Determine which of the Answer Option figures completes the figure matrix given below.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) →
The middle row gives each column’s shape with 5. In rows 1 and 3, a part with 3 is joined on top of it: in one row the 3-part is the shape flipped upside down (the hexagon, the hourglass), in the other it is the same shape repeated (the two trapeziums, the two triangles). In column 3, row 1 already has the repeated parallelogram, so the missing figure has the parallelogram with 5 at the bottom and its flipped copy with 3 on top.