6. Size
Size is another way in which patterns can occur in abstract reasoning.
It's pretty simple actually, the size of the image in question either increasing or decreasing .
Where it gets hard is where:
- Certain components increase or decrease e.g. the side of one shape.
- An image in relation to its other parts is increasing or decreasing in size e.g. if a square block is increasing in a larger sized block which is decreasing.
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Two or more types of size changes occur at the same time. For example, in an image with 2 rectangles:
- 1 rectangle increases its size horizontally.
- 1 rectangle decreases its size vertically.
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Size increases with direction.
- Is it increasing vertically, horizontally, diagonally?
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Size increases by specific units.
- Each square by be increasing by 1 new square. Make sure you choose the solution which goes by the pattern that exists.
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Size as a pattern almost always works alongside other existing patterns such as direction and positioning and colour. Be able to:
- Isolate the element which is changing by size.
- Incorporate that size change pattern within other patterns.
Now, let's go through some sample questions:
Example 1
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Example 2
This has been taken as an extract from source: http://www.vetassess.com.au/portals/0/Downloads/victoria_police/Victoria%20Police%20Sample%20test.pdf
Key Rules to remember:
- Size goes small to large or remains as is, or does this in a combination.
- Elements within an image will be increasing or decreasing in size or moving in a combination. Isolate out all those individual elements to find the answer.
Now it's time to do your assignment.
- Download the assignment question here.
- Print it out or if you want to do it electronically, save it.
- Complete the questions to it.
- Then check the solutions on the video below.
- For the answers in text instead of video, download them here.
