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Matrix reasoning test
Complete figure grids by spotting changes in shape, position and shading.
Reasoning practice
Reasoning practice tests
Build your skills with matrices, number sequences, word problems, spatial puzzles and visual search.
7 tests and tools · 8–10 min · 20 questions · free
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6 complete tests and 1 practice tool
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Number sequence test
Find the next number in sequences involving steps, multiplication, interleaving and squares.
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Spatial rotation test
Turn and reflect asymmetric figures. Check which transformations you find easiest.
Think · 9 min
Visual search test
Find the target among similar shapes as the search arrays become more crowded.
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English vocabulary test
Choose definitions, complete sentences and distinguish similar English words, with answer explanations.
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Spot the fallacy test
Spot the flaw in short arguments and learn why each example is misleading.
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Picture puzzles for children, ages 5 to 11.
Odd one out, what comes next, grids, turns and mirrors, in three levels, with the rule explained after every answer and a printable set. No ads, no analytics and no sign-up, and the answers stay in the open tab.
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Twenty logical fallacies, with the sentence that gives each away
What a fallacy is, twenty common fallacies of relevance, presumption and structure with an example each, and a three-question method for spotting them in real sentences.
Critical thinking · 8 min read
Fifteen cognitive biases and the moments they show up
A list of 15 common cognitive biases grouped by what they distort, an everyday example of each, and the debiasing habits with evidence behind them.
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Inductive vs deductive reasoning: the difference, with ten examples to sort
Inductive vs deductive reasoning: what each one is, why "specific to general" misleads, ten examples to sort with answers, and where each appears in tests.
Critical thinking · 12 min read
Which psychological tests may be reproduced, and which may not
Sixteen named instruments, the licence sentence each one rests on, three ways an unlicensed copy looks legitimate, and what copying actually tracks.