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These five color pages come from our CogAT Grade 2 / Level 8 workbook. They sample five reasoning formats; they do not cover all nine subtests or reproduce an official test.
For analogies, describe how the top pair goes together, then find the matching relationship below. For classification, find a choice that belongs with the three pictures. For number puzzles, solve the blank. For matrices and folds, trace one visual change at a time. Treat these as untimed familiarization, even where the workbook page says Timed Practice.
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10 questions, in the order they are printed, on 5 pages.
Timed practice
The picture:
Two rows of picture boxes. In each row an arrow points from the left box to the right box:
Four answer choices:
The picture:
Two rows of picture boxes. In each row an arrow points from the left box to the right box:
Four answer choices:
Timed practice
The picture:
Three pictures in a row:
Four answer choices:
The picture:
Three pictures in a row:
Four answer choices:
Timed practice
Which number makes the equation true?
The picture:
The equation, with each number in its own box: 10 = ? + 3. The box with the question mark is shaded pale yellow.
Four lettered choices, each a number:
Which number makes the equation true?
The picture:
The equation, with each number in its own box: 8 = ? − 5 (eight equals question mark minus five). The box with the question mark is shaded pale yellow.
Four lettered choices, each a number:
Timed practice
The picture:
A grid of two rows and two columns:
Four answer choices:
The picture:
Every figure in this question is the same kind of blocky shape: a long part, a shorter part joined along one side of it, a thin slit running partway between the two parts, and one corner of the long part cut off at a slant.
A grid of two rows and two columns:
Four answer choices:
These blocky figures are easier to compare on paper. The descriptions give each figure’s position, fill, cut corner and slit.
Timed practice
The picture:
A square sheet of paper. A dashed line runs straight across the middle, from the left edge to the right edge. A curved arrow near the left edge starts in the bottom half and points up across the dashed line.
One black dot, a punched hole, is in the top half, to the right of centre.
Four answer choices. Each shows a square sheet of paper with holes:
The picture:
A square sheet of paper. A dashed line runs straight across the middle, from the left edge to the right edge. A curved arrow near the left edge starts in the bottom half and points up across the dashed line.
One black dot, a punched hole, is in the top half, to the left of centre.
Four answer choices. Each shows a square sheet of paper with holes:
Try the questions first. This section stays closed until you open it.
Use the original workbook page number and question label to match each answer.
Workbook p. 25 | Picture Analogies Q5 | Answer 2
A cap is worn on a head. A glove is worn on a hand.
Workbook p. 25 | Picture Analogies Q6 | Answer 1
An apple comes from an apple tree. Bread is made from grain such as wheat.
Workbook p. 46 | Picture Classification Q7 | Answer 3
School, road and garden are places. The castle is also a place.
Workbook p. 46 | Picture Classification Q8 | Answer 4
Cup, box and basket are containers. A bottle is another container.
Workbook p. 85 | Number Puzzles Q7 | Answer C
7 + 3 = 10. Put 7 in the blank.
Workbook p. 85 | Number Puzzles Q8 | Answer D
13 − 5 = 8. Put 13 in the blank; do not calculate 8 − 5.
Workbook p. 94 | Figure Matrices Q9 | Answer 1
Add one side and reverse empty/solid. The solid triangle becomes an empty square.
Workbook p. 94 | Figure Matrices Q10 | Answer 3
Mirror the figure left to right and reverse empty/solid. Keep its orientation otherwise unchanged.
Workbook p. 113 | Paper Folding Q7 | Answer 2
Opening the horizontal fold makes two holes, one above the other on the right.
Workbook p. 113 | Paper Folding Q8 | Answer 1
Opening the horizontal fold makes two holes, one above the other on the left.
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