CogAT Quantitative Battery: Question Types Explained

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The CogAT is a test that is comprised of three different batteries: verbal, non-verbal, and quantitative battery. The quantitative battery assesses students’ quantitative reasoning and problem solving abilities. This section also evaluates the students’ level of abstract reasoning. The CogAT Quantitative Battery is comprised of three subtests: Number Series, Number Puzzles, and Number Analogies. These three subtests combined make up the CogAT Quantitative score.

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CogAT Verbal

CogAT Nonverbal

For Level 5/6 - Level 8, students are presented with a series of images of beads on an abacus toy. The students are then required to determine the next abacus toy in the series based on the pattern presented. In Levels 9 and up, students are presented with a series of number and they are required to determine which number should follow in the series. Below, you can see an example of a Number Series question from a Level 9 CogAT test:

For Level 5/6 - Level 8, this question provides pictures to represent math problems. In Levels 9 and up, students are required to solve simple equations by choosing the answer choice that makes the amounts on either side of the equal sign the same. Below, you can see an example of a Number Puzzles question from a Level 10 CogAT test:

For Level 5/6 - Level 8, students are presented with a 2 x 2 matrix with three pictures and one empty cell. The students must determine the mathematical relationship between the the two boxes in the top row and then apply this to the picture in the bottom row, selecting the answer which portrays the same relationship as the top row. In Levels 9 and up, students must determine which of the answer choices is analogous to the numbers in the question. Below, you can see an example of a Number Analogies question from a Level 8 CogAT test:

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