Progression Patterns
Progression questions test whether you can continue a sequence — a feature that grows, shrinks, or advances by a regular step across the grid until it reaches the missing cell.
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Progression questions
32 questions in the bank · 403 total across all patterns
The four shapes repeat in order: circle → arrow → cross → f-shape → circle… • Read across all 9 cells in order and you see this c…
The shapes repeat in a fixed cycle across all 9 cells in reading order.
The four shapes repeat in order: cross → hexagon → f-shape → square → cross → … • Read all nine cells in order and the same four…
The four shapes repeat in order across every cell in reading order: hexagon → square → circle → arrow-chevron → hexagon → … • Rea…
The rule: each column's third cell holds every dot from the first AND second cell combined.
The rule: combine all dots from two cells — keep every dot from both.
Each shape grows by the same size step across every cell.
Each shape grows by the same size step across the row.
Each shape shrinks by the same step from one cell to the next.
Each shape shrinks by the same step from one cell to the next.
The dot count increases by the same number in every cell, left to right, top to bottom.
Each row adds the same number of dots every step.
Each step removes the same number of dots.
Each step removes the same number of dots.
**Look at the size of each frame — it follows a pattern.** • Row 1: small, medium, large.
The column sets the count: column 0 cells have 2 squares (horizontal pair), column 1 cells have 3 (triangular arrangement), column…
As you move down the rows, the colours rotate one step on a three-colour wheel: red → blue → green → red.
Each cell has one more dot than the cell before it, reading left to right, top to bottom.
Each cell adds one dot as you read left to right, top to bottom.
The frame grows by column: small in column 0, standard in column 1, large in column 2.
within each row the triangle grows from small to medium to large in left-to-right order.
**Rule: Each row has the same shape and fill pattern; size grows down the rows.** - Row 1: small chevrons.
**Look along each row: circles grow larger from left to right.** - Row 1: smallest → small → small.
The circle grows by the same ratio each step, reading left to right, top to bottom.
• The shape stays the same (T-shape) throughout.
two independent rules — the triangle rotates 90° clockwise per cell in row-major reading order, and its scale grows from small to…
two independent rules — scale grows top to bottom by row (small in row 0, medium in row 1, large in row 2) while horizontal positi…
each row is a palindrome — the first and third cells in every row share the same scale, with the middle cell holding a different s…
two independent rules — column index sets rotation (0° in column 0, 90° in column 1, 180° in column 2) while row index sets scale…
two independent rules — scale grows left to right by column (small in col 0, medium in col 1, large in col 2) while vertical posit…
The four shapes repeat in a fixed order across all nine cells in reading order.
The four shapes repeat in a fixed order across all nine cells — circle, square, arrow-chevron, diamond — then start again.
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