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Cat 4 questions for Year 4

1. CAT4 example questions
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2. 1.Select the shape that is best matched to the shapes in the pair.
CAT4 Mock Test | Non-Verbal Reasoning | Figure Classification
A B C D E
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3. 2. Select the option which will complete this matrix.
CAT4 Mock Test | Non-Verbal Reasoning | Figure Matrices
A B C D E
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4. 3. Select the two words, one from each group, that are the closest in meaning.
depart, last, expand | look, fume, swell
CAT4 Mock Test | Verbal Reasoning | Verbal Classification
depart
A
last
B
expand
C
look
D
fume
E
swell
F
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5. 4. Complete the sentence with the most sensible word.
Bird is to fly as fish is to _______.
CAT4 Mock Test | Verbal Reasoning | Verbal Analogies
ocean
A
water
B
float
C
swim
D
land
E
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6. 5. For each triplet, find the rule that connects the middle number inside the
brackets with the outer numbers.
Apply the rule to find the missing number in the third triplet.
(8 [80] 10) (7 [56] 8) (11 [?] 5)
CAT4 Mock Test | Quantitative Reasoning | Number Analogies
57
A
59
B
65
C
63
D
55
E
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7. 6. Identify the missing numbers from this sequence. Choose two answers.
18, 36, 72, __, __, 576, 1152
CAT4 Mock Test | Quantitative Reasoning | Number Series
144
A
122
B
296
C
396
D
288
E
143
F
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8. 7. Imagine that the piece of paper has been folded along the dashed lines and then
had shapes cut out of it. Which image shows how the paper would look if it was
unfolded?
CAT4 Mock Test | Spatial Ability | Figure Analysis
A B C D E
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9. 8. The shape below is hidden within one of the answer options. It might be made up
of one or more shapes. It may have been rotated. Select the answer option that
contains the hidden shape.
CAT4 Mock Test | Spatial Ability | Figure Recognition
A B C D E
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10. CAT4
answers & explanations
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11. 1.Select the shape that is best matched to the shapes in the pair.
CAT4 Mock Test | Non-Verbal Reasoning | Figure Classification
A B C D E
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12. Explanation
CAT4 Mock Test | Non-Verbal Reasoning | Figure Classification
Linking element 1:
●Shapes: The shapes in the pair are both stars that contain 4 grey shapes.
●We can rule out A because it contains white shapes.
●We can rule out D because it contains 5 shapes.
Linking element 2:
●Position: The grey shapes are positioned in 4 of the points of the star. The one point that does not contain a shape
is the leftmost point.
●We can rule out B: the star contains a shape in its leftmost point!
Linking element 3:
●Rotation: Moving clockwise around the points of the star, the small grey shapes are 90° clockwise rotations of
each other.
●We can rule out E because the shapes in the points are 90° anticlockwise rotations of each other.
C is the correct answer!
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13. 2. Select the option which will complete this matrix.
CAT4 Mock Test | Non-Verbal Reasoning | Figure Matrices
A B C D E
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14. Explanation
CAT4 Mock Test | Non-Verbal Reasoning | Figure Matrices
Linking element 1:
●Colour: Each box within a column contains a rectangle that is the same colour.
●We can rule out C.
Linking element 2:
●Colour: Each column contains small shapes that are the same colour.
●We can rule out E.
Linking element 3:
●Shape: Each row contains the same small shapes.
●We can rule out A.
Linking element 4:
●Number: Each column contains the same number of zig-zags.
●We can rule out B.
D is the correct answer!
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15. 3. Select the two words, one from each group, that are the closest in meaning.
depart, last, expand | look, fume, swell
CAT4 Mock Test | Verbal Reasoning | Verbal Classification
depart
A
last
B
expand
C
look
D
fume
E
swell
F
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16. Explanation
CAT4 Mock Test | Verbal Reasoning | Verbal Classification
●‘Expand’ and ‘swell’ are both verbs that mean ‘to grow outwards’.
●Synonyms are words that mean the same thing. They could replace one another in a sentence
without the meaning of the sentence changing. Synonyms are always the same type of word, such
as a verb or a noun.
●You might have considered ‘last’ and ‘look’ to be synonyms since they are often paired together in
the phrase ‘take a last look’.
●However, there is no direct relation between these two words and they are not even of the same
word class! When they are used in ‘take a last look’, ‘last’ is used as an adjective while ‘look’ is used
as a noun.
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17. 4. Complete the sentence with the most sensible word.
Bird is to fly as fish is to _______.
CAT4 Mock Test | Verbal Reasoning | Verbal Analogies
ocean
A
water
B
float
C
swim
D
land
E
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18. Explanation
CAT4 Mock Test | Verbal Reasoning | Verbal Analogies
●Birds fly, just as fish swim.
●The connection is the most common action that the animals do.
●Remember that both of the pairs will follow the same connection!
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19. 5. For each triplet, find the rule that connects the middle number inside the
brackets with the outer numbers.
Apply the rule to find the missing number in the third triplet.
(8 [80] 10) (7 [56] 8) (11 [?] 5)
CAT4 Mock Test | Quantitative Reasoning | Number Analogies
57
A
59
B
65
C
63
D
55
E
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20. Explanation
CAT4 Mock Test | Quantitative Reasoning | Number Analogies
●For each triplet, we must multiply the left number by the right number to make the middle number.
●Let's check this with the second triplet:
7 × 8 = 56 ✓
●We can apply this to the third triplet to find the missing number:
11 × 5 = 55
(11 [55] 5)
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21. 6. Identify the missing numbers from this sequence. Choose two answers.
18, 36, 72, __, __, 576, 1152
CAT4 Mock Test | Quantitative Reasoning | Number Series
144
A
122
B
296
C
396
D
288
E
143
F
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22. Explanation
CAT4 Mock Test | Quantitative Reasoning | Number Series
●To find the missing numbers that complete the sequence, we need to work out the rule.
●The numbers get larger as the sequence progresses so it's likely to follow a multiplication or addition rule.
As the numbers increase unevenly, multiplication is probably used to get from one term to the next.
●You may recognise that double 18 is 36 and use this to work out that each number in the sequence is being
multiplied by 2 to get to the next.
●The missing numbers are 144 and 288 which complete the sequence:
18, 36, 72, 144, 288, 576, 1152
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23. 7. Imagine that the piece of paper has been folded along the dashed lines and then
had shapes cut out of it. Which image shows how the paper would look if it was
unfolded?
CAT4 Mock Test | Spatial Ability | Figure Analysis
A B C D E
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24. Explanation
CAT4 Mock Test | Spatial Ability | Figure Analysis
Layers and numbers:
●Two triangles have been cut out from four layers of paper. This means that the unfolded paper will have
eight triangles cut out from it.
●We can rule out A, B and D.
Unfolding the final fold:
●When we unfold the final fold, the two triangles at the bottom of the paper will be reflected across the
vertical fold. This means that we can rule out C – the triangles have been duplicated across instead of
reflected.
E is the correct answer!
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25. 8. The shape below is hidden within one of the answer options. It might be made up
of one or more shapes. It may have been rotated. Select the answer option that
contains the hidden shape.
CAT4 Mock Test | Spatial Ability | Figure Recognition
A B C D E
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26. Explanation
CAT4 Mock Test | Spatial Ability | Figure Recognition
●Our main shape is an irregular pentagon: it is made up of 5 sides.
●We can see that the main shape appears in E, in which it has been rotated 90° anticlockwise
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