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Lesson 5: Abstract Reasoning In PILI*SECTION BREAKDOWN, SAMPLE QUESTIONS, TIPS
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Question Types
• Series
• Analogies
• Common Features
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Shape Series
• Variations in length of series (3,4)
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1 2 3 4
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1 2 3 4
Isolate objects → Track changes → Find rule → Eliminate irrelevant answers
Circles don’t change
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1 2 3 4
Conclusion: clockwise rotation, 90°
Isolate objects → Track changes → Find rule → Eliminate irrelevant answers
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1 2 3 4
Conclusion: movement and +1 side
Isolate objects → Track changes → Find rule → Eliminate irrelevant answers
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Shape Series - Main Solving Strategies
• Isolate and focus one item at a time
• Track its changes throughout the frames
• Look for popular patterns, e.g.:
❑ Rotation
❑ Mirror images
❑ Increase/decrease in size and/or quantity
❑ Displacement
❑ Colour/shading
• Eliminate irrelevant answer options
• Repeat process if needed
• Don’t look at answer options until you have at least one pattern figured out
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• A Relationship between a pair of items, used on another pair of items
• How to work:
1. Describe a clear relationship
2. Maintain the direction of the relationship
3. Follow the same solving methods that were provided for series and matrices
Shape Analogies
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Shape Analogies – Sample Question
is to as is to
2 3 41
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Shape Analogies – Sample Question
is to as is to
2 3 41
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Shape Analogies - Explanation
is to as
1 2 3 4
1: Filling patterns are fixedis to
Grey
WhiteStripes
Eliminate answers 1,4
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Shape Analogies - Explanation
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is to as
1 2 3 4
2: Shapes switched places,
clockwise
is to
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• One image out of six does not belong.
• There’s no sequence of events, Tricky!
Common Features
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The two figures share a common feature. Which figure does NOT share this feature?
Common Features – Sample Question
A B C D
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• The two figures share a common feature. Which figure does NOT share this
feature?
Common Features - Sample Question Explained
A B C D
All but B include 4 identical triangles
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• Speak out, Everything!
✓ Shape
✓ Size
✓ Location & position
Common Features – Solving Strategies
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• Speak out, Everything!
✓Quantity
✓ Filling patterns
✓Dimensions
Common Features – Solving Strategies
• Note: Grab the PDF with a list of curated Abstract Reasoning practice resources.
End of Lesson 5
On to Lesson 6, Good Job!