Hard Matrix Reasoning Questions

Look for the pattern in each row separately.

Count the rings in each cell.

**Rule:** Each column must have all three fill types (solid, stripe, empty) — no repeats.

down each column, the third cell keeps the dots from the first cell that the second cell does not have.

across each row, the third cell keeps every dot that sits in one of the first two cells but not in both.

Each column must contain all three size/scale values exactly once.

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

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

the third cell keeps only the dots that appear in BOTH the first and second cells (intersection).

across each row, the third cell keeps every dot that sits in one of the first two cells but not in both.

down each column, the third cell keeps every dot that sits in one of the first two cells but not in both.

down each column, the third cell keeps every dot that sits in one of the first two cells but not in both.

each column's third cell = first cell minus second cell (dots only in the first but not the second).

in each column, the third cell shows only the dots that appear in ONE of the first two cells, not both.

each column's third cell = first cell minus the dots that appear in the second cell.

Each shape and rotation appears exactly once in every row and column.

The figure turns 90° clockwise at every step.

read the cells in order, left to right then top to bottom.

Each row reads the same forwards and backwards — the first and third arrows always match.

Each column shows the same rotation every row — so find what column 3 always shows.

The sizes repeat in a fixed cycle across all nine cells in reading order.