Shape Sequences
12 free practice questions with explanations
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Shape Sequences: example questions & answers
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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 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 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 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 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 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.
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 — 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 hexagons 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 octagons goes up by one each time — 1, 2, then 3 — so the next figure has 4.