Choose the option figure that should come next if the series below is continued.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) →
Two things change from figure to figure: the flagpole turns 45° clockwise each time, and the black star moves two places anticlockwise round the edge of the box each time. So the next figure has the flagpole with the flag at its top end and the black star at the bottom-right corner.
Why the other options are incorrect
Option (1) — Incorrect. The black star is right, but the flagpole is reversed: the flag is on the other side of its pole, so it is a mirror image of the right one.
Option (2) — Incorrect. The black star is right, but the flagpole has not turned at all since the last figure.
Option (4) — Incorrect. The flagpole is right, but the black star has moved two places clockwise instead of anticlockwise.