Can you solve this? Non verbal reasoning

[Malvala]

I am really struggling with non verbal reasoning. I am sitting the HPAT next year and am crying with frustration trying to answer them 😅

Can you get the answer to this? Show your work.

I think it's C. I think they're adding the number of sides in boxes 2 and 3 of each row to get the number of sides for the shape in box 1.

That's the conclusion I came to too.

And me.

Likewise. Also the central circle would need to be just the outline because those are alternating between filled and empty, so if one of the options had been a small black circle, that's how you would have worked out whether it was filled or empty.

Yup, that's what I thought.

I think C too. Hard to explain as non verbal/ fluid reasoning is intuitive.

Same answer here, C.

The way I’d explain it is by saying that the 2 variables are the number of sides the outer shape has, and the colour of the inner circle. Then you look for a pattern in those variables. It looks like number of sides in column 1 = number of sides in column 2 and 3 added together. And the inner circle is alternating between black and white (or filled and empty).

C

I think C too

C

whoops

E must have a white dot and not be a triangle

I think C, but whether a circle has 1 side or infinite is debatable.

A. 7 sides on row 1, 16 on row 3 so need 9 sides on row 2. That would be triangle with white bit in middle as it alternates.

This

I think e too. For the same reason as pps.

The answer is C

https://www.medentry-hpat.ie/resources/hpat-sample-questions

Sorry forgot to show May workings

left shows many sides in total middle and right add up to it. Centers alternate

I think E. Need to have a white small circle in the middle and not be a triangle.