position the dot has already been in, and the last one is half a turn out.
The dot moves round the square in the same direction each time. Which figure comes next?
- AFigure A
- BFigure B
- CFigure C
- DFigure D✓
Answer: The dot moves one corner anticlockwise each time, so after bottom-left it goes to bottom-right. Two of the other figures simply repeat a position the dot has already been in, and the last one is half a turn out.
The dot moves round the square in the same direction each time. Which figure comes next?
- AFigure A
- BFigure B
- CFigure C
- DFigure D✓
Answer: The dot moves one corner anticlockwise each time, so after top-right it goes to top-left. Two of the other figures simply repeat a position the dot has already been in, and the last one is half a turn out.
The figure turns by the same amount each time. Which figure comes next?
- AFigure A✓
- BFigure B
- CFigure C
- DFigure D
Answer: Each figure is a quarter turn clockwise on from the one before, so the next one carries on turning the same way. The wrong figures either stop turning, turn too far, or are mirror images rather than turns.
The figure turns by the same amount each time. Which figure comes next?
- AFigure A
- BFigure B
- CFigure C✓
- DFigure D
Answer: Each figure is a quarter turn clockwise on from the one before, so the next one carries on turning the same way. The wrong figures either stop turning, turn too far, or are mirror images rather than turns.
The figure turns by the same amount each time. Which figure comes next?
- AFigure A
- BFigure B✓
- CFigure C
- DFigure D
Answer: Each figure is a quarter turn anticlockwise on from the one before, so the next one carries on turning the same way. The wrong figures either stop turning, turn too far, or are mirror images rather than turns.
The figure turns by the same amount each time. Which figure comes next?
- AFigure A
- BFigure B
- CFigure C
- DFigure D✓
Answer: Each figure is a half turn on from the one before, so the next one carries on turning the same way. The wrong figures either stop turning, turn too far, or are mirror images rather than turns.
The figure turns by the same amount each time. Which figure comes next?
- AFigure A✓
- BFigure B
- CFigure C
- DFigure D
Answer: Each figure is a quarter turn clockwise on from the one before, so the next one carries on turning the same way. The wrong figures either stop turning, turn too far, or are mirror images rather than turns.
The figure turns by the same amount each time. Which figure comes next?
- AFigure A
- BFigure B
- CFigure C✓
- DFigure D
Answer: Each figure is a quarter turn anticlockwise on from the one before, so the next one carries on turning the same way. The wrong figures either stop turning, turn too far, or are mirror images rather than turns.
The figure turns by the same amount each time. Which figure comes next?
- AFigure A
- BFigure B
- CFigure C
- DFigure D✓
Answer: Each figure is a half turn on from the one before, so the next one carries on turning the same way. The wrong figures either stop turning, turn too far, or are mirror images rather than turns.
The figure turns by the same amount each time. Which figure comes next?
- AFigure A✓
- BFigure B
- CFigure C
- DFigure D
Answer: Each figure is a quarter turn clockwise on from the one before, so the next one carries on turning the same way. The wrong figures either stop turning, turn too far, or are mirror images rather than turns.
Look at how many shapes there are each time. Which figure comes next?
- AFigure A
- BFigure B
- CFigure C✓
- DFigure D
Answer: The number of triangles goes up by one each time — 1, 2, then 3 — so the next figure has 4.
Look at how many shapes there are each time. Which figure comes next?
- AFigure A✓
- BFigure B
- CFigure C
- DFigure D
Answer: The number of squares goes up by one each time — 1, 2, then 3 — so the next figure has 4.
Look at how many shapes there are each time. Which figure comes next?
- AFigure A✓
- BFigure B
- CFigure C
- DFigure D
Answer: The number of pentagons goes up by one each time — 2, 3, then 4 — so the next figure has 5.
Look at how many shapes there are each time. Which figure comes next?
- AFigure A
- BFigure B✓
- CFigure C
- DFigure D
Answer: The number of hexagons goes up by one each time — 1, 2, then 3 — so the next figure has 4.
Look at how many shapes there are each time. Which figure comes next?
- AFigure A
- BFigure B
- CFigure C
- DFigure D✓
Answer: The number of triangles goes up by one each time — 2, 3, then 4 — so the next figure has 5.
Look at how many shapes there are each time. Which figure comes next?
- AFigure A
- BFigure B
- CFigure C✓
- DFigure D
Answer: The number of squares goes up by one each time — 2, 3, then 4 — so the next figure has 5.