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) →
From each figure to the next, one dot is added each time (4, 5, 6, 7 dots). So the next figure has 8 dots.
Why the other options are incorrect
Option (1) — Incorrect. There are 6 dots: a dot is taken away instead of added.
Option (2) — Incorrect. The number of dots has not changed: there are still 7, as in the last figure.
Option (4) — Incorrect. There are 9 dots: two dots are added instead of one.