Progression Pattern — Medium Matrix Reasoning Question

What to learn from this pattern

Each cell adds one dot as you read left to right, top to bottom.

Explanation

Each cell adds one dot as you read left to right, top to bottom. • Row 1: 1, 2, 3 dots — goes up by one each step. • Row 2: 4, 5, 6 dots — keeps adding one. • Row 3: 7, 8, ? — the next step must be 9 dots. • Option C has 9 dots — correct. • A (8 dots) stops one step too early. B and D use the wrong count.

Why the other options are wrong

• Aforgot-final-step — Stopped at the previous cell's count instead of taking the last step.
• Bmiscounted-step — Took the wrong number of steps along the count sequence.
• Dmiscounted-step — Took the wrong number of steps along the count sequence.