NYC Gifted Talented Grade 2 Test Prep

The pattern is symmetrical. You can see that box 1 on the top row is the same as box 3 on the top row and box 1 in the first column is the same as box 3 in the first column, box 1 on the second row is the same as box 3 on the second row and box 1 in the second column is the same as box 3 in the second column, and therefore box 1 on the bottom row will be the same as box 3 on the bottom row and box 1 in the third column will be the same as box 3 in the third column. Therefore the answer is (3).

Joining the boxes together in your mind helps visualize the complete pattern more easily. Joining the boxes together gives the complete pattern shown below.

Looking at each row, the second box is the result of taking the first box and making the yellow circles blue and the blue circles white. The third box is the result of taking the second box, making the middle circle yellow and removing the bottom left and top right circles.

Therefore the answer will be the result of taking the second box on the bottom row, making the middle circle yellow and removing the bottom left and top right circles. Therefore the answer is (4).

Looking at each row, each box contains one of three different shapes – a rhombus with a yellow frame, a pentagon or a triangle with lines from its corners to the corners of the box. The color of each shape is different and must be either blue, white or yellow. Note that the rhombus changes color between rows, but its frame remains unchanged in color i.e. it remains yellow.

Looking at row 3, a pentagon and a triangle shape have already been used, so the answer must be the third shape i.e. a rhombus with a yellow frame. The color of the pentagon on the third row is blue and the color of the triangle on the third row is white, so the colors blue and white have already been used on the third row which means that the answer must be the third color i.e. yellow. Therefore the answer must be a yellow rhombus with a yellow frame i.e. (5).

Looking at the boxes in each row, the contents of boxes 1 and 2 are combined to form the contents of box 3. Alternatively, you could look at each column and say that the contents of boxes 1 and 2 are combined to form the contents of box 3.

Looking at the third row, we can say that the answer is the combination of boxes 1 and 2 in row 3 i.e. the answer is (2).

Looking at picture (B), switching the fork and the spoon, and then moving the bread to the right gives the same table setting as the chef’s setting (which is the leftmost picture). Therefore (B) must be the way Mike set the table before fixing it.

Note that the answer cannot be (A), because to get to the chef’s setting from picture (A), all that is needed is to switch the fork and the spoon i.e. there is no movement of another object required.

The answer cannot be (C), because to get to the chef’s setting from picture (C) requires switching the wine and the bread and switching the fork and the spoon i.e. it requires two switches rather than one switch and one movement of another object.

The answer cannot be (D), because to get to the chef’s setting from picture (D) requires two movements of objects i.e. moving the wine to the left and moving the bread to the right, and it requires switching the knife and the spoon, so it requires one switch and two movements of objects rather than one switch and one movement of objects.

There are 8 apples in the first picture. If 2 children take 3 apples each, then altogether the 2 children take 6 apples. Thertefore the number of apples left will be 8 – 6 i.e. 2 apples.