ABSTRACT REASONING: UCAT MOCK 🖤

ARROWS : alternate between quadrilateral and triangles

- Arrow alternates between pointing at the quadrilateral and triangle -

Net Box pattern

- Both sets contain diagrams that can be folded to make a 3D shape or box, all having faces of he same shape - one set may be able to do a complete box, and another side

Dominoes

- Care fun if it is even or odd number of dots at top - IT MUST BE NEITHER IF IT IS BOTH ODD/EVEN

WEIRD FACES

- Set A: 3 circles in total including the larger circle - Set B: 5 circles in total including the larger circle Or - Set A: there is an EVEN NUMBER OF ENCLOSED SHAPES WHITE AREAS, and an ODD NUMBER OF ENCLOSED WHITE AREAS ( including actual face)

Lots of arrows that are the same : ARROWHEADS if no pattern in DIRECTION THEY POINT

- Set A: Number of arrowheads is equal to 5 - Set B: number of arrow heads ARROWHEADS

Set A/B rule ( can occur with differently coloured shapes)

- Set A: Shape with greatest number of sides is always at the LEFTMOST/ RIGHTMOST OR TOP/BOTTOM OF FRANE

Hard black/white NUMBER OF SHAPES

- Set A: Total Number of sides of all shapes adds up to 15. If a shape has 5 or more sides it is white - Set B: Total Number of sides of all shapes adds up to 10, if the shape has 5 or more sides it is black less than 5 sides it is white

Even/Odd CROSS OVER/

- Set A: even Number of cross over points - Set B: odd number of crossover points

Overlying coloured arrows

- Set A: more pairs of arrows with right pointing arrows overlying the down pointing arrow tha. The down pointing arrow overlying the right pointing arrow. IGNORE THE ARROW COLOURS. Look carefully at the direction of the arrow that overlaps

VERTICES OF SHAPE CAN EQUAK SOMETHING eg no of black shapes

- Set A: no of points vertices on non-circular shape is equal to the number of black circles - Set B: number of points vertices on non circle

Alternative but similar overlap patterb

- Set A: there is an even Number of overlapping regions forming enclosed shapes Set B: there is an odd number of overlapping forming enclosed spaces

Shaded and unshaded shapes mIxture

- Set A: they are SEPARATE eg some on one side and some on he other side - Set B: the shaded and unshaded shape groups overlap

For the very easy looking patterns : pay attention if

- TO NUMBER OF THIBBS - eg number of circles required to form a path - and of adjacent sides need to be touching

Simple colour conditonal ruke

- When arc is certain colour the circle is black

Very simple type 3

- both boxes have an equal total number of sides

Counting colour : if single black objects in a frame and white objects in separate frMe

- figures have 8 sides in total but count the number of sides on a black figure as double; the biggest shape is in her LOWEST POSITION

Prime number of sides

- if Shape has prime number of sides it has dotted edges, if shape has non prime number of sides it has solid edges and it the reverse in other set

Triangles pyramid

- in the question , only shapes we care about are the triangles that make up edges of the perimeter of the shape - central triangles, as you can see do not change as you go along sequence - it is the triangles outside

Cube net example like grid

- middle column of squares moved down by 2 -

Common Relationship

- number of sides on the BIGGEST SHAPE seems to be related to the number of shapes in some wag - biggest SHAPE IS IN LOWEST POSITION

Combination of colours divided into sector

- opposite shapes must be the same - opposite shapes must be the same colour

With many multiple shapes of duff rent colours

- see if TRIANGLES HAVE TO BE IN A SPECIFC POSITION - triangle opposite to circle on opposite side or triangle hole adjacent to curck

Enclosed regions ( relate to straight parallel intersecting lines)

- set A/b total number of enclosed regions is 2/3

Hard type 4

- when triangle is black, odd-sides shapes surrounding the triangle are. Lack and even sides shapes are white

White shapes vs Black shapes line of symmetry

- white shapes have 1 lines symmetry - black shapes have 2 lines of symmetry

Best strategy

1) Look for the distractor 2). Identify curved vs straight if there is a mixture of these shapes 3). LOOK IF THERE ARE ANY DEFINITE CONDITONS: Can be both curved and straight objects in one set must be distinct

Think about PRIME NUMBER LINK

2,3,5,7

New shape added may have

AN EXTRA RIGHT ANGLE

Shapes with odd number of sides

ARE BLACK SHAPES WITH EVEN NUMBER OF SIDES ARE HITE

Set A/ B Even vs Odd Simole

All shapes with an even number of sides are black All shapes with an odd number of sides are greg

Weird faces 2

Always 4 closed shapes and straight line - 2 SHAPES THAT REPRESENT EYES are same as outer shape Z

Number of ARROWHEADS is equal to he number of SIDES of the shape I the bottom left of the pattern

Arrows heads number equal to specific number of shapes

Sequence Type 2

As you go along the sequence, shapes switch vertically then horizontally

TYPE 3 SEQUENCE :

As you move along the sequence each shape loses one side, if shape has an even number of sides, an arrow points towards it.

Comparison of sides

Black object always have 3 more sides than white object White object has 2 more sides than black object

Note a curved line

Counts as a curved shape

Arrow pointing to specifc ahape

If isosceles triangle is grey, arrow points at Shape with at least one curved side If isosceles triangle is black, arrow points at Shape without curved sides

The number of shapes

Is equal to the SQUARE 2-4 4-16 3-9

Black triangle

May correspond to a straight line And white triangle may correspond to a squiggly line

If there are 2 black shapes in some frames and 1 with 2 white in others

Must count he number of sides on a black figure as double

Total number of black circles is equal to the total number of lines of symmetry

Number of black circles is equal to the total number of lines of symmetry for the non-circular shapes

Number of right angles

Number of right angles equals the number of black dots

Type 3:

Number of shapes inside the external shape corresponds to the number of white circles

Try not to get an OCTAGON

Octagon mixed up with a HEXAGON

Total number of black slides ZIG ZAG

Odd vs even

Right angles

Odd vs even Are they increasing Is right angled shape in specific positojn

With a mixture of black and white shapes in each frame of set A

Pay attention if the total number of shapes are odd number or even number

Pay attention to SWAPPING

Pay attention to swapping pattern

Along sequence

Prime number of shaded shapes ibcreasing

Set A/B: SPIRALS

Set A rule - Black triangle: spiral clockwise - white triangle: spiral ANTI-CLOCKWISE

Shapes enclosed into one shape ( inner shapes sit next to each other or overlap)

Set A: 2 central shapes sit next to each other then you add the number of sides together. If they overlap then you subtract one from the other. Number should be equal to the number of sides the other shape has.

Lines/arrows pointing into circle and some out

Set A: MORE LINES POINTING INWARDS THAN OUTWARDS, there is an odd number of triangles goes Set B: there are more lines pointing OUTWARDS THAN INWARDS, there is an even Number of triangles

Mixture of colour shapes

Set A: ignoring arrows there is an even number of shapes, MORE BLACK AND STRUPED SHAPES THAN white shapes TRIANGLES IN CORNERS Set B: ignoring arrows ODD NUMBER OF SHAPES, all shapes either striped or black TRIANGLES IN CORNER

Individual SET Pieces fitted together to form a SQUARE

Set A: pieces can b fitted together to form a 3x3 square Set B: pieces can be fitted together to form a 4x4 square

Set A/B triangle rule

Set A: triangle is always above semi circle and there is always a black circle Set B: triangle is always BELOW semi circle and there is always a BLACK TRIANGLE

Alternation

Shape on top and below arrow alternate between being even and odd sided

Sum of sides of 2 white shapes

Sum of sides of 2 white shapes connected by straight line is one more than the number of small grey circles

Try to always take NOTE

Take note of the total number of shapes needed in each frame

Number of sides on largest Shape is equal to the

The number of black/white object or total number of shapes

If quadrilateral is required to be the frame

Then a curved edges rectangle doesn't count

If you RECOGNISE YOUR PATTERN MAY BE WRONG

Try to SEARCH THROOROUGHLY FOR ANOTHER PATTERN

Shapes of different sizes

Which shape is the LARGEST OF OUT OF ALL OF THE