Easy Matrix Reasoning Questions

**Rule: Rotation alternates by row; size grows down each column.** - Row 1 and row 3 both rotate 270°; row 2 (middle) has no rota…

The colours repeat in a fixed order across all 9 cells in reading order.

The colours repeat in a fixed order across all 9 cells in reading order.

Each row cycles through the same four L-shape rotations in order: 180° → 270° → 0° → 90° → 180°… • Row 1: 180°, 270°, 0° (back to…

• In a Latin grid, each row and column must hold all different values.

Two rules run at the same time.

**Rule: Each row and column must contain every shape, color, and size exactly once.** - Row 3 has hexagon and square; needs diamo…

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.

Each row shifts the F-shape by 90° clockwise each step.

Each row and column holds all three shapes (triangle, square, circle) and all three colors (orange, purple, magenta) exactly once.

Family: LATIN with row-shifted rotation cycle + row colour.

**Rule: Each row and column must contain all three shapes, all three colors, and all three sizes exactly once.** - Row 3 has l-sh…

Each third cell in a column = all dots from the first two cells combined (union).

Two rules run at the same time.

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…

Three rules run at once.

Three rules run at once.

Two rules run at once.

Look at the small dot.

Look at the small dot.

The dot counts repeat in a cycle of 4: 2, 3, 4, 5 — read every cell left-to-right, top-to-bottom.

• The rule: each row must contain all three fill values with no repeats.

The colour changes across this grid, but colour is not the rule — ignore it.

Correct answer: D • Look at the dots in each cell.

Every row and column uses each of the three dot patterns exactly once: sparse 4-corner, edge-cross (4 edge midpoints), and dense 8…

Correct answer: E • Look at the dots in each cell.

Each row must contain all three shapes — one of each, no repeats.

Each row must contain all three shapes — one of each, no repeats.

Each row must contain all three colors — once each.

Each row must contain all three colors — one each, no repeats.

The three diagonals run top-left to bottom-right and wrap round the edge; each holds all three sizes once.

Each row and each column contains all three values exactly once.

Each row and column must contain all three values exactly once.

Each row and each column must contain all three values — no repeats.

• Each row, a dot moves one step to the right.

The dot moves one step counter-clockwise around the grid's edge each row.

The dot moves one step at a time around the edge of the grid, going counter-clockwise.

The marker lands on a different spot in every cell.

The marker lands on a different spot in every cell.

The marker lands on a different spot in every cell.

A dot moves across a row, hits the wall, then bounces back the other way.

A dot moves across the grid, bouncing when it hits a wall.

Each shape shrinks by the same step from one cell to the next.

Each step removes the same number of dots.

Each step removes the same number of dots.

each row is the row above shifted one place right, with a new shape entering at the left.

The whole grid mirrors along the anti-diagonal (top-right to bottom-left corner).

The figure rotates by the same step each cell, reading left to right, top to bottom.

The figure rotates the same amount each step, left to right, top to bottom.

Each row, the figure rotates 90° clockwise at every step.

Every cell in a column shows the same orientation.

Each column rotates the figure by the same fixed step each row.

Each column rotates the figure by the same step each row.

Each column rotates the figure by the same step each row.

Each column rotates the figure by the same fixed step, read top to bottom.

Each row rotates the figure by a fixed step, but the direction flips every row.

Each column alternates rotation direction; every step is a fixed quarter-turn (90°).

Each column rotates the figure by the same step, but the direction flips every column.

Each row rotates a shape, then rotates it back — so the third shape always matches the first.

Each column repeats a rotation pattern that goes forward then comes back — like a mirror in time.

Each row rotates the figure by the same fixed step; column 3 mirrors column 1.

Each figure rotates by the same fixed step across the matrix.

Each figure rotates by the same fixed step as you move through the grid.

Each figure rotates by the same fixed step across the grid.

Each figure rotates by the same fixed step as you move through the grid.

Each anti-diagonal shares the same rotation step, so you can predict the missing figure.

Each row rotates its shape by the same step each time.

Each row, the shape turns by the same amount each step.

Each column rotates the shape by the same fixed step each row.

three independent rules combine to produce each cell.

The whole grid mirrors top-to-bottom: row 1 reflects into row 3.

The grid has a horizontal mirror line — row 1 reflects into row 3.

**Look at the size of each frame — it follows a pattern.** • Row 1: small, medium, large.

The whole grid has horizontal (top-to-bottom) mirror symmetry — row 1 reflects into row 3.

Two count rules act independently.

Every cell holds exactly 3 objects: 2 circles and 1 triangle, all red and medium-sized.

Every cell holds exactly 2 objects: one circle and one square, both red and medium-sized.

As you move down the rows, the colours rotate one step on a three-colour wheel: red → blue → green → red.

Every cell holds exactly 3 red shapes: 2 crosses + 1 square.

The whole grid mirrors top-to-bottom: row 3 reflects row 1.

Each row combines the first two cells to make the third — keeping every dot from both.

each cell contains exactly one horizontal line at one of three heights — top (y=0), middle (y=1), or bottom (y=2).

Each cell has one more dot than the cell before it, reading left to right, top to bottom.

The grid mirrors top-to-bottom: row 3 reflects row 1.

Look at the figure in each tile.

**Rule: Each cell has exactly 2 red circles.

**Rule: Every cell has exactly 2 red squares.

The dot moves to a new position in each cell, following a set path across the whole grid.

The dot visits every position in reading order across the whole grid — it does not restart each row.

The dot visits every position across the whole grid exactly once, moving in reading order.

A small circle sits inside an outline circle in every cell.

A small circle sits inside an outline square in every cell.

Each row and each column must contain green, purple, and orange exactly once.

Each cell holds an outline triangle with a small shape inside.

Each cell always holds exactly 2 red squares: one small, one large.

Anchor identity is the signal.

Each cell holds an outline circle with a small shape inside.

Each row and each column contains all three shapes exactly once: triangle, circle, and square.

The L-shape rotates 90° clockwise with each step, cycling through 4 positions.

a small red triangle sits inside a rectangular frame at one of three positions — top-left, top-right, or centre.

each square contains a small bar or cross at centre.

Each cell holds an outline square with a small shape inside.

Each cell holds an outline square with a small shape inside.

A small circle sits inside an outline triangle in every cell.

Each color (red, orange, green) appears exactly once in every row and every column.

The F-shape rotates 90° clockwise each step, cycling through 0°→90°→180°→270°→0°… • Each cell turns the F one quarter-turn clockw…

The L-shape rotates 90° clockwise at each step across the whole grid.

First, the outer–inner role swaps by column — columns 0 and 2 show an outer triangle with an inner circle, while column 1 swaps th…

three independent rules operate simultaneously.

• Each row and column must have all three sizes (small, medium, large) and all three rotations (0°, 90°, 270°).

two independent colour rules operate simultaneously.

The L-shape rotates 90° clockwise at each step, cycling through four positions.

• The outer triangle's size is a Latin square: every row and every column holds one small, one medium and one large.

A small F shape sits inside an outline hexagon in every cell.

every cell shows a thick-stroked ring container holding a small inner circle.

**Rule: Each row and column must contain all three sizes — small, medium, and large — exactly once.** • Look at row 3: small (cel…

each hexagon contains two stacked markers (top + bottom).

**Rule: Each row and column must have three different sizes and three different rotations.** - Row 3 has small-90°, large-180°, a…

A small L shape sits inside an outline triangle in every cell.

Each cell holds an outline circle with a small shape inside.

Each cell contains three objects (triangle, arrow-plus, l-shape) at three fixed positions.

Each cell holds the same three colour-shape pairs — blue square, red diamond, green hexagon.

every cell contains a cluster of small red crosses in one of three formations — diagonal-cross (4 corners), edge-cross (4 cardinal…

each cell contains three shape-colour pair objects vertically stacked.

each cell shows a vertical line of three markers — same shape and colour per cell.

Family: POSITION SWAP (pair exchange).

**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 — column index sets rotation (0° in column 0, 90° in column 1, 180° in column 2) while row index sets scale…

Each row has one dot.

The dot moves through all 9 grid positions — one per cell — in a continuing cycle across reading order.

Each row reads: first shape, then its mirror rotation, then the first shape again — a mirror pattern (A–B–A).

The f-shape rotates by a fixed step along each row, but the direction flips every row.

The L-shape rotates 90° clockwise with each step across the grid.

Each row shifts the L-shape by one quarter-turn (90°) to the right each step.

The L-shape rotates 90° clockwise at each step across the whole grid.

Each row shifts the L-shape 90° clockwise at every step.

**Rule: Each row must contain one small, one medium, and one large triangle.** • Row 1 has: medium, large, small ✓ • Row 2 has: m…

Correct answer: B • The dot moves one step clockwise around the edge of the grid each cell.

The whole grid mirrors top-to-bottom: row 3 matches row 1.

The grid mirrors top to bottom — row 3 copies row 1.

The grid mirrors top rows onto the bottom row — cell 9 must match cell 3.

The shape rotates 90° clockwise with each step, reading left to right, top to bottom.

The grid reflects top-to-bottom: row 3 mirrors row 1.

The L-shape rotates 90° clockwise with each step in reading order.

ONE figure changes in THREE ways at once — you must track all three together.

Two things change, and they are LINKED.