NON-VERBAL REASONING
A matrix question shows a grid of shapes with one tile missing. Each row and column follows a rule, and the child picks the tile that completes the grid. In this lesson your child works through 3×3 grids and drags the missing tile into place.
The lesson covers the rules that appear most often: colour sequences, rotation, counting and combinations of these. The habit it builds is to look at one feature at a time, find a rule that works along the row, then check it down the column.
Question: In a 3×3 grid, the first row shows one dot, two dots, then three dots. The second row shows one, two, three dots again. The third row shows one dot, two dots, then a missing tile. How many dots go in the missing tile?
Answer: Three. Every row adds one dot as it goes across, so the third row must end with three dots. Checking down the columns agrees: each column has the same number of dots in all three cells.
This lesson suits children aged 8 to 11 who guess at matrices or find the grid overwhelming. Working one feature at a time makes the puzzles easier to start.
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